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Jack Antonoff joins John to discuss the creation of Bleachers' album 'Everyone for Ten Minutes'.

Take our audience survey and enter the draw to win! https://www.smartsurvey.co.uk/t/AudienceSurvey2026/ John is joined by Jack Antonoff of Bleachers to talk about how they wrote, recorded and produced the album ‘Everyone for Ten Minutes’. Jack Antonoff is an American producer, songwriter and multi-instrumentalist. As a producer, he’s widely recognised for helping shape the sound of modern pop through his work with artists including Taylor Swift, Sabrina Carpenter, Kendrick Lamar and many more. Alongside his production work, Jack has built a hugely successful career as a musician and songwriter, first rising to prominence with Fun in the early 2010s before founding Bleachers in 2013. Since then, Bleachers have released five studio albums and toured globally, with their latest record, Everyone for Ten Minutes, released in May 2026. Sitting down at Platoon Studios in London, Jack looks back on the process of bringing the album to life, digging into the recording techniques behind the record and demonstrating different directions the songs could have taken along the way. He also talks about how leading with simplicity became central to the album, answers questions from Patreons, and…

People in this episode

Host: John

Guest: Jack Antonoff

Topics covered

• album production
• songwriting
• music industry
• recording techniques
• artist interviews

Keywords

• Jack Antonoff
• Bleachers
• Everyone for Ten Minutes
• album production
• music interview
• recording techniques
• songwriting

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Organizations: Bleachers, Fun, Dirty Hit Recordings

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