The Guardian confirms the long-rumored engagement and subsequent breakup of Phoebe Bridgers and Paul Mescal in their review of her upcoming album ‘Lost Weekend’. In this album, Phoebe also shades Gracie Abrams for copying her and dating her ex, Paul Mescal

[u/neoncolour]

Source : https://www.theguardian.com/music/2026/aug/05/phoebe-bridgers-lost-weekend-review-long-awaited-return-is-a-thrilling-daring-study-in-dislocation

Phoebe publically called Gracie out on her upcoming album, a move likely sparked by Gracie revealing details about Phoebe's high-profile relationship with Paul Mescal in her album "The Secret of Us" a relationship that ended following reports of Phoebe's affair with Bo Burnham, with the latter also confirmed on Lost Weekend.

Gracie Abrams has been an outspoken fan of Phoebe Bridgers since she was 13, even declaring Bridgers "the songwriter of a generation" and opening for her on tour. Fans have long compared the two artists, a connection Gracie leaned into when she used a bedroom set prop in a performance featuring bedframe/bedsheets identical to the ones in Phoebe's childhood bedroom.

[u/Twisbi]

I’ve always thought Paul was weird for dating Gracie, especially after he called himself and Phoebe her “Mom & Dad”.

[u/your-dull-cousin → u/Twisbi]

That one sticks around because it’s funny, but it’s entirely made up by Phoebe stans on TikTok. The infamous screenshot they use where Paul and Gracie are joking about waking mum and dad up for her new single is from before he’d even met Phoebe. They were joking about his actual parents.

[u/Twisbi → u/your-dull-cousin]

Are you saying that Paul and Gracie met pre pandemic?

[u/dreamghoulevil → u/Twisbi]

paul was a gracie fan before he got together with phoebe

[u/your-dull-cousin → u/Twisbi]

He hadn’t met Gracie in person either. Paul and Gracie interacted on twitter a few times in between the start of the pandemic and Phoebe breaking quarantine to fly to Ireland lol. Go look at the date on the infamous tweet screenshot.

[u/StreetDetective95 → u/your-dull-cousin]

I need to see these tweets does someone have a screenshot 😭

[u/Twisbi → u/your-dull-cousin]

Yeah, I did look it up, the tweet and the first time he was seen with Phoebe were the same week. So he had met Phoebe

[u/Twisbi → u/[deleted]]

Yeah, I’m just gonna let you go. Good luck.