--- title: Taylor Swift "Out of the Woods": Jack Antonoff On Their Collaboration description: The Bleachers mastermind told TIME earlier this year about collaborating with the "Out of the Woods" singer canonical: https://time.com/3506285/out-of-the-woods-taylor-swift-jack-antonoff/ author: Nolan Feeney article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2014-10-14T15:27:42.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-02-21T10:46:28.885Z article:section: Entertainment og:title: Jack Antonoff Talks Writing with Taylor Swift og:description: He worked with the "Out of the Woods" singer og:url: https://time.com/3506285/out-of-the-woods-taylor-swift-jack-antonoff/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt460c85408dbc0b30/69869b1e1eebf714fb371cc5/jack-antonoff-by-geordie-wood-for-time-01.jpg?branch=production&width=1920&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: Jack Antonoff of Bleachers og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Jack Antonoff Talks Writing with Taylor Swift twitter:description: He worked with the "Out of the Woods" singer twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt460c85408dbc0b30/69869b1e1eebf714fb371cc5/jack-antonoff-by-geordie-wood-for-time-01.jpg?branch=production&width=1920&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # 'Out of the Woods' Co-Writer Jack Antonoff Talks Working with Taylor Swift  by [Nolan Feeney](/author/nolan-feeney/)  ## Nolan Feeney Oct 14, 2014 3:27 PM CUT  Jack Antonoff of Bleachers Jack Antonoff of BleachersGeordie Wood for TIME  by [Nolan Feeney](/author/nolan-feeney/)  ## Nolan Feeney Oct 14, 2014 3:27 PM CUT Last night Taylor Swift premiered her new song [“Out of the Woods”](http://time.com/3502753/taylor-swift-out-of-the-woods/ "undefined") from her upcoming album, _1989_. Unlike the bouncy, horn-blasting [“Shake It Off,”](http://time.com/3138525/taylor-swift-shake-it-off-1989/ "undefined") the new track shows off the ’80s pop influences Swift has said inspired the record (and its title). That’s in part because she wrote the song with Jack Antonoff of fun., [whose first solo album as Bleachers this year](http://time.com/2972314/music-therapy/ "undefined") was a crash course in how to mine the best of ’80s synth pop while still sounding fresh for 2014. Before Bleachers’ _Strange Desire_ came out this summer, [TIME spent a day with Antonoff at Coney Island](http://time.com/2966677/jack-antonoff-behind-the-scenes/ "undefined"), where he talked about collaborating with Swift. “You can look at someone and get to know their music and say, ‘This is someone who I want to work with,'” said Antonoff, who also called “Out of the Woods” [“one of the most important things I’ve ever been a part of”](https://twitter.com/jackantonoff/status/511943863674871809 "undefined") on Twitter last month. “It’s not rocket science if someone seems cool or great.” (Antonoff’s girlfriend, _Girls_ creator Lena Dunham, also became pals with Swift [after Dunham asked to be friends in a direct Twitter message](http://www.theguardian.com/music/2014/aug/23/taylor-swift-shake-it-off "undefined") following some mutual admiration.) Antonoff says he always wanted to write with other artists, but didn’t get a chance to do so until [“We Are Young”](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Sv6dMFF%5Fyts "undefined") and [“Some Nights”](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qQkBeOisNM0 "undefined") took off and opened some doors. After participating in some impersonal writing camps for artists such as Rihanna, Antonoff swore off sessions where he couldn’t work face-to-face with the artist. “I don’t want to imagine what someone would want to do — I want to collaborate,” Antonoff told TIME. “That’s why I like working with [Taylor](https://itunes.apple.com/us/album/1989/id907242701 "undefined") or [Sara Bareilles](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QUQsqBqxoR4 "undefined") or [Tegan and Sara](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3was0O2TBhU "undefined") — where you’re just in the room, talking about what stuff is going to feel like and sound like, and working from that perspective. It’s not any of this bullshit of, ‘Let’s write a hit Katy Perry song.'” ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/3506285/out-of-the-woods-taylor-swift-jack-antonoff/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/3506285/out-of-the-woods-taylor-swift-jack-antonoff/"},"headline":"'Out of the Woods' Co-Writer Jack Antonoff Talks Working with Taylor Swift","datePublished":"2014-10-14T15:27:42.000Z","dateModified":"2026-02-21T10:46:28.885Z","description":"The Bleachers mastermind talked to TIME earlier this year about collaborating with the \"Out of the Woods\" singer","url":"https://time.com/3506285/out-of-the-woods-taylor-swift-jack-antonoff/","keywords":["Music","Taylor Swift","1989 topic","shake it off"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt460c85408dbc0b30/69869b1e1eebf714fb371cc5/jack-antonoff-by-geordie-wood-for-time-01.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Nolan Feeney","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/nolan-feeney/"}],"articleSection":"Entertainment","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt460c85408dbc0b30/69869b1e1eebf714fb371cc5/jack-antonoff-by-geordie-wood-for-time-01.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"Jack Antonoff of Bleachers","caption":"Jack Antonoff of Bleachers","creditText":"Geordie Wood for TIME","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/entertainment/","name":"Entertainment"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/3506285/out-of-the-woods-taylor-swift-jack-antonoff/","name":"'Out of the Woods' Co-Writer Jack Antonoff Talks Working with Taylor Swift"}}]}] ```