Gracie Abrams

Gracie Madigan Abrams (born September 7, 1999) is an American singer-songwriter, musician and actress. In 2022, she appeared alongside Olivia Rodrigo as a supporting act for Rodrigo's Sour Tour. Her music has been mainly pop, indie and folk-pop. Her songs are said to have many themes such as guilt, heartbreak, and coming of age. She has been called the "Princess of sad-girl bedroom pop" and the "Queen of Indie Pop".

Abrams was born in Los Angeles. She is the daughter of movie director J. J. Abrams and producer Katie McGrath. Having liked music at an early age, Abrams dropped out of Barnard College to focus on her music. In 2019, Abrams released her first single, "Mean It". A year later, she released her first extended play, Minor. In 2021, Abrams released her next EP, This Is What It Feels Like. 

Her first album, Good Riddance was released in February 2023. Throughout 2023 and 2024, she began appearing as an opening act for Taylor Swift's Eras Tour. In late 2023, Abrams appeared in a remix of the song "Everywhere, Everything" by Noah Kahan. This made her appear on the Billboard Hot 100 for the first time. Abrams' second album, The Secret of Us, was released in 2024. She appeared at number two on the Billboard 200. 

In 2024, Abrams was nominated for the Grammy Award for Best New Artist. That same year, she wrote the song "Us" with Swift. For this song, both Abrams and Swift were nominated for the Grammy Award for Best Pop Duo/Group Performance. In May 2025, Abrams won the American Music Award for New Artist of the Year.

 Early life 
Gracie Madigan Abrams was born on September 7, 1999 in Los Angeles, California. She is the daughter of director J. J. Abrams and producer Katie McGrath. Her father's family is Jewish, while her mother's family is Irish Catholic. Abrams grew up in the Pacific Palisades neighborhood of Los Angeles. She has two brothers, an older brother named Henry and a younger brother named August.

She started to like music at a young age. She began songwriting when she was eight. She went to The Archer School for Girls in West Los Angeles. After graduating from high school in 2018, Abrams studied international relations at Barnard College in New York City, but took a leave of absence after her freshman year to focus on music.

 Career 
Abrams has said that Joni Mitchell, Simon & Garfunkel, Elvis Costello, Bon Iver, Elliott Smith, Kate Bush, the 1975, James Blake, Taylor Swift, Lorde, Metric, the Killers, and Phoebe Bridgers are her musical inspirations. She has been called the "princess of sad-girl bedroom pop" because of the melodies of her music and her lyrics. In a 2020 interview, Abrams supported having her personal views in her music, saying, "I can't separate my music from my opinions ... it's a whole that reflects my way of thinking. You shouldn't be afraid to talk about what you believe in."

 2019–2022: Minor and This Is What It Feels Like 
Abrams began her career by recording both covers and original songs in her bedroom and uploading them onto Instagram and SoundCloud. In October 2019, Abrams released her first single, "Mean It", under Interscope Records. On July 14, 2020, Abrams released her first extended play, Minor. The EP had the single "I Miss You, I'm Sorry". 

On March 24, 2021, Abrams appeared with Benny Blanco on "Unlearn". In May, Abrams released the single "Mess It Up". In October 2021, Abrams announced her next EP, This Is What It Feels Like, which was released on November 12, 2021. The EP was also had singles "Feels Like", and "Rockland". To support the EP, she started the This Is What It Feels Like Tour, which started on February 2, 2022 and ended on May 31, 2022. Abrams opened for Olivia Rodrigo as the supporting act for her Sour Tour. Abrams released "Difficult", the lead single to her first album in October 2022.

2023–2025: Good Riddance and The Secret of Us
On February 24, 2023, Abrams released her first album Good Riddance. A deluxe version was released in June of that year. During this time, Abrams performed as an opening act at some shows of Taylor Swift's The Eras Tour in the United States and Canada. Abrams also began her Good Riddance Tour which lasted from March 2023 until January 2024. On November 8, 2023, she released the song "Cedar". She was nominated for Best New Artist for the 66th Annual Grammy Awards. 

Abrams appeared on a remix of the song "Everywhere, Everything" by Noah Kahan, which was released on December 1, 2023. This made her appear on the Billboard Hot 100 for the first time at number 79. Later that year, Abrams was on the Forbes 30 Under 30 list. In January 2024, Abrams won the iHeartRadio Music Social Star Award.
On April 29, 2024, Abrams announced her second album, The Secret of Us, which was released on June 21, 2024. The first single, titled "Risk", was released on May 1, 2024. In May 2024, Abrams appeared at the Met Gala as an ambassador for Chanel. Her song, "Close to You" was released as the second single on June 7, 2024. Abrams wrote the song after sharing a demo of it on TikTok. After it became popular on the app, Abrams decided to release it on her second album. She worked with Taylor Swift on the song "Us", which was released as part of the album. It was nominated for Best Pop Duo/Group Performance at the 67th Annual Grammy Awards.

Abrams began her Secret of Us Tour through the United States between September 5 and October 10, 2024. On October 11, 2024, Abrams released the Vevo live performance of her single, "I Love You, I'm Sorry", on all streaming platforms as a single. A month later, her single "That's So True", appeared at number six on the Billboard Hot 100. Abrams said she wrote "That’s So True" while she was drunk. In December 2024, Abrams performed on Saturday Night Live. 
Her next extended play, Live from Vevo 10, was released in January 2025. That same month, Abrams was nominated for two iHeartRadio Music Awards for Best New Pop Artist	and Best Lyrics	for her song "I Love You, I'm Sorry". On January 30, 2025, Abrams performed at FireAid, a benefit concert to raise money for the people affected by the January 2025 Southern California wildfires. In February 2025, Abrams and Selena Gomez both worked on a single titled "Call Me When You Break Up", which was released on February 21, 2025. On February 26, 2025, the Songwriters Hall of Fame announced that Abrams would be honored with the Hal David Starlight Award. That same month, Abrams was honored as Songwriter of the Year during the Billboard Women in Music event.

On March 17, 2025, Abrams was awarded Breakthrough Artist at the 2025 iHeartRadio Music Awards. After she was given the award by Billie Eilish, Abrams thanked Olivia Rodrigo and Taylor Swift for inspiring her career. The next day, it was announced that Abrams would be one of the main performers for that year's Lollapalooza in Chicago. That same month, Abrams had a concert at The O2 Arena in London, where she sang her unreleased song "Death Wish". She released the live recording of the song on April 1, 2025. That same month, she was nominated for two American Music Awards: New Artist of the Year and Album of the Year for The Secret of Us. She would go on to win the American Music Award for New Artist of the Year in May of that year. 

In June 2025, Abrams sang at the 2025 Glastonbury Festival in Pilton, England. Abrams sang two unreleased songs, titled "Out of Nowhere" and "Crazy Girl", during her performances at Glastonbury and at a concert in Hyde Park, London in July. In July 2025, while singing at Lollapalooza in Chicago, Abrams brought Robyn as a surprise special guest and they sang "Dancing on My Own" together. In September 2025, Abrams was in that year's Time 100 cover with Audrey Hobert writing an article about her.

2026–present: Growing fame
In January 2026, it was announced that Abrams would have her first acting role in the A24 movie Please, directed by Halina Reijn. She picked Creative Artists Agency to be her talent agency. That same month, her song "That's So True", was nominated for Best International Song at the Brit Awards.

Other activities
Abrams was picked to be one of the models of Pandora's 2022 ME campaign. She was in Tumi's Fall 2022 Built for the Journey campaign in the same year. In October 2024, she became a brand ambassador for Chanel's Coco Crush jewelry collection. In January 2026, Chanel announced Abrams as their new model for their Coco Crush fine jewelry collection. 

Activism
After U.S. Supreme Court was planning to overturn Roe v. Wade, Abrams signed a full-page ad in The New York Times in May 2022 not supporting the Supreme Court's decision along with other singers such as Olivia Rodrigo, Lorde, Billie Eilish, Megan Thee Stallion, Halsey, and Phoebe Bridgers. In July 2022, Abrams began selling limited-edition shirts in which the money made would go to the National Network of Abortion Funds.

In 2023, shortly after the beginning of the Gaza war, Abrams took part in the Artists4Ceasefire group, supporting a ceasefire in the war. She has spoken out against Israel's forced starvation of Palestinian children.

Abrams supported Vice President Kamala Harris in the 2024 presidential election. She performed at a Harris rally in Madison, Wisconsin, on October 30, 2024.

Personal life
From 2017 to 2022, Abrams dated songwriter Blake Slatkin. Since 2024, she has been dating Academy Award-nominated actor Paul Mescal. Abrams lived in California, until she bought a penthouse in Greenwich Village for $5,500,000 in March 2025.

Discography

 Albums 
 Good Riddance (2023)
 The Secret of Us (2024)

Acting works
YearTitleRoleNotesTBDPlease Pre-production

 Awards and nominations 
 Award Year Nominated work Category Result  American Music Awards2025HerselfNew Artist of the Year  The Secret of UsAlbum of the Year   Brit Awards 2026 "That's So True" Best International Song  Billboard Women in Music 2025 Herself Songwriter of the Year   Grammy Awards 2024 Best New Artist  2025 "Us" Best Pop Duo/Group Performance   iHeartRadio Music Awards  2024 Herself Social Star Award 2025 Breakthrough Artist   Best New Pop Artist  "I Love You, I'm Sorry" Best Lyrics   MTV Video Music Awards 2024 Herself Best New Artist  2025 "I Love You, I'm Sorry" Song of the Year  

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