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fun. star Jack Antonoff praises Taylor Swift: 'She's one of the best songwriters ever'

Musician Jack Antonoff, of fun. fame, has revealed that he believes country-pop superstar Taylor Swift is one of the world's best songwriters and even went as far as to compare to her icon Michael Jackson. 

Speaking to GQ magazine, the 'We Are Young' hitmaker confessed that the 'I Knew You Were Trouble' sensation has released some incredible tracks and she is just very talented where writing music is concerned:

"I love [Lily Allen's album] 'Yeezus'. I think it's one of the coolest-sounding things ever. And I think Taylor Swift is one of the best songwriters ever."

"Taylor Swift is cool, because she's the closest thing today that hearkens to Michael Jackson - to great, great pop music. There's a difference between her and Gaga and Katy Perry and Lily Allen and all that. It all feels throwaway, comparatively."

Antonoff went onto speak about his new band, Bleachers, adding that he's tired of people referring to it as a "side project": "I try not to think too far into the future. But it bothers me when people call it [Bleachers] a side-project."

"It's an annoying phrase. My whole life, I've been someone who likes to do a lot of different things, but I've specifically noticed with Bleachers, people don't like the idea of, like, two bands, two projects. Like, they both have to be labelled, and, well, which one is the main one?"

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