Lana Del Rey may have a lot to thank Jack Antonoff for in music, but in a speech at the Variety Hitmakers ceremony over the weekend, the 39-year-old pop star revealed she's truly grateful for the way the producer inspired her to marry husband Jeremy Dufrene;
Presenting Antonoff with the Producer of the Decade Award at brunch on Saturday, Del Rey – who tied the knot with the alligator tour guide in late September – said her longtime partner's marriage to actress Margaret Qualley prompted her to wait for the perfect significant other. “Above all, I am grateful to him for the example he set for me in his marriage to Margaret,” he told the crowd in Los Angeles.
“I saw the way he looked at her when he met her and it's a big reason why I waited so long to get married and why I met my amazing husband,” the “Summertime Sadness” singer continued at the podium. “I really feel there's a singer's curse when he meets an honest partner who has no skin in the game, no dog in the fight.”
The 11-time Grammy nominee added: “It's scary to have to maintain an innocent perception of how things could go when you're in an industry where maybe your values or your ethics don't quite match what's going on — especially when people think you probably have no morals or values.”
After reportedly first meeting in 2019 when Del Rey took a guided swamp boat tour with Dufresne, the pair are believed to have started dating about five months before their wedding in Louisiana. In October, the “A&W” musician called her husband “the one and only” in comments on Instagram, adding: “We are so happy.”
Del Rey is now gearing up to release her long-awaited studio album The right person will stayon which Antonoff worked. Slated for a May 2025 release, the LP is expected to find the star embracing a more country sound, which she first teased at the Billboard x NMPA Songwriter Awards ahead of the 2024 Grammys.
“We're going to the country!” he said at the time. “It happens.”
Watch Del Rey talk about her marriage while presenting to Antonoff at the Hitmakers brunch below.
