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Gracie Abrams: Photos From the Billboard Cover Shoot

Gracie Abrams: Photos from the Billboard cover shoot of the singer-songwriter.

The 25-year-old musician had scheduled a week to spend at Long Pond Studio working on new music with her longtime collaborator, Aaron Dessner, when she realized that she was at a loss for inspiration — a frustrating position for Abrams, who isn’t just one of Gen Z’s most prolific songwriters, but has also been writing songs since she was a kid. After releasing her second album, the Dessner-produced The Secret of Us, last June, she went from the cusp of main-pop-girl status to bona fide stardom and has careened ever since on a career-affirming thrill ride that refuses to slow down. She has also been traveling basically nonstop for years, piggybacking a catalytic stint opening for Taylor Swift — her childhood hero — on The Eras Tour with her own sold-out fall run of U.S. theaters; she’ll play North American arenas this summer, including two nights at New York’s Madison Square Garden.

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