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Allison Williams, Ebon Moss-Bachrach Were Singing Kelly Clarkson’s Jack Antonoff Rejects on ‘Girls’

Allison Williams and Ebon Moss-Bacharach revealed that some of their songs on 'Girls' were originally written for Kelly Clarkson by Jack Antonoff.

Allison Williams and Ebon Moss-Bachrach revealed that some of the songs they performed together as Marnie and Desi on Girls were Kelly Clarkson rejects written by Jack Antonoff. “Breathless” likely represented the high point of Marnie and Desi’s oeuvre, with Williams noting that the songs they performed together frequently struck a balance between “really beautiful” music and super “ cringey” lyrics. Williams went on to note that performing the songs on the show was often “nerve-wracking,” but Moss-Bachrach said the dramatic irony of it all, especially related to Marnie and Desi’s musical talent (or lack thereof), made it easier.

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