Jack Antonoff on performing songs about ex Margaret Qualley

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Bleachers frontman Jack Antonoff says he finds performing songs about his ex-wife Margaret Qualley 'really beautiful'.

Jack Antonoff has discussed performing songs about his ex-wife Margaret Qualley as he tours with his band Bleachers. The 42-year-old musician initially considered changing his set list after he and the 32-year-old actress split earlier this year following nearly three years of marriage, having wed in New Jersey in August 2023.

Antonoff ultimately decided against removing the songs. He told The Guardian that the 'deal' he has made with his audience is to tell them 'honestly how I feel and risk having to stand behind it'. He described performing the material as 'really beautiful', explaining there is 'great power' in sharing 'terrible sadness and pain that anyone can relate to'.

The musician said he would 'rather live through something publicly than escape it privately'. He added: 'I don't rewrite the past, I have no shame about the things I've said. My life has been dedicated to making it impossible for me to rewrite the past.' He noted that by singing about good times in his marriage, he cannot 'pretend that those times didn't exist' when the relationship ends.

How it is being reported

• Jack Antonoff reveals how he feels performing songs about ex Margaret Qualley in rare comment about splitNews broke over the summer that the Bleachers frontman, 42, and his wife, 32, had called it quits after nearly three years of marriage.New York Post · 26 Oct, 11:52
• ‘I’d rather live through something publicly than escape it privately’: Jack Antonoff on survivor’s guilt, songwriting and his shock divorceWhether he’s playing the role of soul-baring artist or starry producer, the Bleachers frontman strives to keep his integrity intact. He weighs in on Ed Sheeran, his love of working on ‘high-stakes’ albums and and why he’ll never stop singing about his marriage breakup on stage Sitting in the restaurant of a Denver hotel, in the middle of a US tour with his band Bleachers, Jack Antonoff shrugs. “There’s this intense need to figure me out,” he frowns, “and I don’t really know where it comes from, because I keep explaining all of it. ” He has a point. For the last 12 years, Bleachers have…The Guardian · 25 Oct, 10:00

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