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It’s possible to face our insecurities and acknowledge our flaws without leaning on victimhood as a crutch. This comfort is palpable across the record: There are moments that display an admirable capacity for self-interrogation (“Used to lie to your face 20 times in a day/It was my little strange addiction” on “Best”), even if others feel like a middle school lesson on writing a metaphor (“I’m your ghost right now/Your house is haunted”; “I’m a rollercoaster/You’re a dead-end street” on “I know it won’t work” and “Full machine,” respectively).

Repetitive, few-note melodies make this problem especially apparent; on tracks like “The blue” and “Best,” Abrams’ vocal performance sometimes lacks the energy needed to keep the songs engaging. Good Riddance is a coming-of-age story, but it’s one that centres on owning your shit in a real way. Please note that we do not alter our Site’s data collection and use practices when we see a Do Not Track signal from your browser.Taylor Swift’s recent collaborations with Dessner put her songwriting skills on full display, while adding newfound subtlety to her work, like the understated 5/4 discomfort of “tolerate it” and the unexpected stomp beat of “closure. For more information about how targeted advertising works, you can visit the Network Advertising Initiative’s (“NAI”) educational page at http://www. Against a simple, finger-picked acoustic guitar and foggy piano notes, Abrams’ voice breaks with a post-cry elegance; recorded in just one take, she sings, “I met a girl once/She sorta ripped me open…Why’d it feel louder/When all of it went unspoken/All I can do is hope that this’ll go away.

While the two collaborated on a few songs for her 2021 EP This Is What It Feels Like, Abrams described their dynamic on this record as “a very tiny bubble, which felt like such a safe space to work through what I needed to process in these songs. As described above, we use your Personal Information to provide you with targeted advertisements or marketing communications we believe may be of interest to you. exemplify the record’s versatility and ability to play with emotion-via-arrangement; the former leaning into guitar-driven indie rock, while the latter relies on beautifully composed strings to land its emotional weight.

tackles a failing relationship at a crossroads; in each verse, Abrams succinctly captures the guilt and confusion that comes with romantic uncertainty. You want her to wander somewhere unpredictable—to do something that would make these ostensibly intimate moments more special. His influence can be heard right throughout Good Riddance; under his guidance and (no doubt) encouragement, Abrams connects with a more visceral, raw side of her songwriting. Gracie Abrams, with her debut album Good Riddance, delivers 12 songs of reflection – a fleshed out album’s worth of diary entries that re-establish Abrams as a formidable figure of this decade’s soft-pop, affectionately labelled ‘sad girl’ era. When Good Riddance was first announced, Abrams said that “writing this record allowed me to grow up in ways I needed to.