Girls Stars Allison Williams and Ebon Moss-Bachrach Reveal They Sang Jack Antonoff's 'Discards' for Kelly Clarkson

Allison Williams and Ebon Moss-Bachrach reveal never-before-seen secrets about HBO’s hit series, Girls.

The former actresses played Marnie and Desi on the Lena Dunham-led series, and their characters’ toxic relationship was connected through music. Over the course of the show’s six seasons, the duo performed a variety of songs, some of which they’ve now revealed were actually written by Grammy-winning producer and Dunham’s ex-boyfriend, Jack Antonoff.

“I found out the other day that most of our songs were rejected by Kelly Clarkson,” Moss-Bachrach said in the joint vanity fair interview with Williams, who added, “Some of them are. I think the song ‘Breathless’ was written by Jack Antonoff for Kelly Clarkson.”

Ebon Moss-Bachrach and Allison Williams on ‘Girls’.

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“I like that song,” he admitted Companions alum agreed, “That’s a great song, she should have done it! But we got it, as a result.”

Although it’s been nearly seven years since the series finale, Williams’ portrayal of Marnie and her vocal style have remained in Internet history. In February, Dunham responded to how Williams’ musical moments led to cringe-worthy moments and long-running memes.

“I love what Allison would keep saying while we were filming Girls, ‘Oh my God, are you really going to make me sing this? This is so embarrassing,'” she recalled Diversity. “And I would say, ‘It won’t be a big deal.'”

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She continued: “And then these are the things that become memes for the next 20 years. That’s why I’m sorry, Allison.”

Girls ran for six seasons from 2012 to 2017. Since then, Williams has become a horror mainstay thanks to get out, M3gan and Perfection. Dunham has directed films including Catherine aka Birdy and A sharp stick. He will soon be back on TV with an upcoming Netflix rom-com series Too muchwhich she is supposed to write and direct, starring Megan Stalter White lotusWill Sharpe.

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