In the old Greek myth of “King Midas and the Golden Touch,” Dionysus, The God of Revelry,  grants the King the power to turn everything he touches into gold. Bergen County producer Jack Antonoff—he of the nine Grammy Awards and three years in a row as “Producer Of The Year”—has spun straw into gold with his knob-turning for Taylor Swift, Lana Del Ray and his own band Bleachers. Enter Texas singer-songwriter Maren Morris.

Jack Antonoff is carving out a damn impressive career with his Bleachers band and as Taylor Swift’s producer. The Bergenfield native has also been active in raising funds and awareness for the plight of lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender kids (LGBTQ), the homeless, and those crushed under the weight of today’s society. He founded The Ally Coalition with his sister Rachel Antonoff, and on December 17 in New York City, the 10^th Annual Talent Show at the Jack H. Skirball Center for the Performing Arts will take place.

He’s not yet 40 but producer Jack Michael Antonoff—from Bergenfield in Bergen County—has now won nine Grammy Awards including the last three years in a row as “Producer Of The Year Non-Classical.”

Jack Antonoff, from Bergenfield, was always one to put his talent and celebrity to good use. Besides being Taylor Swift’s longtime producer, his band, Bleachers, has been a mainstay of pop smarts. They performed recently at the Jack H. Skirball Center for the Performing Arts in Manhattan on December 19 at the ninth annual talent show to benefit The Ally Coalition, an organization he co-founded in 2013 to help LGBTQ kids.

Jack Antonoff took home Producer of the Year honors at the 2023 Grammy Awards for his work on Florence and the Machine’s Dance Fever, the soundtrack to Minions: The Rise Of Gru, Taylor Swift’s “All Too Well,” Diana Ross’s “I Still Believe” and The 1975’s “Part Of The Band.”