The Secret of Us - Gracie Abrams | review + analysis

Gracie Abrams' second studio record, "The Secret of Us" is out. It contains a rare Taylor Swift feature and some really good production and writing. In this video, we're going to dive into this 13 track record that shows us what Gracie is capable of. I'm going to break it down for you before assigning this record a score! #thesecretofus #gracieabrams #popmusic
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[@countnu4166]

i ride for you Elijohn Macaranas (sorry i just had to say it).

[@CatNagTaylorsVersion]

The song writing on this record is definitely a upgrade but I can’t help but feel that Gracie is leaning to much into Lorde and swiftian writing but the most interesting thing about Swiftian writing is that Taylor pushes it and shapeshifts it into genres and actually takes in the criticism thrown at her to evolve it so everyone that’s working at evolving into a swiftian sound is trying to fit into an older model of the writing. I hope on the next project Gracie develops less into a swiftian writer and someone who has there own artistic voice ingrained into there work

[@noneapplicable1327]

I felt like she was trying a bit too hard to emulate other artists like another commenter said. I still like the record but it still feels like an early record rather a breakthrough one

[@lanadelclown7706]

I am the biggest Taylor stan but I just can’t get into Gracie no matter how much taylor tries to push her. She just seems so inauthentic in her rise to fame (even getting signed to Interscope with no music out…) and IMO isn’t talented enough yet for me to ignore the nepotism

[@sebastianbenavidesmorales2274]

i see the potential on her to be a great indie pop artists, she just needs to follow the more upbeat sound of tracks like close to you and risk, my problem with gracie is that her full bodies of work feel monotonous

[@kailiasage]

Unexpectedly, this album made me realize just how much I actually care about how an artist presents their work. I don’t like the front or back cover of the album and all of the mouth visuals on Spotify make me incredibly uncomfortable. I enjoyed your thought process on this album, even though I fully recognize that her work is not for me.

[@CatNagTaylorsVersion]

Why did I see the picture of Charlie and Gracie together before this video dropped

[@BBROSNANN]

The Secret Of Us was pretty good, but I’m still waiting for a truly great album. The record kinda lost the energy towards the end of the tracklist (still enjoyable, thoughtful, and interesting) which was a bit of a surprise considering how Gracie discussed how the album was more extroverted. I’m awaiting Gracie’s 1989 moment though. Close To You and a few other tracks really teased how going full pop would be so cool.

[@barbexoticzz]

idk if you’re gonna see this but i just realized ive been keeping up with you for about two years. very glad your hiatuses were never permanent lmao

[@sandramusic4574]

i do like this album and there are some songs on there which reach my favorite gracie songs list but i thought This Is What It Feels Like was way better. I also relaly loved good Riddance but my gracie album ranking goes 1. This Is What It Feels Like 2. Good Riddance 3. The Secret Of Us

[@CatNagTaylorsVersion]

Album ranking

[@Sequoya]

I’ll have to check it out. I listened to “the loneliest time” after your review and still blast that record to this day.

[@Charlie-jl3ur]

Completely unrelated, but kinda related, you can feel that mid 2020s have fully started as many new names have popped up on charts (or at least reached major notoriety): Gracie, Sabrina Carpenter, Chappelle Roan, Shaboozey, just to name a few.

[@damonchampion823]

I listened to this album and it was nice but can’t stream anything but Brat right now. Obsessed 🤩

[@ATWTMVTVFTVSGAVRALPS]

5:21

[@ATWTMVTVFTVSGAVRALPS]

The production of TSOS is so concise, just like TTPD:TA

[@paarthm9681]

the bridges on this album went hard imo

[@IrisKelly2002]

I really like this album. Its the only album ive been able to replay apart from ttpd and espresso plus birds of a feather.

[@piscesmoonn]

gracie needs to fire whoever makes her album covers 😭

[@tylerhackner9731]

Interested to see how she progresses