Minor

## ***Minor***Extended play by Gracie Abrams

### Producer(s)

benny blanco, Blake Slatkin, Henry Kwapis, Jack Karaszewski, Jim-E Stack & Joel Little

## Singles

1. "21"
Released: February 20, 2020
2. "I Miss You, I'm Sorry"
Released: April 8, 2020
3. "Long Sleeves"
Released: May 20, 2020
4. "Friend"
Released: July 14, 2020

***Minor*** (styled all in lowercase) is Gracie Abrams' debut EP. Released on July 14th 2020, we saw the 7 song EP talking about young love. Gracie initially planned to release the project a month earlier but then decided to postpone a month later due to not wanting to detract from the importance of the Black Lives Matter movement.

The seven-song EP, which spans only 20 minutes, mixes soft vocals and harmonies with lyrics about past love and troubled relationships. With each track, she seems to pull her listeners a little closer, adding another layer of detail to the ongoing story of her youth.

### Music and Lyrics

“21,” “Friend” and “minor,” "I miss you, I'm sorry" are the EP’s most succesfull tracks and employ Gracie's lyrical brilliance. The EP starts with "Friend" which is an amazing track that sets the tone of the rest of the album. Gracie gives us what it feels like to move on from a relationship, platonic or otherwise.

The second track on the album, “21,” pairs an upbeat melody with a quick and catchy chorus. The odd meeting of a quick beat and layered harmonies, with lyrics about loneliness and lost love, is the perfect tribe to young romance which for many, is simultaneously sweet and fleeting."The song “21” is the kind of music that you belt out while driving a little too fast on the highway, a sad but warm track profiling a romance that didn’t quite work out." - cited by a critic

Under / Over is a track where Gracie reflects about moving on from her Ex and talking about how she's over her ex even though she meant a lot to him. The next track called "tehe" is about how the relationship was doomed ever since the start. It also talks about the importance of communication in a relationship. The next track is one of the most standout tracks on the album called "I miss you, I'm sorry"

The relationship Abrams reflects on in ‘I miss you, I’m sorry’ pulls focus in again here, this time inviting voyeurism of a particular night that she missed her ex’s birthday. “*I miss fighting in your old apartment / Breaking dishes when you’re disappointed*,” she sings over a simple piano progression that unfurls with pining strings. There’s a universality to feeling like “*Every corner of this house is haunted*” with regards to a lost love. A lot of people agree with it as fans were talking about the sentiment in the music video's comments , where gracie during lockdown filmed herself via webcam passing the time away idly in her bedroom. It beautifully captures the raw emotion of heartbreak.

"Long Sleeves" is about leaving from a toxic relationship. Gracie talks about how her ex is "good to everyone" but her. It gives us a slow and melodic chorus and wonderful wordplay throughout the song. Gracie says that "she cant love him even if she wants to" , which gives us an insight inton the relationship. She says that he should have known that she would have left by the way he treated her and Gracie saying its a "long time coming".

Minor is the last track and is also the title track of this EP. The song is about being a teenager — quite literally about being a minor — and wanting desperately to spend time with someone special but not having the autonomy to do so. The song couples a relatively stripped-down background track with her delightfully raspy voice, and the chorus is one of those melodies that sticks in your head long after you’ve heard the song for the first time. Her candid lyrics, playing on the word “minor,” are sure to resonate with any teenagers who feel stuck in one place due to their young age, and it allows their emotions to roam free. Earlier in the song, Abrams references her curfew; it’s all the angst and excitement of teenager-hood wrapped up in a song that’s just 2 minutes and 40 seconds long.

### Singles

The lead single, "21" was released on February 20, 2020.

The second single, "I Miss You, I'm Sorry" was released on April 8, 2020.

The third single, "Long Sleeves" was released on May 20, 2020.

The fourth single "Friend" was released on July 14, 2020.