“I was just writing, with many inspirations along with my own real experiences, which is kind of what I always do with my writing, I just exaggerate everything and add in some little sprinkles of magic.

For some reason, things like “beautiful” and “pretty,” I feel, have been so directed towards females, which I don’t understand because it’s not just hot [?]. I have seen so many very pretty boys and we have always thought about incorporating that in a song.

It was kind of the perfect moment to finally make that idea we had had for years really come alive. I try my best to keep it as spontaneous as possible. I have noticed that the more inspired I am to do something, the more quickly it flows out, probably the more I like that piece. I don’t know why; I literally just kept it on a loop, and I just wrote lines., and I think that’s what keeps it so magical because I keep the first thing that popped into my mind. I think that keeps that like weird spark still in there. It’s like perfume. You know how they say, if you don’t smell anymore, don’t keep spraying it on, just ‘cause your nose is getting used to it. It’s kind of like that, like, you don’t want to get it used to it and then have people like uhh!

Honestly, I am very proud of the one line: “If you want it to say something, you would say you’d promise me.” [I remember we really stuck on that, and that was like a spur-of-the-moment adlib that, for some reason like, worked so perfectly, and we like both freaked out. “ (Grace Vanderwaal Breaks Down Her song 'Ur So Beautiful', Rolling Stone Oct. 3, 2019)

“This song is romantic, but it’s also empowering — it can be directed at anything or anyone,” Grace explained. “’Beautiful’ is always used in feminine terms, but when I wrote this song, it was originally about a guy…but it’s also kind of a note to self… a song to boost your confidence. Like, I know I’m beautiful… don’t I know that? I always try to hide it but then when I’m alone and am looking in my bathroom mirror, I know I’m beautiful. I’m good enough. I hope everyone feels that.” (Press release, quoted on Idolator.com July 1, 2019)

Sophie B. Hawkins and Brittany Amaradio and Sophie Hawkins share credits for this song because it contains an interpolation of their song "Damn I Wish I Was Your Lover"

THE MUSIC VIDEO
”The whole project is really, really personal, which is scary but at the same time I feel it adds so much to the song. The music video wasn’t a music video, I just got a camcorder and was like, oh, I am going to make like a documentary or something, I don’t know, so I just started recording everything. And we were watching it, and I was tearing up; it was like clipping to the beat. And we were like – this is the video; it was so magical, and it just happened." (Grace Vanderwaal Breaks Down Her song 'Ur So Beautiful', Rolling Stone Oct. 3, 2019)

2018.12.20	Not performed. Short fragment of recording of song, posted on Instagram		7 Seconds of playback of produced version. NB Link to a Facebook group that requires membership. The video is in the sidebar at the bottom.
2019.02.21	Stray Release Event (The Slipper Room)
2019.05.31	CAL Polytech "Spring Fever" Sunset Concert (California Polytech University, University Union Plaza)
2019.06.05	Coastal Credit Union Music Park at Walnut Creck	High as Hope Tour (Florence & The Machine)
2019.06.06	Ameris Bank (formerly Verizon) Amphitheater	High as Hope Tour (Florence & The Machine)
2019.06.08	Amway Centre	High as Hope Tour (Florence & The Machine)
2019.06.09	American Airlines Arena	High as Hope Tour (Florence & The Machine)
2019.06.26	World of McIntosh X Farfetch's Sunset Sessions (World of McIntosh)
2019.06.27	Roling Stones
2019.06.28	Stonewaal Inn		Part of (1m)
2019.06.28	Busking in New York ()		Three Short snippets: in a subway station, on the subway, in the street with guy singing along
2019.07.08	Germano Studios		Part of (1 min)
2019.08.07	Wasting Time – A Performance with Grace VanderWaal (YouTube Space at Chelsea Market)
2019.08.10	Railbird Festival (The grounds of Keeneland Racetrack)	Ur so Beautiful Tour
2019.08.11	Orange Peel	Ur so Beautiful Tour
2019.08.13	Cannery Ballroom	Ur so Beautiful Tour
2019.08.14	Variety Playhouse	Ur so Beautiful Tour	Part of (47s)
2019.08.16	Granada Theatre	Ur so Beautiful Tour
2019.08.17	Emo's	Ur so Beautiful Tour	From front far left stage (all version 1s)
2019.08.18	Warehouse Live	Ur so Beautiful Tour
2019.08.21	The van Buren	Ur so Beautiful Tour
2019.08.22	El Rey Theatre	Ur so Beautiful Tour
2019.08.24	D23 Disney Annual Convention (Anaheim Convention Centre)		From front left
2019.08.25	The Observatory	Ur so Beautiful Tour	taken from the far left front side of stage. Zoom in some of the time but the not quite sharp and very shaky at times (All version 1s)
2019.08.27	El Rey Theatre	Ur so Beautiful Tour	Part of (43s)
2019.08.28	El Rey Theatre	Ur so Beautiful Tour
2019.08.29	The Fillmore	Ur so Beautiful Tour
2019.09.01	The Depot	Ur so Beautiful Tour	Fragment (6s)
2019.09.02	Washington's	Ur so Beautiful Tour
2019.09.03	Bluebird Theatre	Ur so Beautiful Tour
2019.09.06	Varsity Theatre	Ur so Beautiful Tour
2019.09.07	Park West	Ur so Beautiful Tour
2019.09.09	Saint Andrews Hall	Ur so Beautiful Tour
2019.09.11	The Opera House	Ur so Beautiful Tour
2019.09.13	Royale	Ur so Beautiful Tour
2019.09.14	College Street Music Hall	Ur so Beautiful Tour
2019.09.16	Theatre of Living Arts	Ur so Beautiful Tour
2019.09.17	Webster Hall	Ur so Beautiful Tour
2019.09.19	The National	Ur so Beautiful Tour	Fragment (19s)
2019.09.20	9:30 Club	Ur so Beautiful Tour
2019.09.21	Rams Head Live!	Ur so Beautiful Tour
2019.11.05	Avenue of the Americas 93rd Anniversary Gala Honoring Rockefeller Group (Gotham Hall)		Fragment (15s)
2019.11.17	Trevor Live (Beverly Hilton)		Acoustic, jazzy version
2019.11.24	Wonderfront Festival (Uncle Ed's D*mn Good Vodka Stage)
2020.03.26	SiriusXM "Coffe House" (SiriusXM)		Audio only
2020.04.16	Billboard Live at Home (At home)
2020.05.27	''Stronger Than You Think'' livestream (At home)
2022.07.26	PACSUN Denim & Music (Soho PACSUN)		Complete (but Facebook - so not accesible to all)
2023.06.10	Sleepwalk

Type	Comment	Link
Behind the song	Grace breaks down the song
Reaction to song	SKAWD Rock Musician Reaction
Reaction to song	Vocal coach reaction
Song related content	Grace VanderWaal Drops Her New Single

Release Date	Record	Type	Track
2019-09-28	Ur So Beautful	Single	1
2019-11-22	Letters Vol 1	EP	4
2019-12-23	Letters Vol 1 (Japanese version)	EP	4

Lower East Side and it’s pouring out
Don’t you look right at me now
Is it you, or are the lights
getting brighter in the night?
Let’s get coffee at a vibey spot
We can sit around, I talk a lot
but you’re so chill, you keep it cool
I am not, I’m such a fool

Damn, you’re so beautiful
and don’t you know it?
Don’t you? Don’t you?
Don’t you? Don’t you?
Damn, you’re so beautiful
and don’t you know it?
Don’t you? Don’t you?
I think you do.

Walking along but not saying a thing
Let’s sit down and think of what we could be
If you wanted to say something
you would say it, promise me

Walking lightly to my surprise
Falling all over the fear
of looking in your eyes
But now I am questioning
I caught you looking at me

Damn, you’re so beautiful
and don’t you know it?
Don’t you? Don’t you?
Don’t you? Don’t you?
Damn, you’re so beautiful
and don’t you know it?
Don’t you? Don’t you?
I think you do.

And who do you think you are?
Who do you think you are?
Messing with my eyes
make me overthink my lines
I think I’m falling blind

Who do you think you are?
Who do you think you are?
Not looking back to say goodbye
Is it all in my mind?
I think it’s all in my mind

Damn, you’re so beautiful
and don’t you know it?
Don’t you? Don’t you?
Don’t you? Don’t you?
Damn, you’re so beautiful
and don’t you know it?
Don’t you? Don’t you?
I think you do
Damn, you’re so beautiful
and don’t you know it?
Don’t you? Don’t you?
I think you do
Who do you think you are?
Who do you think you are?
I know you do
Who do you think you are?
Who do you think you are?
I think you do

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