ANAHEIM, Calif. — Gracie Abrams is certainly shaping up to be the next big thing in Gen Z pop, a subgenre currently led by acts like Billie Eilish, Olivia Rodrigo, Khalid and Lil Nas X.
The Los Angeles-born and raised artist built her following with a pair of EPs released during the pandemic that included songs she’d written living in her childhood bedroom. The now 23-year-old singer-songwriter just released her debut album, “Good Riddance” on Feb. 24, which was produced by Aaron Dessner of The National. Abrams inherently fell into the entertainment pool thanks to her parents, director J.J. Abrams and TV producer Katie McGrath, but she’s carved her own path with an ability to craft songs that serve as a self-critical analysis of heartache and the growing pains of her early 20s.
Abrams is currently on the road on the Good Riddance Tour, which includes two hometown stops at The Fonda Theatre March 29-30. She’ll also be back in the area, serving as support on Taylor Swift’s The Eras Tour at SoFi Stadium in Inglewood for the Aug. 3 and 8 dates only.
