Gracie Abrams regrets ever 'wrote' a song, changes perspective on Daughter From Hell album

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Gracie Abrams reflects on her career journey and creative process of making music ahead of the release of her third studio album, Daughter From Hell.

In his conversation with Olivia Rodrigo via the Spotify platform, Abrams openly expressed regret regarding the way he expressed romantic conflicts in his previous works.

Abrams admitted that in the past he tended to be less careful and less think about the emotional impact it had on the people who were the subject of his song's inspiration.

Through this latest album, Abrams is determined to present a much more mature, thoughtful, and balanced narrative without intending to put pressure on any party.

"I was careless in the past when writing music about how it affects the subject of the song, and I don't like it," Abrams said.

He added a contemplative hope for his past, "I wish I could go back in time and fix it. And I feel that to move forward, through this album - I think there's a way in which you can write music about other people and be who you want and need to be, and then deliver it without cruelty."

The album "Daughter From Hell" is scheduled to be released to the public on July 17. This project is a highly anticipated follow-up after his second studio album, "The Secret of Us" (2024), successfully soaring to the second place on the Billboard 200 album chart.

Unlike the previous album, Abrams this time inserts emotional maturity by rejecting a biased point of view when exploring the failure of romantic relationships.

"I am careful about writing about conflict and pain from a point of view that is no longer just pointing the nose (blaming others), but rather more to the awareness of having been on both sides, like being the protagonist and the antagonist in every song," he said.

Hearing the honest narration from her best friend, Olivia Rodrigo who just celebrated the success of her third studio album, "you seem pretty sad for a girl so in love" - which has been firmly perched on top of the Billboard 200 for two weeks in a row since its release on June 12 - immediately launched a high appreciation. Rodrigo considers Abrams' latest song, "Afflictions", the best representation of musical maturity.

"The song feels pure, but also very mature. It feels like love is very deep and not superficial," praised Olivia Rodrigo.

He also agreed that refraining from writing songs is not easy, "The song has a lot of self-control in a way that I think is very beautiful. It's very difficult to do. When I write a song, my spontaneous reaction is just like, 'Bleh, this is all.' You deliver it very beautifully and tactically. "

Abrams confirmed Rodrigo's observation and confirmed that "Afflictions" is the only pure love song in the album "Daughter From Hell".