Summer Hits: Jack Antonoff on Bleachers Stop Making This Hurt

Published: July 30, 2021, 4 a.m.

b'We\\u2019ve been wanting to speak with Jack Antonoff since we started Switched On Pop back in 2014. We\'ve had countless hours of conversation sound tracked to his productions with artists like Taylor Swift, Lorde, Lana Del Ray starting in just our second episode. When we wrote a book about 21st century pop, we devoted a chapter to the song \\u201cWe Are Young\\u201d by his band, Fun.\\n\\xa0\\nAnd so we\'re excited to finally sit down with him to hear about how he approaches his own work. He has a new album out with his band Bleachers called Take the Sadness out of Saturday Night. And for our series on Summer Hits, we wanted to start our conversation with Jack Antonoff about the song \\u201cStop Making this Hurt.\\u201d\\n\\nMore Episodes ft. words or music by Jack Antonoff\\nChained to the Green Light: Katy Perry + Lorde\\nThe Oeuvre of Taylor Swift\\nfolklore: taylor swift\'s quarantine dream\\n"evermore" of a good thing\\nTotal Request Live! Taylor, Lana, Kim, and More (with Sam Sanders)\\nSong of Summer 2020: TikTok Jams, Protest Anthems, Breezy Bops & Bummer Bangers\\nCarly Rae Jepsen: Meeting The Muse\\n\\n\\ufeffSongs Discussed\\nBleachers - Chinatown (feat. Bruce Springsteen)\\nBleachers - How Dare You Want More\\nBleachers - Secret Life\\nBleachers - Stop Making This Hurt\\nBleachers - What\'d I Do With All This Faith?\\nBruce Springsteen - Jungleland\\nDexys Midnight Runners - Come On Eileen\\nFleetwood Mac - Bleed to Love Her (Live at Warner Brothers Studios in Burbank, CA 52397)\\nFleetwood Mac - Bleed to Love Her\\nLana Del Rey - Mariners Apartment Complex\\nTelevision - 1880 Or So\\nThe Strokes - New York City Cops\\nTom Tom Club - Genius of Love\\nLearn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices'