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Olivia Rodrigo caught onto the potential the rest of the internet would soon fall in love with while we were stuck indoors in 2020; Abrams’ debut EP Minor becoming an early influence on the superstar’s breakthrough hit. Pitchfork may earn a portion of sales from products that are purchased through our site as part of our Affiliate Partnerships with retailers. Fandoms connect with this level of relatability, as much as they do with the euphoria that comes with the big-hitting pop notes of a Rina Sawayama or Charli XCX. After graduating high school in 2018, Abrams studied international relations at Barnard College but took a break after her freshman year to focus on music. The EP gave us some heavier topics, treated with tenderness and openness (‘For Real This Time’, ‘Feels Like’); Good Riddance takes those high points and goes deeper.

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There is a lot of emotional territory Abrams traverses on Good Riddance too, which makes it a bit of a shame that some distinction is lost as you hit that midway point. Good Riddance is a coming-of-age story, but it’s one that centres on owning your shit in a real way. Trading the backdrop of Los Angeles for New York’s Hudson Valley, Abrams found a creative partner in Aaron Dessner – known to many younger pop fans as one of the masterminds behind Taylor Swift’s Folklore and Evermore albums, but to longer-term indie rock fans, co-founder and architect of some of the genre’s best moments of the ‘00s and ‘10s, with The National. When Good Riddance was first announced, Abrams said that “writing this record allowed me to grow up in ways I needed to. Now a fan favorite, "Minor" offers an early glimpse into the graceful balance of raw outpouring and sharply detailed self-reflection that would come to define her music.While the two collaborated on a few songs for her 2021 EP This Is What It Feels Like, Abrams described their dynamic on this record as “a very tiny bubble, which felt like such a safe space to work through what I needed to process in these songs. Writing with emotional transparency is only one part of the equation, especially given the ubiquity of “sad girl” songs these days. The project was first announced an the Instagram post following the release of “ I miss you, I’m sorry”, on April 8th, 2020 where Gracie stated, “this is the first song off my first project. It started on September 1, 2021, in Santa Ana, California, and concluded on October 20, 2021, in London, England. But, if we’re taking a look at the voices that have defined this specific thread of diaristic storytelling in recent years – the Phoebe Bridgers’, the Angel Olsens, the Mitskis – the emergence of an artist like Gracie Abrams as a strong, fresh voice in the mix is one that shouldn’t be surprising.

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The material on this site may not be reproduced, distributed, transmitted, cached or otherwise used, except with the prior written permission of Condé Nast. Amelie” is bewitching, capturing a sense of aching beauty that stands out amongst the album’s more passive moments. Web beacons”, “tags”, and “pixels” are electronic files used to record information about how you browse the Site. Gracie Abrams is ready to bare it all to the world: "I'm writing my deepest, darkest feelings down on paper" ".

And for Abrams, who broke out into notoriety during lockdown, it’s the perfect time for her to properly step out and onto the global stage. Every record is shipped in original factory-applied shrink wrap and has never been touched by human hands. The song is a misty balance of the universal and the personal, leaving one commenter on Abrams’ Instagram announcement to ask earnestly, “Okay but does anyone know what this song’s about? In a full-circle moment for Abrams, Minor features the first of her songs to draw widespread attention: the bittersweet title track, penned by Abrams at age 17.