In a July 2021 chat with NME, Antonoff praised Swift's efforts to revolutionize the music scene as she continuously advocates for artist's rights and fair pay in the industry. "I've seen her change the music industry first-hand," he told the publication. "She's amazing for being a champion, and making things better for the generations to come. She has a long history of rightly exposing some real darkness in the music industry. And I'm personally thankful for it, outside of our friendship and working relationship, just as an artist. She's asked me some questions a lot of people are afraid to ask."
During his guest appearance on "The Plug with Neil Griffiths" podcast in July 2021, he also touched on the faith Swift put in him as a producer, which firmly put him on the map as a credible music producer, having worked with A-list musicians like Lorde, Lana Del Ray, and Carly Rae Jepsen. "If you're a producer, you kind of need someone to let you into the room because I was always producing my records and stuff like that, but it's weird it's seen in a different way," he said. "When ["1989"] came out, it was the thing that people kind of needed to see on the résumé when I say, 'Hey, I can produce this song that I worked on.' Went from, 'Well, who are you?' to 'Sure!'"
