Gracie Abrams Covers Lorde's ‘Liability' at New Zealand Concert: ‘One of My Favorite Songs Ever'

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29-04-2025

While in Auckland, New Zealand, for the latest stop on her Secret of Us Tour, Gracie Abrams paid tribute to the country's patron saint of pop music, Lorde, whose ballad 'Liability' the American singer covered during her show at Spark Arena Tuesday (April 29).
In clips taken by fans at the venue, Abrams sits at her keyboard on a B-stage while chatting with fans, whom she tells she's been 'thinking about [Lorde] a lot' while spending the week in the 'Royals' singer's home country.
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'Obviously, being here, and also because she finally returned to save pop music …,' she continues of Lorde, whose comeback single 'What Was That' dropped less than a week prior.
After calling it 'one of my favorite songs ever,' Abrams then dives into the moody Melodrama fan favorite, closing her eyes as she gently plays the piano. 'They say, 'You're a little much for me/ you're a liability, you're a little much for me,'' she croons softly as the crowd belts along with her.
As the 'That's So True' singer highlighted, the cover comes just as Lorde reemerges from a four-year break between albums to kick off her next era, releasing 'What Was That' April 24. Abrams — who recently wrote that she's ready for 'Lorde summer' on X — is just one of several stars who have expressed their excitement for the Kiwi artist's return, with Olivia Rodrigo also jamming out to the new track in a TikTok and writing 'I LOVE THIS MF SONG.'
But in addition to being her fan, Abrams is also Lorde's friend. In her recent cover story with Billboard, the former opened up about her relationship with the latter, telling staff writer Hannah Dailey, 'She's like 800 years old inside … whenever we're together, I feel my nervous system regulate differently.'
Abrams is currently in the midst of her first-ever arena tour, with about three months of shows in Australia and Europe left ahead of her before she returns to North America for a second Secret of Us leg. The trek supports her breakthrough sophomore album The Secret of Us, which reached No. 2 on the Billboard 200.
Lorde, on the other hand, hasn't dropped an album since 2021's Solar Power, which debuted at No. 5 on the albums chart. Fans are hopeful that a new LP is coming soon, however, with the 'Green Light' musician teasing in an April 15 voice note, 'Everything is about to change … I'm so ready.'
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