Source : PERTHNOW NEWS
Gracie Abrams has insisted it is “appropriate” to call her a nepo baby.
The Close to You singer – whose is the daughter of writer and director J.J. Abrams and Bad Robot Production CEO Katie McGarth – doesn’t get upset when people link her success to her family connections because she’s aware of how helpful her “privilege” has been in getting her where she is today.
Speaking on the New York Times’ Popcast podcast, she said: “The nepo stuff is obviously in the discourse appropriately.
“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.
“The specific household that I was born into, there is just this vocabulary that I’m so lucky to grow up with.
“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.”
The 26-year-old star’s upcoming third album is titled Daughter From Hell, taking its name from a track on the record which Gracie wrote as an apology to her mom for being so “brutal” during her teenage years.
She said: “It felt like the first time I was able to write a song, but really write anything other than a text apologising to my mom for being so brutal growing up.
“Obviously, adolescence is tough for the child and for the parent. I think my mom and I, we earned our relationship we have now, for sure. She is like, my favourite person. We FaceTime. I call her like six times a day.”
Gracie has been in a relationship with Paul Mescal for two years and she doesn’t like “hiding” their romance.
She said: “I don’t like the feeling of hiding. I also love privacy where it feels like the right thing…
“That is a part of my life that brings me so much peace and joy. I’m not going to pretend like that’s not true, but I also think it’s not like an open-door policy.”
The Hamnet actor worked with her on a track for the album called Imaginary Friend and had a great time in the studio together.
She said: “That was so fun to write together. That wasn’t some groundbreaking event for us. We have a very creative home with friends who are so good at what they do and everyone feels happy to share that with one another …
“It’s such a simple, short song and it was really just us f******around … It just did feel natural.”
