Jack Antonoff has said that he finds power in singing love songs originally written about his now-estranged ex-wife Margaret Qualley .

The musician, 42, and actor Qualley, 32, separated over the summer after five years together . Antonoff is currently touring with his band Bleachers, performing songs he had written about Qualley like “Dirty Wedding Dress” and “You and Forever.”

Antonoff told The Guardian in a new interview: “Songs which I wrote recently, I obviously was really worried about this specific thing, I sat long and hard with it and thought: ‘If I change the setlist …’ and in my gut there was a unanimous jury that said, ‘No, this is the deal.’”

He continued: “The deal I’ve made with my audience is that I’m going to tell you honestly how I feel and I’m going to risk at any moment having to stand behind it for f***ing ever.”

“Anyone could relate to the terrible sadness and pain, but there’s a great power to it also. It’s actually been really beautiful,” Antonoff added.…