"Us." (stylized as "us.") featuring Taylor Swift is the fifth track by Gracie Abrams on her second studio album, The Secret of Us, released on June 21, 2024, as the first promotional single for the album, through Interscope Records.[1]
Background[]
Rumors of a collaboration between the two began when Swift and Abrams had both been seen walking out of Electric Lady Studios in 2023.
Lyrics[]
[Verse 1: Gracie Abrams]
I know you know
It felt just like a joke
I show, you don't
And now we're talkin'
I know your ghost
I see her through the smoke
She'll play her show
And you'll be watchin'
[Pre-Chorus: Gracie Abrams]
And if history's clear, someone always ends up in ruins
And what seemed like fate becomes "What the hell was I doin'?"
Babylon lovers, hangin' lifetimes on a vine (Ooh)
Do you miss mine?
[Chorus: Gracie Abrams & Taylor Swift]
Do you miss us? Us?
I felt it, you held it
Do you miss us? Us?
Wonder if you regret the secret of us, us
Us (us) us (us) us (us)
[Verse 2: Gracie Abrams & Taylor Swift]
I know you know
It felt like somethin' old
It felt like somеthin' holy, like souls bleedin' so
It felt like what I'vе known
You're 29 years old
So how can you be cold when I open my home?
[Pre-Chorus: Gracie Abrams & Taylor Swift]
And if history's clear, the flames always end up in ashes
And what seemed like fate, give it 10 months and you'll be past it (You'll be past it)
Babylon lovers hangin' missed calls on the line
I gave you mine
Do you mind?
[Chorus: Gracie Abrams & Taylor Swift]
Us? Us?
I felt it, you held it,
Do you miss us? Us?
Wonder if you regret
The secret of us, us
Us (us) us (us) us (us)
[Bridge: Gracie Abrams & Taylor Swift]
That night you were talkin' false prophets
And profits they make in the margins of poetry sonnets
You never read up on it,
Shame, could've learned somethin'
Robert Bly on my nightstand
Gifts from you, how ironic
The curse or a miracle, hearse or an oracle
You're incomparable
Fuck it was chemical
You (You) plus (plus) me (me) was
[Chorus: Gracie Abrams & Taylor Swift]
Us, us, us
I felt it, you held it
Do you miss us? Us?
Wonder if you regret the secret of us, us (Ooh-ooh)
Mistaken for strangers, the way it was, was
The pain of, the reign of, the flame of
Us, us
The outline, well, sometimes,
Do you miss us? Us, us, us
The best kind, well, sometimes, do you miss us?
Trivia[]
- During the recording of this song, a fire broke out in Swift's apartment.[2] Abrams teased the fact that she took a video of Swift extinguishing the fire,[3] and late released it on her socials on June 21, 2024.[4]
Gallery[]
Live performances[]
Swift and Abrams performed "us." as a surprise song on The Eras Tour on June 23, 2024, in London, England, and on November 16, 2024 mashed-up with "Out Of The Woods".