{"id":484533,"date":"2026-06-09T20:48:12","date_gmt":"2026-06-09T20:48:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/484533\/"},"modified":"2026-06-09T20:48:12","modified_gmt":"2026-06-09T20:48:12","slug":"gracie-abrams-mixes-extra-dirty-gin-martinis-and-shares-the-story-behind-her-new-album","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/484533\/","title":{"rendered":"Gracie Abrams Mixes \u201cExtra-Dirty\u201d Gin Martinis\u2014and Shares the Story Behind Her New Album"},"content":{"rendered":"

\u201cIt\u2019s so sick and twisted, the like immediate joy,\u201d Vogue\u2019s summer 2026 cover star<\/a> Gracie Abrams says, after taking a sip of her martini in a new episode of Vogue\u2019s Now Serving video series. The bigger joy comes when the singer remembers that she has leeks in the oven\u2014Corre Larkin<\/a>\u2019s French braised leeks, to be exact. \u201cI figured comfort drink, comfort dish would be nice to do today,\u201d she explains.<\/p>\n

As Abrams chops her ingredients, she explains that comfort meals like this one played an important role during the making of her upcoming album, Daughter from Hell, which is out July 17.<\/p>\n

\u201cWhen tour ended, it was the first time in a long time that I had access to a kitchen again, and that was a big deal because I\u2019ve always loved to cook,\u201d she says. \u201cIt just puts me in a meditative state. Comfort meals, as I was in the studio making this record, became very important. It was winter in London, and this was delicious and warm and cozy.\u201d<\/p>\n

For Abrams, opening up to writer Brittany Spanos for the cover story meant flexing a muscle she hadn\u2019t used for a while. As she zests a lemon into the pan, she says: \u201cIt feels like it\u2019s been a second since I\u2019ve had that hat on, where I\u2019ve like talked about myself or new music,\u201d Abrams says. \u201cI get nervous, I get nervous. I just do. But it\u2019s really easy to talk about what the process of making this album was like because I felt like I was able to be really present for it. We weren\u2019t touring.\u201d<\/p>\n

Stirring her sauce, she says that Aaron Dessner, her friend, co-producer, and co-writer, taught her that in making her third album, \u201ca big pivot isn\u2019t always necessary.\u201d Instead, she leaned into her \u201cinherent sound and calling\u201d and mined deeper, drawing inspiration from her childhood. \u201cMy feeling about this album is that what it explores is really what it is to be in your 20s,\u201d she shares. \u201cI feel like it encapsulates that in-between time quite well, for me at least.\u201d<\/p>\n

While her leeks are cooking, she shakes up one of her favorite drinks: a \u201cfilthy\u201d gin martini. \u201cI love an extra dirty gin martini. It makes me feel alive and well,\u201d she muses. After deeming the drink not cloudy enough for her taste, she breaks bartending rules a little and adds more brine to the glass. \u201cI like it to taste like the ocean,\u201d she says.<\/p>\n

A few sips later, Abrams triumphantly takes her leeks out of the oven. She tears a piece of sourdough bread, spoons a leek onto it, tastes it, and does a little happy jump-dance. \u201cI\u2019m quite distracted by how delicious this is and want everyone to try it,\u201d she says. Some of the Vogue team give it a taste. The review? \u201c10 out of 10.\u201d<\/p>\n

Above, watch Gracie Abrams\u2019s Now Serving video for Vogue, and read the cover story here<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Director: Nina Ljeti
Director Of Photography: Cory Fraiman-Lott
Editor: Katie Wolford<\/p>\n

Senior Producer: Bety Dereje
Associate Producer: Lea Donenberg
1st Assistant Camera: Austin Smoak
Gaffer: Jonathan Alvarado
Audio: Mariya Chulichkova
Food Stylist: Jessica Do
Production Assistant: Myles Haywood<\/p>\n

Stylist: Spencer Singer
Stylist Assistant: Josh Hickman
Makeup Artist: Mia Jones
Hairstylist: Arbana Dollani<\/p>\n

Production Coordinator: Tan\u00eda Jones
Production Manager: Kristen Helmick
Line Producer: Natasha Soto-Albors<\/p>\n

Assistant Editor: Justin Symonds
Post Production Coordinator: Holly Frew
Supervising Editor: Kameron Key
Post Production Supervisor: Alexa Deutsch<\/p>\n

Entertainment Director: Sergio Kletnoy
Executive Producer: Rahel Gebreyes
Senior Director, Video : Romy van den Broeke
Senior Director, Programming: Linda Gittleson
VP, Video Programming: Thespena Guatieri<\/p>\n

Florist: Anneka Miller Floral<\/p>\n