Lorde has fought against sexist claims that his upcoming third studio album is another “Jack Antonoff album”.
On Thursday, August 12, The New York Times published an interview with the “Solar Power” singer who addressed the social media sexism she faced while co-producing with a male producer.
Lorde fired back and said she didn’t want to be listed in “Jack’s stable” with other artists he worked with, including other female artists like Lana Del Rey and Taylor Swift.
“I didn’t make a Jack Antonoff record,” Lorde told the outlet. “I did a Lorde record and he helped me make it and gave me a lot of focus on production and arrangement. Jack would be okay with that. To give him that credit is downright insulting.”
Lorde knows that every producer has certain techniques and stylistic aspects where fans can sometimes recognize their work. However, she pointed out that this album was creatively led by her.
“I know there are certain characteristics of what Jack does and some of those things that I really like and some that I don’t like,” she admitted. “And I beat them for the work we do together,” she told the newspaper. “I say this with so much love and affection, but I feel like we are building a house together and he says to me, ‘Look at this towel I made in the shape of two swans! Look at this set of woven baskets! ‘And I’m like,’ Great, one per room. ‘”
In 2018, Lorde had to respond to yet another rumor that she was dating Antonoff after his split from longtime girlfriend Lena Dunham. Lorde and Antonoff were only working on their second album, Melodrama, together. Lorde called these claims both “retro” and “sexist”.
“No one doing a job that is not my job has a relationship like the one I have with Jack. He’s like a partner to me,” she said of her coworker. “We’re in a relationship. It’s not a romantic relationship, but we’ve been in this relationship for seven years, and it’s a really unique thing, so I don’t blame people for not being able to figure it out. . “
