Gracie Abrams Has the Ultimate Compliment for Taylor Swift During Concert Tour
For the past year, Gracie Abrams has been on her The Secret Of Us Tour to support her sophomore album with the same name.
The 25-year-old singer shared a heartfelt message with her Boston fans during Wednesday night's show. Early in her concert at TD Garden, Abrams read a deeply personal letter from her journal to mark the opening night of the final leg of her tour.
"Between touring and my last few EPs and albums, the amazing festivals and opening for the brilliant Olivia [Rodrigo] and for our forever genius Taylor [Swift], it has been a very wild and lucky four years on the road," Abrams said, before the crowd erupted into cheers. "We are in the home stretch now and I just want to pause for a moment to let you know that we could not be happier or more grateful to be here with all of you tonight."
Though The Secret of Us Tour started in September 2024, Abrams has been on the road for almost four years straight. After her debut tour, I've missed you, I'm sorryTour in September-October 2021 and the This Is What It Feels Like Tour six months later, she quickly followed it up by opening for the first half of Rodrigo's SOUR Tour in April 2022. A year later, she embarked on her Good Riddance Tour to support her first studio album with the same name. Plus, the singer opened for multiple shows during Swift's Eras Tour from early 2023 to November 2024, in between her headlining tour legs.
Last month, Abrams went back to Europe to make up shows she missed in February due to illness, before embarking on a European festival tour throughout late June and early July. Now for the next two weeks, the "Close To You" singer will be touring around North America.
It is well-known that Abrams has been a huge fan and one of Swift's close friends. The Grammy-nominated singer has spoken highly about Swift multiple times throughout her career and serves as a major influence on her songwriting.
Other than featuring her as an opener on the Eras Tour, Swift has also supported Abrams multiple times. The two even have a collaboration together called "us", which is the fifth track of Abrams' album The Secret of Us and was nominated for Best Pop Duo/Group Performance in the 2025 Grammy Awards.
Abrams will continue her second North American leg of The Secret of Us Tour, with her next show this Saturday at the Budweiser Stage in Toronto.
Gracie Abrams Has the Ultimate Compliment for Taylor Swift During Concert Tour first appeared on Parade on Jul 24, 2025
This story was originally reported by Parade on Jul 24, 2025, where it first appeared.
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