Jack Antonoff Says ‘Cruel Summer’ Was Always His and Taylor Swift’s Favorite Song on ‘Lover’

Jack Antonoff is once again professing his – and Taylor Swift’s – love for “Cruel Summer.”

During his performance at Tonight’s show on Wednesday night, the 39-year-old Bleachers musician talked about the huge success of the song he wrote and produced with Swift, 33.

“Oh, it’s so cool,” Antonoff said of the song’s reception and reaching No. 1 on Board Hot 100.

Jack Antonoff.

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Taylor Swift and Jack Antonoff React to ‘Favorite Song’ from ‘5 Years Ago’ ‘Cruel Summer’ at No. 1

He then told host Jimmy Fallon that the fans are really responsible for the success of singles like “Cruel Summer” these days.

“I like where the music business is going because it just melted into nothing but what people like. And you can talk your shit about this or that, but the fans are God. What they say counts for all of this,” – said the singer of the song “Modern Girl” to Fallon (49).

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Antonoff then began talking about how the singles selection landscape has changed.

“You know, the idea of ​​a single is, if you could get your friends in a room, would you play? And what happened with ‘Cruel Summer’ is proof of that,” the Bleachers musician told the host.

“It’s always been our favorite song on the album,” Antonoff said, referring to his and Swift’s favorite song on Lover. “And then without anything, without gas in the fire, without anyone from the business side doing nothing, only the children started playing it more and more and more.

He concluded, “It happened with that song, and it happened with a bunch of things — and I just think the music business is just a fun place to work.”

Late last month, “Cruel Summer” took the No. 1 spot in the middle of the Eras Tour film, which became the biggest concert film debut ever and just days after Swift released new mixes of “Cruel Summer.”

To celebrate the news, Swift shared a video on Instagram of her and Antonoff celebrating the good news with the caption, “THIS IS COOL 😎.”

Taylor Swift and Jack Antonoff.

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During the clip, both musicians playfully shout and interrupt each other as they share their excitement over the song’s success.

“Our favorite song from Lover from five years ago. The song that we said was the best song, but we were like, ‘Oh, you know what? This will be our secret best song.’ That’s what we thought,” said the “Don’t Take the Money” performer in the video.

Swift added, “We just wanted to say thank you so much for making ‘Cruel Summer’ a Hot 100 No. 1. And it’s not even summer anymore, it’s deep fall. I’m wearing a sweater.”

“It’s deep fall,” Antonoff agrees, before the pop megastar added “we love you guys” with a wink.

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