Jack Antonoff Reveals Taylor Swift's 'The Archer' Took 'About 2 Hours' to Create

After Taylor Swift released the moody third single from Lover, "The Archer," on Tuesday night (July 23), Jack Antonoff, who helped produced it, took to Twitter to share some sweet, behind-the-scenes details.

"The archer is out," Antonoff wrote, "one of my favorite things taylor and i have done together. very simple. juno 6, dx 7 and linn kick. the things she is saying needed to be just held by a big wall of low end and arp. we made this one in california and it all happened in about 2 hours."

The song, which is track number five on her forthcoming album, was originally a clue in Swift's latest "You Need To Calm Down" video, seen as an arrow hitting a target with the number five on it.

This isn't the first time the two have collaborated. Antonoff also helped produce on Swift's album 1989 and was a key contributor to its followup, Reputation. Swift and Antonoff also teamed up to write her song with Zayn, "I Don't Wanna Live Forever." 

Swift's seventh album, Lover, is out Aug. 23. 

See Antonoff's tweets below.

the archer is out. one of my favorite things taylor and i have done together. very simple. juno 6, dx 7 and linn kick. the things she is saying needed to be just held by a big wall of low end and arp. we made this one in california and it all happened in about 2 hours.

— jackantonoff (@jackantonoff) July 24, 2019

"they see right through me - i see right through me"

— jackantonoff (@jackantonoff) July 24, 2019

"all of my heroes die all alone - help me hold on to you"

— jackantonoff (@jackantonoff) July 24, 2019

beyond proud to have this one out in the world. engineered by laura sisk. pls listen on headphones on a walk tonight

— jackantonoff (@jackantonoff) July 24, 2019