- - Jack Antonoff Says a 'Cynical Part of Me Died' When He Met Wife Margaret Qualley

Raven BrunnerFebruary 18, 2026 at 1:10 AM

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Margaret Qualley and Jack Antonoff attend the 30th Annual Critics Choice Awards at Barker Hangar in Santa Monica on Feb. 7, 2025

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Jack Antonoff revealed how he knew his wife, actress Margaret Qualley, was his forever love

"The second I met my partner a cynical part of me died," he said in a recent interview ahead of the release of the sixth Bleachers album You and Forever

Antonoff and Qualley met in 2021 and got married in 2023

Jack Antonoff immediately knew Margaret Qualley was his forever love.

The Bleachers frontman, 41, gave a very brief comment about meeting his wife in an i-D magazine interview published on Tuesday, Feb. 17.

"The second I met my partner a cynical part of me died—the very Jewish, analytical, endlessly-weighing-everything part," he said.

Jack Antonoff and Margaret Qualley attend the Grammys in Los Angeles on Feb. 2, 2025

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Antonoff and Qualley met in 2021. The couple got married in 2023 with a starry guest list, including Taylor Swift, Channing Tatum, Zoë Kravitz, Cara Delevingne and Lana Del Rey.

The actress, 31, gave a rare comment about married life with Antonoff earlier this month. "I’ve always been very love-oriented. I’ve always been looking for my person, and I met Jack," she told Vanity Fair.

Qualley, next set to star in How to Make a Killing, also told Vanity Fair in a follow-up statement that she’s a fan of her husband’s work.

"I love my husband, my family. I love dancing and horses. I love the moon. Happy crying is the best. I love listening to Tara Brach and books on tape. And anything Jack writes," she wrote.

Last August, she told Cosmopolitan that she “felt really lonely” in her relationships before meeting Antonoff. "In every other relationship I’ve ever been in, I still felt really lonely because I wasn’t with my person, and it’s like I was seeking something," she said. "I don’t feel like that anymore. Jack makes me feel safe and comfortable."

Antonoff, in addition to his work with Bleachers, has collaborated with Swift, Lorde, Lana Del Rey, Sabrina Carpenter and Hayley Williams. The musician is set to release his sixth album with the rock band, Everyone for Ten Minutes, in May. The album’s emotional lead single, "You and Forever," debuted on Wednesday, Feb. 11 with a music video starring Qualley.

The singer also told i-D about his songwriting inspiration behind his upcoming LP, saying, "I don’t feel part of the past, and I feel part of a version of the future, but not necessarily this one. When you write, you’re not writing things you know—there are these strange feelings, and then all of a sudden you start to realise, ‘Oh, I’m really humming on a thing here, and I got to figure that out,’ a lot like [psycho]analysis."

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"And so, I started realising I’ve just been obsessively trying to figure out… all the cornerstones. It’s like, I’ve presented this mountain of issues, but at the end of the day, it’s mostly love songs about the few key figures in your life—all different, all the same—who make it bearable," he added.

Everyone for Ten Minutes will be released on May 22, 2026.

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