Gracie Abrams uses her songwriting talent as a way to process her feelings, which makes her feel vulnerable when she talks about them.
The 26-year-old pop star was asked in a new interview about the inspiration behind her hit song That’s So True, and she said it also came from a past wound.
The Mess It Up hitmaker appeared in American Express’ Story of My Song video, where she talked about the making of the song on her album The Secret of Us.
Abrams alluded to the relationship that gave her the raw material for the song without revealing who it was with, as she said: “I feel… afraid to talk about the bridge. We’ll get there,” she said with a laugh.
The Grammy-nominated star had no problem dissecting the bridge, except there was a limitation: “Like, I would never say the names of the people that the song is about, but I think, you know, I actually… I have no problem standing here and saying, yeah, I wrote this about a relationship that I was involved in,” she noted.
However, the I Love You, I’m Sorry singer said that people involved with her always know if a song is about them.
“There’s just a way to make someone aware when you’ve done it, whether it’s going to see the light of day, for example. Enough attention to be respectful of the XYZ person in their personal life and experiences,” she said.
The Risk singer then added that the person who pushed her to write the song is “fine,” adding, “They’re all good.”
