Gracie Abrams Talks Teenage Years, Foray Into Acting, & More | Cover Story

By Rolling Stone

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For Rolling Stone’s September 2026 cover story, @GracieAbrams visits an art studio in Brooklyn for a portrait #painting session with Senior Writer Alex Morris. Over easels and easy banter, #Gracieabrams opens up about the partnerships that helped her write #DaughterFromHell, including those with her boyfriend, #paulmescal, and her frequent collaborator, @thenational's Aaron Dessner. She also discusses the creativity her relationship inspires, her coming foray into acting, and whether or not she really was a daughter from hell. Gracie Abrams on collaborating with partner Paul Mescal: “I feel very lucky to be generally inspired by him as a person and by his brain, and I think it's just the easiest thing to make stuff together…We're a very musical household, and so there's always something brewing.” Gracie Abrams on performing live: “I think it is sort of the antidote to the times we're living in right now in terms of it being a space where people are connected. The least cynical thing

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