Gracie Abrams mentioned that as a child, she used to pretend she was writing with Taylor Swift, and now their song collaboration titled ‘Us’ has become a reality.
Abrams admits that it’s hard to pick just one, but the most memorable pinch-me moment in her young career has been getting to write a song with Swift. The Secret of Us track “Us” features Swift in a rare supporting role; for Abrams, the collaboration was a dream come true. Like countless Gen Z and millennial women, she grew up with Swift’s music as her girlhood gospel.
“When I was little, I used to pretend that [writing with Swift] was happening, like imaginary-friend-style in my head,” she says. “[The fact] we have something tangible that we made together that I personally f—ing love so much is beyond me.”
Abrams is set to rejoin Swift for another leg of the Eras Tour starting in October. This time, they’ll both have fresh material to perform live. But while Swift’s The Tortured Poets Department is mostly somber and subdued, much of Abrams’ new music is amped-up and energetic.
“I think knowing that we had more Eras dates this year, that was also a real driving force behind wanting to make something that just had the chance to explode a bit more for the audience,” she says. “I really wanted to make them feel more electrified by my set.”