Jack Antonoff of Bleachers dropped by the KROQ tent to talk with Nicole Alvarez about being back in the Coachella sun. Certainly not his first time in the Indio desert, “It does feel different,” he admits. “The longer a band is together, the more you understand your audience, so then when you come to places like this, you kind of see each other in a different way. A headline show is obviously your show, but at a festival you kind of start to notice your people, and the longer a band’s together, the more intense that connection is.”

“I can just tell,” he says of the band’s followers. “I'm like, ‘Oh, you're my people,’ I can just see it. Sometimes it's literal, you know, there's a little pin or something, but it's more just like a feeling, especially when you're at a festival and there's a lot of people who might just see you for the first time or random people. You just see your people and it kind of makes you connect in an extra deep way, like seeing your friend in public or something.”

Jack’s enthusiasm for performing hasn’t seemed to reach a peak, which is something he tends to realize when arriving in cities and venues while on tour. “I feel like anywhere you are, you could either bring a level of cynicism or the opposite and you never want to be in these rare, interesting environments and think about it from a s***ty point of view. “That's what touring is like is like, you could get wrapped up in how tired you are and how much you've been on tour or you could just be like, ‘Jesus, I can't believe we're here.’”

“That's what I feel about days like today,” he adds. “I could be like, ‘It's hot, it's dusty’ -- or you could be like, ‘Holy s**t!’ Also, there's not a lot of room for cynicism shows because everyone went through so much to be there, especially festivals.”

Bleachers dropped their fourth studio album earlier this year, and looking back on the experience, Jack says “it felt bold every time we were in the studio, it just felt like we understood what the band could be more and more and more and we're just like kind of going ape s**t on it. It's nice to get to the point where you care so much about your audience and then also don't give a f** what anyone else thinks… This album is just like us grinding our heels into what we are.” Finally, Jack adds, “This album, we're firing on every cylinder.”

Listen to Nicole Alvarez's full interview with Jack Antonoff above, and stay tuned for more interviews with your favorite artists right here on Audacy.

Words by Joe Cingrana Interview by Nicole Alvarez

Jack Antonoff of Bleachers dropped by the KROQ tent to talk with Nicole Alvarez about being back in the Coachella sun. Certainly not his first time in the Indio desert, “It does feel different,” he admits. “The longer a band is together, the more you understand your audience, so then when you come to places like this, you kind of see each other in a different way. A headline show is obviously your show, but at a festival you kind of start to notice your people, and the longer a band’s together, the more intense that connection is.”
“I can just tell,” he says of the band’s followers. “I'm like, ‘Oh, you're my people,’ I can just see it. Sometimes it's literal, you know, there's a little pin or something, but it's more just like a feeling, especially when you're at a festival and there's a lot of people who might just see you for the first time or random people. You just see your people and it kind of makes you connect in an extra deep way, like seeing your friend in public or something.”
Jack’s enthusiasm for performing hasn’t seemed to reach a peak, which is something he tends to realize when arriving in cities and venues while on tour. “I feel like anywhere you are, you could either bring a level of cynicism or the opposite and you never want to be in these rare, interesting environments and think about it from a s***ty point of view. “That's what touring is like is like, you could get wrapped up in how tired you are and how much you've been on tour or you could just be like, ‘Jesus, I can't believe we're here.’”
“That's what I feel about days like today,” he adds. “I could be like, ‘It's hot, it's dusty’ -- or you could be like, ‘Holy s**t!’ Also, there's not a lot of room for cynicism shows because everyone went through so much to be there, especially festivals.”
Bleachers dropped their fourth studio album earlier this year, and looking back on the experience, Jack says “it felt bold every time we were in the studio, it just felt like we understood what the band could be more and more and more and we're just like kind of going ape s**t on it. It's nice to get to the point where you care so much about your audience and then also don't give a f** what anyone else thinks… This album is just like us grinding our heels into what we are.” Finally, Jack adds, “This album, we're firing on every cylinder.”
Listen to Nicole Alvarez's full interview with Jack Antonoff above, and stay tuned for more interviews with your favorite artists right here on Audacy.
Words by Joe Cingrana Interview by Nicole Alvarez

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