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Close To You & Dancing On My Own

DAY 5

"Close To You" & "Dancing On My Own"
by Gracie Abrams & Robyn

Gracie Abrams is one of my favorite artists of the past couple years. Last year, I featured her song "That's So True" on my playlist for "The Soundtrack of Your Life" , and this year I'm following it up with a song I might have listened to even more this year than I did that track last year. And rather than include just the original song, I figured I'd share a video of one of my favorite live performances in recent years, where Gracie Abrams performed this song in Grant Park in Chicago, Illinois at Lollapalooza 2025... and surprised everyone by bringing out Robyn to perform her hit song "Dancing On My Own" (also one of my favorites). This was an incredible performance that really highlights how good both of the songs are.

The first time I heard Gracie Abrams was actually when she was one of the opening acts for Taylor Swift's "The Eras Tour" when my wife and I attended in Los Angeles in August 2023. We were standing in line at one of the merch tents and listening to Gracie belting out her songs from the stage. After the concert that night, I added her to my Spotify playlist and she's been heavily featured ever since.

FUN FACT: Gracie is actually the daughter of writer/director J.J. Abrams!