Producer extraordinaire and Bleachers frontman Jack Antonoff has signed an exclusive, global publishing agreement with Universal Music Publishing Group. The move follows his weekend wedding and reunites him with UMPG executive vp Jennifer Knoepfle, his longtime publishing A&R during the songwriter’s lengthy — and fruitful — stay at Sony Music Publishing.
“Jack is honestly one of one,” noted Knoepfle. “To continue being his publisher is an honor we don’t take for granted. He’s even more creative and prolific than when I first met him over a decade ago – and that’s saying a lot! I look forward to this next chapter for him with UMPG by his side.”
That hard-working ethos has gotten Antonoff far over the years, having collaborated extensively with Lana Del Rey, Lorde, Sia, Florence + The Machine, Tegan and Sara, St. Vincent, The Chicks, Carly Rae Jepsen, Pink, Olivia Rodrigo, FKA Twigs, Spoon, Clairo, The 1975, Kevin Abstract and Sara Bareilles, among many others.
Then there’s Taylor Swift, whom Antonoff calls “the first person who recognized me as a producer.” They first collaborated in 2013 on “Sweeter Than Fiction” from the film One Chance, and have since gone on to produce Billboard 200-topping records 1989 (2014), Reputation (2017), Lover (2019), Folklore (2020), Evermore (2020), Fearless (Taylor’s Version) (2021), Red (Taylor’s Version) (2021), Midnights (2022) and Speak Now (Taylor’s Version) (2023).
Antonoff has been rewarded with eight Grammy Awards, including back-to-back producer of the year nods in 2022-2023.
As a performing artist, Antonoff rose to prominence in 2012 as the guitarist and multi-instrumentalist in fun., whose hits included “We Are Young” and “Carry On” off the band’s second album, Some Nights. He later formed Bleachers, whose hits include “I Wanna Get Better” and “Don’t Take the Money,” among others.
