‎Good Riddance by Gracie Abrams on Apple Music

When Olivia Rodrigo shocked the pop music landscape together with her ballad “drivers license,” she drew influence from an unexpected place: Gracie Abrams, an introspective bedroom-pop newcomer with an incredible knack for writing her interior world right into a whispered hook—and who had yet to release a debut LP. Good Riddance, Abrams’ first full-length, is a triumph, from coming-of-age rockers (“Difficult”), mournful ruminations on past relationships (“I Comprehend it won’t work”), and guitar ballads (“Full machine”) to the lyrical wisdom that only comes with distance (“You were there on a regular basis/You’re the worst of my crimes/You fell hard/I assumed good riddance” within the opener “Best”). Straight from the frank, lushly detailed Taylor Swift school of songwriting, Abrams has clearly learned a thing or two from her tourmate; for good measure, Good Riddance was co-written with one among Swift’s collaborators, Aaron Dessner of The National.