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Bleachers, the pop-rock project from super producer Jack Antonoff, have returned a new song called “chinatown” featuring Bruce Springsteen.
Antonoff came by his Springsteen obsession naturally, by growing up in the state of New Jersey. His debt to the Bard of Asbury Park can be felt in his anthemic hooks and granular details. While the two artists make fairly different music, they both have mastered switching between arena-big and dive-bar small.
“chinatown” exists at the center of the Antonoff-Springsteen Venn diagram. The acoustic guitars are somehow laid-back and restless, and the lyrics are specific in a way that makes them universal. “Get in the backseat honey pie,” Antonoff begins, “And I’ll wear your sadness like it’s mine.” But the verses are short, the better to spend time in Antonoff’s mega-hook. One of the most sought-after ghostwriters in music today, Antonoff has never been afraid to find the stickiest part of a chorus and repeat it until you can’t get it out of your head. But with The Boss on the track, he gives that earworm melody additional lyrical heft. After only allotting four bars for the verses, the chorus is stretched out to a luxurious 16 bars. And while Antonoff is an able vocalist, “chinatown” comes alive with Springsteen’s husky tones. Together they sing, “But a girl like you could rip me out of my head/ Black tears on your cheek I want them in my bed,” and Antonoff doesn’t even bother trying to mix the voices to equality. He knows Bruce is bigger and badder, and he lets The Boss do the heavy lifting. - Consequence of Sound