Jack Antonoff Shares How the Death of His Sister Impacted His Songwriting

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Jack Antonoff is opening up about how he's used songwriting as a coping mechanism to process loss. The musician sat down with Willie Geist for the Oct. 15 edition of Sunday Sitdown and reflected on his journey in the music industry. “My whole life, I had written about my sister,' he told Geist. When he was 18 years old, Antonoff's younger sister Sarah died of brain cancer. She was 13. This experience shaped most of the songs he's written, he said.

“I felt like I could, for the first time, write a little bit outside that lens. It’s just way more present than I’ve ever been,' he said. Before Bleachers, Antonoff also served as the guitarist for Fun, the band behind radio hits like 'We Are Young' and 'Some Nights.' But the band started as a 'side project' for Antonoff and two of his friends. Its rapid success made the project 'stresssful,' and eventually in 2015, Fun went on hiatus, where it remains today.

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