Gracie Abrams is not denying the “nepo baby” label.
The 26-year-old singer, whose parents are filmmaker J.J. Abrams and Bad Robot Productions CEO Katie McGrath, addressed the topic during an appearance on The New York Times‘ Popcast podcast, which was published on Thursday (June 25).
Gracie Abrams discusses her privilege
“The nepo stuff is obviously in the discourse appropriately,” Gracie said. “I think about the privilege there, and it’s like, I had a safety net, and that allowed me the ability to experiment and to concentrate, and I had the gift of time to dedicate to doing this thing I loved.”
“I wasn’t growing up afraid financially, and that’s the biggest deal,” she added.
Gracie also said her upbringing gave her access to a creative language and environment that shaped the way she approached her own work.
“The specific household that I was born into, there is just this vocabulary that I’m so lucky to grow up with,” she said. “So like, when I see people pointing that out, it’s like, I get it, hard-core. The jokes and things, I understand the tone of the Internet.”
Gracie shares what her upcoming third album will be about
During the podcast, Gracie also opened up about her upcoming third album, Daughter From Hell, which explores her relationship with her mom and their complicated dynamic during her younger years.
“It felt like the first time I was able to write a song, but really write anything other than a text apologizing to my mom for being so brutal growing up,” the “That’s So True” singer said.
Gracie added that she and her mom are now very close, saying, “She is like, my favorite person. We FaceTime. I call her like six times a day.”
Learn all about Gracie‘s latest single “Look at My Life,” the latest off her upcoming album!
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