This Is What It Feels Like (EP)

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This Is What It Feels Like
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ReleasedNovember 12, 2021
Genre
Length37:50
Label Interscope
Producer
Gracie Abrams chronology
Minor
(2020)
This Is What It Feels Like
(2021)
Good Riddance
(2023)
Singles from This Is What It Feels Like
  1. "Feels Like"
    Released: October 1, 2021
  2. "Rockland"
    Released: October 22, 2021
  3. "Alright"
    Released: November 10, 2021

This Is What It Feels Like is the second EP by American singer and songwriter Gracie Abrams. It was released on November 12, 2021, through Interscope Records. [1] The project is a primarily a pop record with influences of bedroom pop and indie pop. Abrams co-wrote all the tracks, and as a producer on "Feels Like", which served as the lead single for the project. The production was mainly handled by Abrams, Aaron Dessner, Joel Little, and Blake Slatkin. [2]

Contents

Background

Instead of this "full-length" being released as Abrams' debut album, it is being billed as a “project”. [3] It continues with the "emotional territory" that is first heard on her EP Minor. [3] [4]

Track listing

This Is What It Feels Like track listing
No.TitleWriter(s)Producer(s)Length
1."Feels Like"
2:32
2."Rockland"Dessner3:37
3."For Real This Time"Little3:14
4."Camden"
  • Abrams
  • Dessner
  • Dessner
  • Slatkin
4:06
5."The Bottom"
  • Abrams
  • Slatkin
  • Fedi
  • Billy Walsh
  • Slatkin
  • Fedi
3:00
6."Wishful Thinking"
  • Abrams
  • Little
  • Aarons
  • Abrams
  • Little
  • Aarons
2:41
7."Older"
  • Abrams
Slatkin3:07
8."Better"
  • Abrams
  • Little
  • Aarons
Little2:51
9."Hard to Sleep"
  • Abrams
  • Dessner
Dessner4:15
10."Augusta"
  • Abrams
  • Dessner
Dessner3:58
11."Painkillers"
  • Abrams
Slatkin2:05
12."Alright"Slatkin2:24
Total length:37:50

Personnel

Credits are adapted from the album's liner notes and Tidal. [5] [6]

Charts

Chart performance for This Is What It Feels Like
Chart (2024)Peak
position
US Heatseekers Albums (Billboard) [7] 14
US Top Album Sales (Billboard) [8] 94

Release history

RegionDateFormat(s)Label
VariousNovember 12, 2021 Interscope Records

Tour

This Is What It Feels Like Tour
Tour by Gracie Abrams
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Promotional poster for European dates
Location
  • Europe
  • North America
Associated albumThis Is What It Feels Like
Start dateFebruary 2, 2022 (2022-02-02)
End dateMay 31, 2022 (2022-05-31)
No. of shows37
Supporting acts Alix Page
Gracie Abrams concert chronology
  • I've Missed You, I'm Sorry Tour
    (2021)
  • This Is What It Feels Like Tour
    (2022)
  • Good Riddance Tour
    (2023-2024)

In support of This Is What It Feels Like, Abrams scheduled the This Is What It Feels Like Tour. It covers North America and Europe with 35 dates. It started on February 2, 2022, in Salt Lake City and concluded on May 31, 2022, in Stockholm. [9] Her shows in Toronto on October 27, and Montreal on October 28, were canceled. Alix Page opened for Abrams. [10] Along with her headlining tour, Abrams also opened for Olivia Rodrigo on the Sour Tour for select dates, where she sang songs featured on the project. [11] [12]

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