Gracie Abrams Returns With Pre-Album Single ‘Amelie’
‘Good Riddance’ is out February 24 via Interscope Records.
Acclaimed singer-songwriter Gracie Abrams has returned with “Amelie,” a new song from her upcoming debut album. The dreamlike track is out now and follows the release of “Where do we go now?” and its accompanying video directed by Gia Coppola.
Both “Amelie” and “Where do we go now?” were produced by Aaron Dessner of The National and will appear on Abrams’s debut album Good Riddance, out February 24 on Interscope Records.
Produced by and co-written with her frequent collaborator Dessner, first single “Where do we go now?” finds Abrams documenting her emotional experience with more precision and impact than ever before. As she narrates the end of a fractured relationship and all the confusion, frustration, and longing that come with it, the 23-year-old artist achieves a new level of lyrical honesty and self-possession–an element fully reflected in her quietly captivating vocal work. Set against a sparse but hypnotic backdrop of elegantly sculpted beats, the result is a perfect introduction to the unfettered introspection that infuses all of Good Riddance.
Directed by Gia Coppola (Carly Rae Jepsen, Blood Orange), the video for “Where do we go now?” cycles through a series of stunningly composed shots capturing Abrams in various states of emotional unrest. With its delicate interplay of shadows and light, the visual shifts from stark black-and-white to softly saturated color as Abrams wholly embodies the track’s whirlwind of feelings, ultimately pulling the audience even deeper into her interior world.
Tickets for Abrams’s upcoming North American headlining tour went on sale and sold out in under and hour. The Good Riddance Tour kicks off March 6 in Chicago at The House of Blues with Tiny Habits opening on all dates. Along with performing in 14 cities across the U.S., Abrams will join Taylor Swift on select dates for her blockbuster Eras Tour.
