Phoebe Bridgers' Aug. 14 Album Sparks Shade Talk Over Paul Mescal and Gracie Abrams
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Updated · Yahoo! Voices · Aug 6
Phoebe Bridgers' Aug. 14 Album Sparks Shade Talk Over Paul Mescal and Gracie Abrams
3 articles · Updated · Yahoo! Voices · Aug 6
Summary
Billboard confirmed that "The Governor's Waltz" on Phoebe Bridgers' upcoming album includes the lines fans read as aimed at ex Paul Mescal and his girlfriend Gracie Abrams.
The most-cited lyric — "she can pretend to be me" — is paired with a reference to "my bed on that stage," which fans linked to Abrams' bedroom-style tour set and rocket-ship sheets both singers once shared online.
Most of the song instead revisits the breakup itself, and another Lost Weekend line — "I'm supposed to be married, but I called it off" — appears to nod to Bridgers' reported past engagement to Mescal.
Mescal and Abrams, first seen publicly together in 2024, now live together in London, while Abrams has continued praising Bridgers publicly even in 2026.
Lost Weekend arrives Aug. 14 as Bridgers' first solo album since 2020's Punisher, with planetarium previews starting Aug. 10 ahead of her September tour.