Jack Antonoff is pop's A-list producer. Here's what he's learned about songwriting
ABC"There's always a door to kick down…" This is sage wisdom from Jack Antonoff — a man who, at this point in his career, appears to possess the keys to the entire pop kingdom. "She was the first person to let me produce a song, because there's such gatekeeping going on in mainstream music," Antonoff tells Zan Rowe for Double J's Take 5. Loading YouTube content Antonoff's origins Though he started writing songs at age "11 or 12" and cut his teeth playing rowdy folk-punk venues with teenage bands, Antonoff never saw music as a viable career path. Loading YouTube content Whether it's with Bleachers or working in the room with some of the biggest names in music, Antonoff's process has always been led by intuition and leaving his heart "wide open".
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