Gracie Abrams Talks Friendship With Taylor Swift and Defining ‘Fortnight’…

June 27, 2024, 10:21 p.m. | Updated: June 27, 2024, 10:22 p.m.

Gracie Abrams spoke with Capital’s Jimmy Hill about her friendship with Taylor Swift, revealing how their collaboration came about.

Gracie Abrams is one of several artists who have performed with Taylor Swift on the Eras tour, including when she brought her to Wembley Stadium earlier in June.

Capital’s Jimmy Hill asked Gracie about their friendship and she revealed how they became friends. Watch their full interview at the top of this page!

She told us: “Taylor and I met through Aaron Dessner and one day she kindly invited me to her birthday.”

Gracie said they bonded around the time of the Grammys and after going out to dinner, they ended up writing a collaboration, “Us,” which is featured on her latest album.

“We became really good friends and went out to dinner one night to toast the Grammy nominations. Then we got drunk and we were really excited about each other’s albums and we started writing this song that was very much connected to our conversations,” she recalls.

Gracie also recounted how she and Taylor accidentally set the ‘Tortured Poet’s Department’ singer’s kitchen on fire, revealing that Taylor was “right in the action” while she was busy laughing at the chaos.

Watch Gracie’s full interview on The Capital Evening Show at the top of this page!

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