Taylor Swift and Jack Antonoff took their musical collaboration story to a new level on Monday (November 7) when they unveiled a new version of the Midnights track “Anti-Hero”, featuring Antonoff’s solo project Bleachers.
In the new version, Antonoff covers the second verse, changing the viral lyrics “sexy baby” to “art bro”. He sings, “Sometimes I feel like everybody’s an art brother lately / And I’m just judging them over the hill / Too hard to talk about your famous baby / Drill into the heart of the guilt 90’s.”
A sweet moment in the pre-chorus finds Swift singing, “Did you hear my secret narcissism that I disguise as selflessness / Like some kind of congressman,” before Antonoff assures her, “Taylor, you’ll be fine. ”
In a post shared on Instagram announcing the new collaboration, Swift captioned a photo of the Grammy-winning duo, “Jack’s version of ‘sexy baby’ is ‘art bro’ and we sincerely hope she confuses as much of people.”
Antonoff is credited with co-writing 11 of the 13 songs on the traditional version of Swift’s freshly released 10th studio album, Midnights, including the original version of “Anti-Hero”. In an Instagram post, Swift explained the duo working on the project. “We had been playing around with ideas and writing a few things that we liked, but Midnights in fact, we really bonded and dated when our partners (both actors) made a movie together in Panama,” she wrote. “Jack and I found ourselves in New York, alone, recording every night, staying up late, and exploring old memories and past midnights.”
See Swift’s “Anti-Hero (featuring Bleachers)” announcement below.