Producer and Bleachers frontman Jack Antonoff is responding to internet backlash over wearing earplugs during Katy Perry's performance at the VMAs this week — cheekily calling it "a very important and pressing issue that needed to be exposed.

Jack Antonoff was seen at the MTV VMAs wearing earplugs, which led to speculation from fans that he was not a fan of Katy Perry's opening performance at the ceremony

To be fair, everybody looked less enthused than Taylor Swift to be watching Katy Perry’s VMAs mashup, but that’s only because the Midnights artist was dancing her ass off. However, as Jack Antonoff stood nearby wearing earplugs, some people thought he was being really disrespectful. Some comments on X (Twitter) included: