Gracie Abrams revealed that there’s an alternate, “very vulgar” version of her song “That’s So True” during a conversation with friend and co-writer Audrey Hobert for Spotify’s “You’re Invited, I’m Sorry: An Evening with Gracie Abrams” event.
In a short clip from the event, the pair discuss the song’s origins, with Hobert admitting, “We were drunk when we wrote the lyrics.” Abrams added, “Yeah, there’s a whole, very vulgar version… that will never see the light of day!”
There was, however, one group of folks who were apparently lucky enough to hear this extremely rare and disgusting version of “That’s So True”: Mumford & Sons. (Seriously.)
Abrams went on to explain that she and Hobart were writing “That’s So True” on the roof of Electric Lady Studios, and they didn’t realize that there was another roof above them. The pair were “a little drunk in a great way — in a light, fresh way,” as Abrams put it. “We weren’t like sloppy,” Hobart added. And they “were just doubled over in tears, laughing so hard, saying the most horrific shit to song,” Abrams continued.
And then Abrams got a text from Lee Foster, who runs Electric Lady: “He’s like, ‘Mumford & Sons are doing an interview right above you.’ … It was bad!”
For those curious about what kind of “horrific shit” Abrams and Hobart were singing, the latter quipped, “Like sexual, just so you don’t get it confused with any other horrible thing… Nothing that could be on the radio or, you know, Spotify.”
“That’s So True” (the clean version) was one of four new songs Abrams added to the deluxe edition of her most recent album, The Secret of Us, which dropped last month. Prior to the song’s official release, “That’s So True” had become part of Abrams’ Secret of Us tour set list. A live version also appeared on her new Live From Radio City Music Hall EP.
