Jack Antonoff confirms he’s working on Lana Del Rey’s ‘Lasso’

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Jack Antonoff has confirmed his involvement in Lana Del Rey‘s upcoming country album, ‘Lasso’.Earlier this year, Lana Del Rey announced her 10th studio album, ‘Lasso’, which she teased will see her venture into country music, and is being made alongside both regular collaborator, producer and Bleachers frontman Jack Antonoff and country music maker Luke Laird.Now, Jack Antonoff has confirmed that he has been in the studio with Del Rey to work on the record, though he’s not eager to share any information on their collaborations.

In a new interview with TIME, he said: “A story for another time. The reason why I don’t talk about things until they’re out is very succinct: I like to let the music be the first entry point for people.”He continued, explaining: “I don’t want to rob anyone of their experience of hearing it without context.

The second you start talking about work that is coming, you’re planting these seeds in people’s head.”Lana Del Rey and Jack Antonoff have worked together extensively since 2019, first pairing up for ‘Normal Fucking Rockwell‘ before reuniting for ‘Chemtrails Over The Country Club‘ in 2021 and once again on last year’s ‘Did You Know That There’s a Tunnel Under Ocean Blvd‘.As for teasers of ‘Lasso’, Lana Del Rey recently teamed up with rapper Quavo to release ‘Tough’ in early July.

It is currently unclear if ‘Tough’ will feature on Lana’s ‘Lasso’, or if it will part of a larger Quavo project. Lana later revealed that she has more singles planned for release soon: “We have two more coming out by the end of the year!”Most recently in August, the singer-songwriter teased that the sonics of the upcoming record won’t stray too far from her previous releases: “All my albums are somewhat rooted in.