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Jack Antonoff Keeps Love Songs on Bleachers Set After Split

He says performing those songs is an artistic promise to his audience rather than a private choice.

Overview

  • Antonoff told The Guardian in a profile published Sunday that he agonised over changing his setlist but decided to continue singing recent love songs he wrote about Margaret Qualley.
  • He said he refuses to "rewrite the past," that performing the material has felt "really beautiful," and that honesty with his audience guided his choice.
  • The couple separated over the summer after three years of marriage, they have not publicly filed for divorce, and they previously tried to work on the marriage according to unnamed sources.
  • Qualley’s representative has pushed back on press narratives about trust or infidelity, saying those claims are "categorically untrue" and asking for privacy.
  • The decision keeps highly personal songs such as "Dirty Wedding Dress" and "You and Forever" in Bleachers’ shows and highlights how the split is playing out publicly for two high‑profile figures whose relationship drew wide pop‑culture attention.