Gracie Abrams On Her Famous Parents & Nepo Baby Jokes

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Gracie Abrams isn’t offended by the nepo baby conversation. The “Hit the Wall” singer responded to the online discourse during a June 25 appearance on The New York Times’ Popcast. In the interview, Abrams opened up about growing up with famous parents and how they affected her career in music.

Abrams — whose parents, J.J. Abrams and Katie McGrath, are big names in the film industry (her dad directed Star Trek and the Star Wars sequels) — seems to welcome dialogue about nepotism and privilege. “The nepo stuff is obviously in the discourse, appropriately,” Abrams said on the podcast. “I think about the privilege there, and it’s like, I had a safety net, and that allowed me the ability to experiment, and concentrate, and I had the gift of time to dedicat...