If we’re talking about the top 3 artists I listened the most to, my music accounts said Cavetown, dodie, and Phoebe Bridgers. So long as you, as the artist, have made them feel something- even if with negative emotions at times, you’ve succeeded. They get to be the ones who choose what it means for them. As an artist, you can create something with a certain meaning or story but at the end of the day, you are sacrificing your art to the public. What should a song or piece of art communicate in your opinion?Īny song or piece of art needs to make the viewer feel something. I just want people to not feel so alone and unheard. That those emotions you feel are valid simply because you FEEL them. I want anyone who takes in my content, whether it is music or video, to see a part of themselves in me and know they aren’t alone in this big world. I think really any project I make, or my project “Addison Grace” as a whole, is to create and put something into the world that will help it feel less lonely. Tell us about the genesis of your project. Still, music offered answers to questions about their identity and experiences, with an early love of emo giving way to bedroom pop artists such as Cavetown, Chloe Moriando, Tessa Violet, Ricky Montgomery, and Dodie, a new generation of musical artists sharing details of their own lives to match the experiences of their audience, bonding them via the universality of personal self-exploration. But as the only person with musical interests in their immediate family and circle of friends, that enthusiasm also instilled a feeling of isolation in Grace. The only way to really do that is to be completely transparent with how I found myself and who I am.”īorn in California but raised in Salt Lake City, UT, Grace was blessed with an outsized personality and a passion for music. It’s okay to find what makes you happiest. That it’s okay to experiment, it’s okay to be confused. “That my music helps them understand that there really isn’t any such thing as normal. “I would love for kids to be able to find comfort in myself,” Grace says. Indeed, songs like “I Wanna Be A Boy” mark a landmark leap forward for Grace, affirming their own human and artistic identity while offering a gloriously anthemic voice to the voiceless. Grace has worked tirelessly in recent months and is now set to unveil their most ambitious music thus far, shot through with focused enthusiasm and glimmering with a lyrical ingenuity that celebrates their own extraordinary journey of personal growth and self-evolution. The 20-year-old singer, songwriter, and social media star – who is non-binary and uses he/they pronouns – has fast made a name for themselves as a singular new artist, showcasing their one-of-a-kind perspective through mesmerizing bedroom pop and a bold, funny, utterly idiosyncratic online persona. “It had so much meaning to me because, on top of it being about someone I liked, it was also about my fight against internalized homophobia and feeling like I wasn’t allowed to like girls,” she shares.Addison Grace makes personal music for a universal audience, intimate songs which somehow manage to speak what the listener feels but cannot quite put into words. It was not only a newer song she’d written, one that she felt she could re-establish herself with among her fans, but also shared a message that was both personal and universal. (Grace reveals that said friend still actually hasn’t realized the song is about her, though she prefers it that way.)įor Grace, “Sugar Rush” felt like the perfect beginning. With over 750,000 streams to date on Spotify, the ukulele-driven love song recounts Grace’s real-life experience as a young bi woman crushing on a friend who hasn’t quite caught on. “It was kind of the perfect medium where I could share my personality and share my thoughts and share jokes, but not have to take the time to edit a 10-minute video,” she explains.Īs her popularity grew, Grace landed an offer with music management agency Alternate Side, which helped launch her first single, “Sugar Rush” with Cavetown’s Robin Skinner. Unlike Instagram, where Grace felt her personality was separate from her content, and YouTube, which was often “too much of a chunk to bite off,” TikTok offered a platform to show off a little more personality along with her musical aspirations.
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