Jack Antonoff

Jack Antonoff was born for music. The singer-songwriter, musician and music producer has earned himself 4 Grammy Award wins for his brilliance.

Early Accomplishments

He and a couple of friends formed Outline, a punk rock band while in his tenth grade. They released an EP, a 6-track demo and a 2001 album titled A Boy Can Dream.

In 2002, he co-founded a rather more successful band called Steel Train with his friend and 2 others. They were signed to Drive-Thru Records. He joined fun. in 2008.

Best Known For

Playing guitar and drums for the band fun., he has won worldwide recognition for their 2013 smash hit, We Are Young from the album, Some Nights. He is also the frontman for the band, Bleachers known for the 2014 song, I Wanna Get Better.

He has worked with other artistes such as Taylor Swift’s album, 1989 (2016), Lorde’s Melodrama (2017) and St. Vincent’s Masseduction (2018). 

Sexual Orientation

Jack is straight and has been dating Carlotta Kohl since the beginning of 2018. He dated Scarlett Johansson for a year while he played for Outline and dated Alia Shawkat in 2009. Between 2012 and 2017, he was in a relationship with Lena Dunham and were both even living together.

Family

He is the only son of Rick and Shira Antonoff. His younger one, Sarah died in 2002 of brain cancer, aged 13 while his older sibling is fashionista, Rachel Antonoff. 

Religion

Jack is a Jew. He is often seen subtly wearing a Star of David while performing, most notably at the 2017 MTV VMA.

Worth To Know

He attended Professional Children School at the same time Scarlett Johansson was.