Gracie with her parents J.J. Abrams and Katie McGrath

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Gracie Abrams regrets causing stress to her famous parents during her teenage years, apologizing for taking years off their lives.
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Gracie Abrams has revealed the one thing she wishes she could take back from her teenage years, admitting she believes she "took years" off the lives of her famous parents.

The 26-year-old singer made the heartfelt confession while promoting her new album, Daughter From Hell, which is released on July 17, opening up about growing up as the daughter of filmmaker J.J. Abrams and television producer Katie McGrath.

Speaking to Capital FM's Jordan North during A Very British Day Out, Gracie reflected on how differently she now views her teenage years.

"At this stage in my life, I can only imagine if I had a child that was visibly in the middle of something halfway dark, I would've been kept up at night," she said.

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"I just feel quite bad for the adults in my life. I feel like I took years off their lives and they confirmed that's true."

She then addressed her parents directly, saying: "Sorry mum, sorry dad."

The singer continued: "I do consistently think about this, as you evolve and come into yourself more, I want to apologise for being kind of non-verbal in high school sometimes."

Gracie is the daughter of acclaimed director and producer J.J. Abrams, whose credits include Star Wars: The Force Awakens, Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker and Star Trek. Her mother, Katie McGrath, is a successful television producer.

Despite growing up in one of Hollywood's best-known creative families, Gracie has forged an impressive career of her own, becoming one of music's fastest-rising stars thanks to her emotionally honest songwriting. She is also in a relationship with Irish actor Paul Mescal.


"This is already the best interview I've ever done," she joked. "Let's not talk about anything else."

She also revealed some of her favourite places to perform, naming Los Angeles and New York alongside Manchester.

"I've never spent time there outside of shows," she explained. "I do feel the energy you get from a crowd is quite telling of a vibe of a city. They just go so hard."

The emotional interview comes just as Gracie prepares to release her latest record, Daughter From Hell, before heading out on her biggest tour yet.

Her Look At My Life tour kicks off on December 2 in Denver, Colorado, before travelling across North America and Europe, concluding in Barcelona, Spain, on May 28, 2027.

I was so touched by a recent musical social media share from Paris Jackson. In the video, she performs an original song, and instead of naming the song, she posted only that she "wrote a song about my best friend."

That ordinarily wouldn't have seemed significant, but only two days before she posted the video, she made a point of calling Michael Jackson her best friend. During her May 26 appearance on Jack Osbourne's "Trying Not to Die" podcast, she discussed the close relationship she had with her dad and emphasized their special connection, saying that he was her best friend.

Although Paris Jackson doesn't call out Michael Jackson by name in the caption of her heartfelt video, the timing of the post with her caption right after she named her dad as her best friend made fans think the song was about him.

The lyrics are special and sweet, seeming perfect for a father-daughter connection. "All these winding roads lead back to you," she sings in the song. "We're all just pieces of the people that we meet. You've got the biggest piece of me."

This comes after Paris Jackson also told Jack Osbourne during the podcast interview that she wasn't going to be doing any tributes to her dad that felt performative. Instead, she is expressing her love and feelings in her own way and on her own terms.

Paris has always said her relationship with her dad was a very close one. She tragically lost him when she was only 11 years old when Michael Jackson died of acute propofol and benzodiazepine intoxication, on June 25, 2009. The drugs had been administered by his personal physician, Dr. Conrad Murray, reported A&E. All our hearts broke at the memorial service for Michael when Paris Jackson spoke about her dad.

According to ABC News, Paris said, "I just wanted to say, ever since I was born, Daddy has been the best father you could ever imagine." She understandably got very emotional as she added, "And I just wanted to say I love him so much." She then burst into tears and was held by her aunt, Janet Jackson.

Paris Jackson grew up with her brothers Prince and Bigi. Their paternal grandmother, Katherine Jackson, was named the permanent legal guardian after Michael Jackson's death, and she raised them at the Jackson family home in Encino, California, and then later in Calabasas, California. Starting in 2012, TJ Jackson, Michael's nephew and the son of Tito Jackson, was brought in to assist with the guardianship. According to ABC News, he was named co-guardian along with Katherine.

Paris Jackson's first solo music came on October 30, 2020. She released her debut single and music video called "Let Down" via Republic Records. It was the lead single for her debut solo album, Wilted. "Let Down" was produced by Manchester Orchestra's Andy Hull, and it got a lot of glowing reviews. The Guardian called it a "dreamy, faintly sinister yet wholly beautiful mood-ballad".

Paris has a soulful voice and writes deep, poetic lyrics. As a child of the 1980's, I also grew up dancing and singing to her dad Michael Jackson's music, but I never want to compare the two. I think it's unfair that's constantly happening. Paris is an artist whose work stands on its own. She will always have a very famous dad, though, and she has graciously shared things in her own way over the years.

Paris Jackson has had a very creative 2026. She released "Zombies in Love" in March. Then she released a second single, "Teenage Drama", on May 22. It's a touching song that was co-written with Linda Perry. It's about growing up in all its complexity.

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