This Is What It Feels Like (album)

This Is What It Feels Like is the second EP (also deemed as a commercial project) by American singer and songwriter Gracie Abrams. It was released on November 12, 2021, through Interscope Records.[1] The project is a primarily a pop record with influences of bedroom pop and indie pop. Abrams co-wrote all the tracks, and as a producer on "Feels Like", which served as the lead single for the project. The production was mainly handled by Aaron Dessner, Joel Little, and Blake Slatkin.[2]

This Is What It Feels Like
EP by
Gracie Abrams
ReleasedNovember 12, 2021
GenrePop • indie pop
Length37:50
LabelInterscope
Gracie Abrams chronology
minor
(2020)		 This Is What It Feels Like
(2021)
Singles from This Is What It Feels Like
  1. "Feels Like"
    Released: October 1, 2021
  2. "Rockland"
    Released: October 22, 2021
  3. "Alright"
    Released: November 10, 2021

Background

Instead of this "full-length" being released as Abrams' debut album, it is being billed as a “project” so that she can become more famous before releasing her “debut album.”[3] It continues with the "emotional territory" that is first heard on her EP minor.[3][4]

Track listing
"This Is What It Feels Like" track listing
No.TitleWriter(s)Producer(s)Length
1."Feels Like"
  • Gracie Abrams
  • Blake Slatkin
  • Carter Lang
2:32
2."Rockland"
Dessner3:37
3."For Real This Time"
Joel Little3:14
4."Camden"
  • Abrams, Dessner
  • Dessner
  • Slatkin
4:06
5."The Bottom"
  • Abrams, Slatkin, Fedi, Billy Walsh
  • Slatkin
  • Fedi
3:00
6."Wishful Thinking"
  • Abrams, Little, Aarons
  • Abrams
  • Little
  • Aarons
2:41
7."Older"
  • Abrams
Slatkin3:07
8."Better"
  • Abrams, Little, Aarons
Little2:51
9."Hard to Sleep"
  • Abrams, Dessner
Dessner4:15
10."Augusta"
  • Abrams, Dessner
Dessner3:58
11."Painkillers"
  • Abrams
Slatkin2:05
12."Alright"
Slatkin2:24
Total length:37:50

Personnel

Credits are adapted from the album's liner notes and Tidal.

Musicians
  • Gracie Abrams - lead vocals (all tracks), songwriting (all tracks), production (1)
  • Blake Slatkin - production (1, 5, 7, 11–12), executive producer (12), additional vocals (1), songwriting (1, 5, 12), bass (1), guitar (1, 12), programming (1)
  • Aaron Dessner - production (2, 4, 9–10), songwriting (2, 4, 9–10), acoustic guitar (2, 4, 10), bass guitar (2, 10), drum machine (2, 4, 9), drum programming (2, 4, 9), electric guitar (2, 4), percussion (2, 4, 10), piano (2, 4, 9), synthesizer (2, 4, 9), keyboards (4, 9)
  • Joel Little - production (3, 6, 8), songwriting (3, 6, 8), bass (6, 8), guitar (6), keyboards (6, 8), synthesizer (6, 8)
  • Omer Fedi - production (5), songwriting (1, 5), guitar (1)
  • Carter Lang - production (1), bass (1), programming (1)
  • Mick Schultz - co-production (12)
  • Bryce Dessner - orchestration (2, 4, 9–10)
  • Benjamin Lanz - synthesizer (2, 4, 9–10)
  • Yuki Numata Resnick - violin (2, 4, 9–10)
  • Clarice Jensen - cello (2, 4, 9–10)
  • James McAlister - drum machine (2), drum programming (2), synthesizer (2)
  • Ryan Olson - drum machine (2, 4, 9)
  • James Krivchenia - drums (2), percussion (2)
  • Rob Moose - viola (7), violin (7)
  • Sean Hurley - electric bass (12)

Release history
Region Date Format(s) Label
Various November 12, 2021
Interscope Records

Tour

In support of This Is What It Feels Like, Abrams scheduled the This Is What It Feels Like Tour. It covers North America and Europe with 35 dates. It started February 2, 2022, in Salt Lake City, and will conclude on October 28, 2022, in Montreal.[5] Alix Page opened for Abrams.[6] Along with her own headlining tour, Abrams also opens for Olivia Rodrigo on the Sour Tour for select dates, where she sings songs featured on the project.[7][8]

References
  1. Graves, Shahlin (2021-11-02). "Gracie Abrams announces new project 'This Is What It Feels Like'". Coup De Main Magazine. Retrieved 2022-04-06.
  2. "Gracie Abrams' 'This Is What It Feels Like' Is Painfully Relatable Songwriting at Its Finest / Ones To Watch". Ones To Watch. Retrieved 2022-04-06.
  3. "Gracie Abrams And The Professionalization Of "Bedroom-Pop"". Stereogum. 2021-11-08. Retrieved 2022-04-06.
  4. Gracie Abrams on ‘Rockland’ & new project ‘This Is What It Feels Like'’ | In Conversation, retrieved 2022-04-06
  5. Paul, Larisha (2021-09-29). "Rising Pop Singer Gracie Abrams Announces 2022 'This Is What It Feels Like' Tour". uDiscover Music. Retrieved 2022-04-06.
  6. Branco, Holly (2022-02-13). "Gracie Abrams Embraces Crowd During Intimate Concert - The Heights". Retrieved 2022-04-06.
  7. Shafer, Ellise (2022-04-05). "Gracie Abrams on How Songwriting Is 'Like Breathing,' Touring With Friend Olivia Rodrigo and Making New Music With Aaron Dessner". Variety. Retrieved 2022-04-06.
  8. "setlist.fm/setlist/gracie-abrams".
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