Aaron Dessner Instagram – I’m so incredibly excited to share that @gracieabrams’ second album, The Secret of Us, is out today. I couldn’t be more proud of Gracie and this record and all the friends who contributed to it. I feel so grateful for every moment I’ve gotten to spend with Gracie as a friend and a collaborator over the past four years and three projects we have made. This album captures a profoundly authentic moment of creativity and expression in Gracie’s life. It’s brimming with confidence and raw emotion and while there are too many highlights to mention, I know many of you will find yourselves listening again and again to “us”, which we wrote with our dear mutual friend @taylorswift. It’s an earthquake of a song that felt like a synthesis of the entire album and is a testament to their growing friendship and the massive influence Taylor has had on Gracie’s writing over the years. They nearly burned Taylor’s apartment down writing this song and we had an insanely fun day and night recording it at Long Pond. Thanks also to @jackantonoff for adding his inimitable touch to this song. I was also so thrilled to collaborate with Gracie’s brilliant friend @audreyhobert who co-wrote on many of these songs — Audrey and Gracie bring something special out of each other that was such a joy to watch. Special thanks to my dear friends @boniver @900x @mooserob and @lanzprojects for contributing their magic and to @bellaicecream who has been at my side engineering all three projects for Gracie (and so many more) and who has become an indispensable presence at Long Pond. Thanks to @serbangheneamixes for his incredible mixes, @randymerrill_sterling for mastering and @androidbarr for drums and everyone else who contributed. We are so grateful.
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@kresnick | Posted on 21/Jun/2024 18:24:06
