Grace Ives

Grace Ives turns stress, humor, and honesty into compact pop

Grace Ives is a New York pop artist whose songs are built from close-up feelings and small, fast-moving forms. In the FADER interview, she says music is her outlet and describes songs written from energy and anger. On Bandcamp, 2nd is listed as an album written and performed by Grace Ives, with tracks like Mirror and Icing on the Cake. A later Pitchfork interview shows her pushing further, saying she wants people to cry and that the new songs are telling more mature stories. Taken together, the sources present an artist moving from bare-bones self-expression toward wider emotional reach while keeping the writing personal and direct.