This Is What It Feels Like (Vinyl)

Gracie Abrams' second release from 2021.

True to her DIY sensibilities, the 12-track project finds her taking a greater role in the production process, working with The National’s Aaron Dessner (Taylor Swift, Sharon Van Etten), Joel Little (Lorde, MARINA), and her frequent collaborator Blake Slatkin (The Kid LAROI, Lil Nas X , Justin Bieber) to dream up each track’s minimalistic yet kaleidoscopic sound. In a departure from her previous work, Abrams also left her hometown of L.A. to write and record in such serene settings as the woods of Maine and Dessner’s Long Pond Studio in the Hudson Valley—a move that quickly brought a greater clarity to her creative vision.