Gracie Abrams
The Secret of Us
60--80点相当
テイラー・スウィフトのエラス・ツアーのオープニングを務めた経験からか、
一部の曲は、
一時期のテイラーっぽい作品になっている。
何も知らない前提の単体であれば、そこそこ良いかもしれないが、
時を経て、すでに近い時期のお手本がいるため、
メディアもやや厳しめか。
Gracie Abrams has always been a confessional and open songwriter. Since emerging with the ‘Minor’ EP in 2020, the 24-year-old has dealt in candid lyricism and diaristic indie pop. Her debut full-length record, last year’s ‘Good Riddance’, crystallised this winning formula – it was a “deeply intimate portrait of growth” painted over producer Aaron Dessner’s distinct formula of folksy instrumentals and skittering electronics.
On her second album ‘The Secret of Us’, though, there’s a new intimacy. Here Abrams is crying on the dancefloor and sharing her inner thoughts with her closest pals in the smoking area. But she isn’t shrinking her sound. Supporting Taylor Swift on the Eras tour, “completely altered” Abrams’ own songwriting, she revealed recently: “At different points in the shows [she] makes it feel like an intimate venue despite the fact that there are 80,000 or 100,000 people sharing the space… That’s what I want so badly, because the joy is infectious.”
父は映画監督J・J・エイブラムス
The National の Aaron Dessner が プロデューサのひとり となっている。
どおりで、テイラーに似てくるわけね。
