Gracie Abrams has praised friend Taylor Swift for how she handled a fire in an apartment. The 24-year-old singer opened up about her budding friendship with Swift during an interview with Billboard , published on June 18. Abrams has also worked with the Grammy-winner before, as she was one of the openers for the Eras Tour and is releasing a song – which is part of her new album, The Secret of Us – that features Swift in it.
Speaking to Billboard , the “Risk” singer recalled how Swift saved them from a dangerous situation in the Grammy-winner’s apartment. After hearing some noise, which Swift just thought was one of her cats moving around, she and Abrams later discovered that a candle had fallen over. However, it wasn’t until a few hours later, after a night of dinner and drinks, that they realized the candle started a fire, which the “All Too Well” singer quickly put out.
”She was such a legend – I don’t know how at this hour or in our state she knew what to do,” Abrams said. “We both had an insane cough from the fire extinguisher fumes for weeks.” She explained that the fire not only occurred six months before the interview with Billboard , but also shortly after she and Swift co-wrote the song “Us,” which will be released on June 21.
Abrams also shared that the night before the fire, she listened to a few songs from Swift’s then-unreleased and unannounced album, The Tortured Poets Department . According to the “Close To You” singe.