Gracie Abrams Biography 2026: Singer, Age, Height, Boyfriend Paul Mescal, Daughter from Hell, That’s So True & Net Worth

Gracie Abrams is an American singer and songwriter whose whisper-close vocals and unflinching lyrics made her one of the defining pop voices of the 2020s. Signed to Interscope in 2019, she built a following through a pair of EPs before her debut album Good Riddance (2023) earned a Grammy nomination for Best New Artist.

Her second album, The Secret of Us (2024), produced the global hit “That’s So True,” and her third, Daughter from Hell, debuted at number one on the Billboard 200 in July 2026. She won the American Music Award for New Artist of the Year in 2025 and will spend late 2026 and early 2027 on the Look at My Life Tour.

Quick Facts

Related Names: Taylor Swift, Olivia Rodrigo, Phoebe Bridgers, Aaron Dessner, Noah Kahan, Paul Mescal, Audrey Hobert, Lorde.

Early Life & Education

Gracie Madigan Abrams was born on September 7, 1999, in Los Angeles, and grew up in Pacific Palisades. She is the daughter of filmmaker J.J. Abrams and producer Katie McGrath, and the granddaughter of producers Gerald W. Abrams and Carol Ann Abrams. Her father’s side of the family is Ashkenazi Jewish and her mother’s is Irish Catholic. She has two brothers.

Growing up inside the film industry gave her an unusual view of creative work, but music was her own territory. She began writing songs at eight years old, filling notebooks with lines she has since described as embarrassingly earnest. By her teens she was posting fragments online and teaching herself to record.

Abrams attended The Archer School for Girls in West Los Angeles and graduated in 2018. She then enrolled at Barnard College in New York to study international relations, a choice she has described as an attempt to imagine a life outside music. She left after her first year when her career began to move.

That decision was not immediate. She has said she spent much of her first year in New York writing songs in her dormitory and skipping the social side of college, and that leaving felt less like a leap than an admission of what she actually wanted.

Career Journey

Interscope, Minor and the First EPs (2019–2021)

Abrams signed with Interscope Records in 2019 and released her debut single, “Mean It,” in October of that year. The song established the template she would refine over the next few years: soft, close-miked vocals over sparse production, with lyrics that read like diary entries.

Her debut EP, Minor, arrived in July 2020, in the middle of the pandemic, and was made with producers including Joel Little and Blake Slatkin. Its breakout track, “I Miss You, I’m Sorry,” became her first song to travel widely online, largely through playlists and fan edits rather than radio.

She followed it with the single “Unlearn” alongside Benny Blanco in March 2021 and “Mess It Up” in May, then announced her second EP, This Is What It Feels Like, released on November 12, 2021. That record included “Feels Like” and “Rockland,” the latter written with Aaron Dessner of The National.

Touring with Olivia Rodrigo and Taylor Swift (2022–2023)

Abrams supported her second EP with a headline tour that ran from February to May 2022, then joined Olivia Rodrigo as an opening act on the Sour Tour. Playing arenas as a support act taught her how to hold a room that had not come to see her.

In October 2022 she released “Difficult,” the first single from her debut album. Good Riddance followed on February 24, 2023, with a deluxe edition in June. The album was nominated for Best New Artist at the 66th Grammy Awards.

That year she also opened selected dates on Taylor Swift’s Eras Tour, a slot she returned to in late 2024 for further US and Canadian shows, including the second-to-last night of the tour in Vancouver. The exposure turned her from a cult streaming artist into a stadium-opening name.

Good Riddance and the First Hot 100 Entry (2023)

In November 2023 Abrams released “Cedar,” a song written for the soundtrack of The Buccaneers. A month later she appeared on a remix of Noah Kahan’s “Everywhere, Everything,” which became her first entry on the Billboard Hot 100, at number 79.

She was named to the Forbes 30 Under 30 list that same year. More importantly, the Good Riddance era established her as an album artist rather than a singles act, with a fan base willing to follow a full body of work.

The Secret of Us and Global Breakthrough (2024–2025)

Abrams announced her second album, The Secret of Us, on April 29, 2024, and released it on June 21. The lead single, “Risk,” arrived first, followed by “Close to You,” a song she had teased seven years earlier, and “I Love You, I’m Sorry,” which reached number 14 on the Billboard Global 200.

The album debuted at number two on the Billboard 200 and included “Us,” a collaboration with Taylor Swift that was nominated for Best Pop Duo/Group Performance at the 67th Grammy Awards.

Its biggest moment came later. “That’s So True,” released in November 2024 from the album’s deluxe edition, topped the charts in Australia, Canada, Ireland, New Zealand and the United Kingdom, reached number four on the Billboard Global 200 and number six on the US Hot 100. It became the song most people associate with her.

She continued The Secret of Us tour into 2025, from Madrid in February to Mexico City in August, and debuted unreleased material at Glastonbury and BST Hyde Park that summer. In 2025 she also won the American Music Award for New Artist of the Year.

Daughter from Hell and Number One (2026)

Her third album was announced in spring 2026 with the lead single “Hit the Wall” on May 14, a tour announcement on May 28 and a second single, “Look at My Life,” on June 25. Daughter from Hell was released on July 17, 2026.

It debuted at number one on the Billboard 200 with 124,000 equivalent units, her first chart-topping album. Reviews were strong, with Rolling Stone calling it her best record and highlighting “Humming” as its most ambitious track.

The album also includes “Imaginary Friend,” co-written with her boyfriend, actor Paul Mescal. She has described the song as not a love song, which has not stopped it becoming one of the record’s most discussed moments.

The Look at My Life Tour, announced in May 2026, runs from December 2026 to March 2027. She is also set to make her acting debut in the A24 film Please, written and directed by Halina Reijn, announced in January 2026.

Career Stats

• Years active: 2019–present
• Studio albums: 3 — Good Riddance, The Secret of Us, Daughter from Hell
• Number one album: Daughter from Hell (Billboard 200, 2026)
• Biggest single: “That’s So True” (number one in five countries)
• Grammy nominations: Best New Artist (2024); Best Pop Duo/Group Performance with Taylor Swift (2025)
• AMA wins: New Artist of the Year (2025)
• Tours: Five headline tours; support slots for Olivia Rodrigo and Taylor Swift

Personal Life

• Relationship status: Dating actor Paul Mescal since 2024.
• Previous relationship: Songwriter and producer Blake Slatkin, 2017 to 2022.
• Best friend: Audrey Hobert, whom she met at their fifth-grade graduation.
• Family: Daughter of J.J. Abrams and Katie McGrath; two brothers.
• Home base: Los Angeles, California.
• Public style: Candid in songs, guarded in interviews about anything not related to music.

Dating History and Affairs

Abrams dated songwriter and producer Blake Slatkin from 2017 to 2022. The relationship overlapped with the years in which she was writing Good Riddance, and fans have long read parts of that album as being about its end.

Since 2024 she has been in a relationship with Irish actor Paul Mescal. The pair have been photographed together frequently and have been notably less private than she was in her early twenties, though neither gives interviews about the relationship.

Their creative overlap became public in 2026 when Mescal was credited as a co-writer on “Imaginary Friend.” Abrams has said the song is not a love song, which is consistent with her habit of writing about relationships as evidence rather than celebration.

Controversies

Abrams has attracted little scandal, though she has been a target of the internet’s habit of resenting young artists with industry connections. Her parents are among the most successful producers in Hollywood, and she has never pretended otherwise, saying simply that the advantages she had cannot manufacture a song people want to hear.

She has also been politically outspoken, which generates its own friction. She signed a 2022 New York Times advertisement condemning the planned reversal of Roe v. Wade, released a benefit T-shirt for the National Network of Abortion Funds, endorsed Kamala Harris in 2024, joined Artists4Ceasefire and released the charity single “Sold Out” for Everytown for Gun Safety in December 2025.

She has described online criticism of her voice and her persona as something she has had to learn to metabolise, and has said that the cruelty of internet commentary shaped the writing on Daughter from Hell.

Awards & Achievements

• American Music Award for New Artist of the Year (2025)
• Grammy nomination for Best New Artist (2024)
• Grammy nomination for Best Pop Duo/Group Performance, “Us” with Taylor Swift (2025)
• First number one album, Daughter from Hell (2026)
• Forbes 30 Under 30 (2023)
• Number one singles in the UK, Australia, Canada, Ireland and New Zealand

Physical Statistics

• Height: Private
• Weight: Private
• Hair Color: Dark brown
• Eye Color: Brown
• Build: Slim
• Distinguishing Features: A soft, breathy singing voice and a tattoo of the word “river” on her arm

Quotes

“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.” — Gracie Abrams, 2020 interview

“This album came from being kind of quiet after we had went our separate ways after tour ended.” — Gracie Abrams on Daughter from Hell, Rolling Stone (2026)

Favorites

• Favourite Songwriters: Taylor Swift, Joni Mitchell, Phoebe Bridgers and Lorde
• Favourite Album Era: The one she is currently writing
• Favourite Pastime: Reading and journaling
• Favourite Artist to Open For: Taylor Swift
• Favourite Kind of Song: The kind that admits something embarrassing

Earnings

Gracie Abrams’ estimated net worth is around $4 million USD, built from record sales, streaming, touring and brand partnerships.

She has been a Chanel ambassador for its Coco Crush jewellery line since 2024 and was named the face of the collection in January 2026, a campaign that sits alongside earlier work with Pandora and Tumi. A number one album and a five-month arena tour should push her earnings considerably higher by the end of 2027.

Interesting Facts

• She started writing songs at eight years old.
• She left Barnard College after one year to pursue music.
• She opened for Taylor Swift on multiple legs of the Eras Tour.
• She co-wrote a song with her boyfriend, Paul Mescal.
• She has a tattoo of the word “river,” inspired by Joni Mitchell.

Did You Know Already?

• Her first Hot 100 entry was a Noah Kahan remix, not one of her own singles.
• “That’s So True” reached number one in five countries but number six in the US.
• She is the daughter of director J.J. Abrams and producer Katie McGrath.
• She will make her acting debut in the A24 film Please.

Social Media Links

• Instagram: @gracieabrams
• IMDb: Gracie Abrams

Frequently Asked Questions

Conclusion

Gracie Abrams has gone from dorm-room demos to a number one album in seven years, and she has done it without changing her voice into something louder or more comfortable. Her songs work because they sound like someone thinking out loud, and her audience has rewarded that honesty at every stage. With Daughter from Hell at the top of the charts, a world tour booked and an acting debut ahead, 2026 is the year she stopped being a promising young songwriter and became a headliner. If you found this biography helpful, please share it with fellow Gracie Abrams fans!