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Jack Antonoff Discusses the Jay-Z and Kanye West Version of ‘We Are Young’
Jack Antonoff spoke about how Jay-Z and Kanye West recorded a never-released version of his band Fun’s ‘We Are Young’ for their album, ‘Watch The Throne’
Jack AntonoffTaylor Hill/FilmMagic/Getty ImagesAntonoff, 40, shared how Fun.’s “We Are Young” nearly ended up on Watch The Throne, the 2011 collaborative album from West and Jay-Z, while speaking with Nardwuar in an interview published on May 9. In the end, it didn’t quite fit on [ Watch the Throne] because it’s a big pop song on an album they wanted to have an undergroundness and counter-culture sensibility.” Kanye West and Jay ZKevin Mazur/Getty Images For Roc NationElsewhere in the Nardwuar interview (around the 14:52 mark), they discussed “Jersey Boy,” a song by The Unloveables.
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