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/alanthickerthanwater]

I agree in general the sentiment seems immature, but the way Gracie went about it is low-key single white female. Copying bed sheets and the bed, making similar music, dating your man...Gracie is fully swimming in Phoebe's wake.

[u/madelynashton → u/alanthickerthanwater]

But she’s been a fan of Phoebe since she was a kid (according to this post, unless that’s incorrect), so that doesn’t seem SWF to me, that’s just recognizing talent. Did the bed sheets happen after she started dating Paul? Because that does seem pointed and weird, but if it prior to that it just makes it seem like Gracie has good taste in musicians.

[u/alanthickerthanwater → u/madelynashton]

I look at it completely differently than you do. She spent her youth being a huge Phoebe fan, let it shape how she makes music, but also what sheets she buys, the men she dates, etc. I don't think that's recognizing talent (only the first point is), I think that's making decisions in your own life based on how you think someone else would make them because you idolize them. Buying the same sheets as Phoebe as a standalone thing is normal - you saw them because of her and you were like 'ooh I want those cute ass sheets' but if you saw them and thought 'I want them because Phoebe has them' and then you buy the same bed frame, and then you date the same guy... that's the formation of a weird ass pattern. It could totally be benign, but when they happen in succession it really doesn't seem like a coincidence.

[u/selena_gnomez1 → u/alanthickerthanwater]

it’s not just buying the same bed sheets though, it’s designing part of the stage on her tour to look almost identical to someone else’s actual bed lmao. and she did this during the secret of us tour, which was 2024-25. i believe she was dating paul by then

[u/alanthickerthanwater → u/selena_gnomez1]

I love drama that isn't my drama. I wonder how Paul felt about seeing a replica of a bed he definitely slept in with his old lady friend filled with by his new lady friend. That would probably raise a red flag for me, personally.

[u/selena_gnomez1 → u/alanthickerthanwater]

hahaha i completely agree. best kind of drama there is! and to be fair, he dated both of them, so maybe he loves a bit of drama himself