Gracie Abrams' 'Daughter from Hell' Debuts at No. 1 on Billboard 200
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Updated · Rolling Stone · Aug 4
Gracie Abrams' 'Daughter from Hell' Debuts at No. 1 on Billboard 200
3 articles · Updated · Rolling Stone · Aug 4
Summary
'Daughter from Hell' opened atop the Billboard 200, giving Gracie Abrams her first No. 1 album after a release she had approached with unusual calm.
The record expands her sound for arena stages and digs further into childhood, family and self-doubt, with Abrams calling it an exploration of being "one foot in a past life and one foot in the future."
Aaron Dessner again served as a key collaborator, helping shape songs Abrams said accessed emotions she could not easily reach alone and pushing the project beyond the bedroom-pop scale of her earlier work.
The album arrives as Abrams balances a stable relationship with Paul Mescal, anxiety over fame and touring, and a packed next phase that includes European dates and filming Halina Reijn's movie 'Please.'