Gracie Abrams Sets Official Release of Ballad ‘Death Wish’

That night, sitting at a piano at the B-stage intended to emulate the bedroom where she writes most of her songs, she said the song was about a friend who was “dating a mega-narcissist.” “But how will it end,” she sings in the chorus. “How long will you give me/’Til you twist the knife with a smile while you kill me/And you ask me to dance if there’s someone around/You don’t look the same when I look at you now.”

Abrams is currently on tour behind her second album, The Secret of Us, which dropped in June. The tour runs through Aug. 25, with upcoming dates at venues including Madison Square Garden and festival appearances at Lollapalooza and Outside Lands. She also recently debuted “Cold Goodbyes,” a track she said she wrote in December.