Taylor Swift’s longtime collaborator Jack Antonoff was spotted putting thing successful his ears during Katy Perry’s VMAs performance, prompting rumors helium was throwing shadiness astatine the singer.
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Jack Antonoff is tuning retired the noise, literally.
The Bleachers vocalist and euphony shaper acceptable the grounds consecutive aft helium was seen putting what was assumed to beryllium airpods in his ears during Katy Perry’s Video Vanguard show astatine the 2024 MTV VMAs connected Sept. 11.
“I would similar to archer you straight from maine that I did successful information usage earplugs the different night,” Taylor Swift’s longtime collaborator wrote connected X (formerly Twitter) connected Sept. 12. “They were bluish ‘hearos’ marque and I’m mortified to admit that I’ve been utilizing them for a agelong clip arsenic good arsenic buying them successful bulk.”
The 40-year-old decided to poke amusive astatine those who dissected the infinitesimal online, which was caught connected camera. Noting that helium uses the earplugs connected planes and each nighttime erstwhile going to bed, Antonoff quipped, “There is thing near to bash but apologize and convey those who person covered this communicative due to the fact that though it’s an embarrassment to my household and I, I bash judge that this was a precise important and pressing contented that needed to beryllium exposed.”
During the yearly awards show—hosted by Megan Thee Stallion—Antonoff and his woman Margaret Qualley were seated adjacent to Swift, whose creation moves were regularly featured successful assemblage absorption shots.
After clips surfaced of the infinitesimal online, immoderate fans presumed that Antonoff was placing thing successful his ears to artifact retired Perry’s show aft her past feud with Swift. However, Perry has since extended a literal olive branch to Swift and adjacent attended an Australian day of her Eras tour. Throughout Perry’s performance, Swift was spotted dancing and clapping for the popular star.
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Continuing successful his faux apology, the erstwhile Fun. subordinate wrote, “I’m atrocious to those I fto down and contiguous I volition not beryllium going to enactment and alternatively reasoning astir my earplug usage and everyone that has been affected by it. The set I person decided to support each dates arsenic scheduled.”
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