This Is What It Feels Like (EP)

This Is What It Feels Like is the second EP by American singer and songwriter Gracie Abrams. It was released on November 12, 2021, through Interscope Records.^[2] Abrams co-wrote all the tracks, and as a producer on "Feels Like", which served as the lead single for the project. The production was mainly handled by Abrams, Aaron Dessner, Joel Little, and Blake Slatkin.^[3]

This Is What It Feels Like
EP by Gracie Abrams
Released	November 12, 2021
Genre	Bedroom pop[1]
Length	37:50
Label	Interscope
Producer	Aaron Dessner Joel Little Gracie Abrams Blake Slatkin Omer Fedi Carter Lang Sarah Aarons
Gracie Abrams chronology
Minor (2020) This Is What It Feels Like (2021) Good Riddance (2023)
Singles from This Is What It Feels Like
"Feels Like" Released: October 1, 2021 "Rockland" Released: October 22, 2021 "Alright" Released: November 10, 2021

Background

Instead of this "full-length" being released as Abrams' debut album, it is being billed as a "project".^[4] It continues with the "emotional territory" that is first heard on her EP Minor.^[4][5]

Track listing

This Is What It Feels Like track listing

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Producer(s)	Length
1.	"Feels Like"	Gracie Abrams Blake Slatkin Omer Fedi	Abrams Slatkin Carter Lang	2:32
2.	"Rockland"	Abrams Aaron Dessner	Dessner	3:37
3.	"For Real This Time"	Abrams Joel Little Sarah Aarons	Little	3:14
4.	"Camden"	Abrams Dessner	Dessner Slatkin	4:06
5.	"The Bottom"	Abrams Slatkin Fedi Billy Walsh	Slatkin Fedi	3:00
6.	"Wishful Thinking"	Abrams Little Aarons	Abrams Little Aarons	2:41
7.	"Older"	Abrams	Slatkin	3:07
8.	"Better"	Abrams Little Aarons	Little	2:51
9.	"Hard to Sleep"	Abrams Dessner	Dessner	4:15
10.	"Augusta"	Abrams Dessner	Dessner	3:58
11.	"Painkillers"	Abrams	Slatkin	2:05
12.	"Alright"	Abrams Slatkin Jeremih Mick Schultz Keith James	Slatkin	2:24
Total length:				37:50

Personnel

Credits are adapted from the album's liner notes and Tidal.^[6][7]

• Gracie Abrams – lead vocals (all tracks), songwriting (all tracks), production (1)
• Blake Slatkin – production (1, 5, 7, 11–12), executive producer (12), additional vocals (1), songwriting (1, 5, 12), bass (1), guitar (1, 12), programming (1)
• Aaron Dessner – production (2, 4, 9–10), songwriting (2, 4, 9–10), acoustic guitar (2, 4, 10), bass guitar (2, 10), drum machine (2, 4, 9), drum programming (2, 4, 9), electric guitar (2, 4), percussion (2, 4, 10), piano (2, 4, 9), synthesizer (2, 4, 9), keyboards (4, 9)
• Joel Little – production (3, 6, 8), songwriting (3, 6, 8), bass (6, 8), guitar (6), keyboards (6, 8), synthesizer (6, 8)
• Omer Fedi – production (5), songwriting (1, 5), guitar (1)
• Carter Lang – production (1), bass (1), programming (1)
• Mick Schultz – co-production (12)
• Bryce Dessner – orchestration (2, 4, 9–10)
• Benjamin Lanz – synthesizer (2, 4, 9–10)
• Yuki Numata Resnick – violin (2, 4, 9–10)
• Clarice Jensen – cello (2, 4, 9–10)
• James McAlister – drum machine (2), drum programming (2), synthesizer (2)
• Ryan Olson – drum machine (2, 4, 9)
• James Krivchenia – drums (2), percussion (2)
• Rob Moose – viola (7), violin (7)
• Sean Hurley – electric bass (12)

Charts

2021–2022 chart performance for This Is What It Feels Like

Chart (2021–2022)	Peak position
US Heatseekers Albums (Billboard)[8]	14
US Top Album Sales (Billboard)[9]	94

2025 chart performance for This Is What It Feels Like

Chart (2025)	Peak position
Belgian Albums (Ultratop Flanders)[10]	176

Release history

Region	Date	Format(s)	Label
Various	November 12, 2021	Digital download, streaming	Interscope
	April 8, 2022	LP

Tour

This Is What It Feels Like Tour

Tour by Gracie Abrams
Promotional poster for European dates
Location	Europe North America
Associated album	This Is What It Feels Like
Start date	February 2, 2022 (2022-02-02)
End date	May 31, 2022 (2022-05-31)
No. of shows	37
Supporting acts	Alix Page
Gracie Abrams concert chronology

In support of This Is What It Feels Like, Abrams scheduled the This Is What It Feels Like Tour. It covers North America and Europe with 35 dates. It started on February 2, 2022, in Salt Lake City and concluded on May 31, 2022, in Stockholm.^[11] Her shows in Toronto on October 27, and Montreal on October 28, were canceled. Alix Page opened for Abrams.^[12] Along with her headlining tour, Abrams also opened for Olivia Rodrigo on the Sour Tour for select dates, where she sang songs featured on the project.^[13][14]