Jack Antonoff clearly hustle as a muse for love when he's not busy producing hits and collaborating with the biggest names in music

That's what she revealed when she presented her friend and longtime collaborator the producer of the Decade Awards held in Los Angeles this weekend At Variety's 8th annual Hitmakers event. While talking about Antonov at the ceremony, Delray revealed that the prolific producer influenced her life not only professionally, but also personally.

The "Say Jesus to heaven" singer, in a short speech, made a rare comment about her relationship with her husband Jeremy Duflane, and spoke with Antonov. He called his relationship with his wife, actress Margaret Qualley, "a big reason."

"I am grateful for the example [Antonov] gave me in my marriage to [Margaret Qualley]," Del Rey explained. "When he met her, I saw how he looked at her, and he was the big reason I waited so long for me to get married and why I was my great

"I feel like there's a singer's curse on meeting an honest partner who has no skin in the game and no dogs in the race," she continued. It was. "It's very nerve-wracking to hold an innocent perception of how things go when you're in an industry where your values and morals may not be entirely consistent with what's going on," he said. Especially when people think you probably don't have morals or values.

Delray married Dufrene, an alligator tour guide she met in 2019, on May 9, but rarely discussed her relationship publicly, but on May 10 he commented on her "one and only" and "amazing.""And we are very happy."

And while many of Delray's fans already knew that Antonov had an impact on her life speaking professionally, she told Variety Hitmakers Ibe

"Jack, you're a very big reason for why I'm friends with so many people I know in this room." She explained. "When I started, I didn't know anyone. So, the first time I was nominated for a Grammy, I just did not go. I didn't know how to do it. I really did not I did not know the person.

The "tough" singer continued to share the story of meeting Antonov in 2018 and the beginning of their working relationship.

"He took me to the canteen, and he said, "I think if you come to my home studio, we can write something really great," she admitted. "He is the most persistent and persuasive person. I needed it. There are things, there are a lot of things I wouldn't have done if he hadn't made me.

Delray believed that her collaboration with Antonov helped her move her career to where it is now and rediscover her own love of making music.

"Jack is part of my story and a big reason my perception turned around. If it wasn't at all, it's partly because of the music that helped him pull out in me," she said. "I love to sing. I love to write. In the 10 years before I met him, it declined a bit.

Next, let's find the "All-Around Muse of the Decade" Award that nominates Antonov.