Interview with Hollywood Reporter
Grace was interviewed about the new album and the performance video by Nicole Fell for The Hollywood Reporter.
The album
"I think everything just happens with time. You get older, you toughen your skin, and you get more experienced, smarter, and more confident. I feel like those are all the things you need to believe in yourself enough for a project like this. Also, it’s a brave project; it’s weird, and it’s not going to speak to everyone. I feel like you need to be in a place where you are really, really genuinely OK with that to be able to start making weird projects. You really have to let that ego die of [thinking] people are going to say this is weird and cringe. I need to just be happy that I made it. Otherwise, you’re never going to make it because you’re going to be thinking about what’s cool or what will resonate. I am just living for me, and whether I choose to be sexual, not sexual, speak on this, not speak on this, do this or not do that, I’m exhausted; it doesn’t matter. I’ve come to the very, very large acceptance of “if it resonates with you and you like that, that’s for you. If you don’t, then what I’m doing is not for you.” Life can literally be that simple.” And this really was a clean Brake for Grace; asked about her previous work, she commented: “I feel what I was making before was just stupid and trash."
The performance video
[why she co-directed and co-choreographed]. "I felt like I had no choice but to pull some weight and be a part of it. [Initially] I was just making slideshows. Literally, I just walked into Pulse [Records] and had a Google fucking Slides, because I’m a child, of five seconds, 15 seconds, and then ‘Grace falls into a pool of dancers.’ For the choreography, there were tears. We only had three days to choreograph the entire thing – and by the way, it was three days right before filming. It was really stressful."
Her fan’s reactions
"I don’t think that I’m exploring something that’s probably too off the realm of what people enjoy who listen to me. If it doesn’t really resonate, and they just grew out of it, that’s OK too. It happens. That’s how it goes. , I just want people to watch this and think “she’s capable.” I want people to be excited to see what I can create and what I can do. I think I can do so much, and I want to give so much to people. I guess that’s what I want people to see."