Conan Gray Grammy Museum Appearance Gives Love, Loneliness and Lace the Spotlight as Singer Talks ‘Superache’ Album, Baggage and BTS
variety.comThania Garcia Before Conan Gray took the stage at Los Angeles’ Grammy Museum on Wednesday night (Sept. 7), the singer took some time to wander through the space’s carpeted hallways.
You could hear “oohs” and “ahhs” as he passed the illustrious garbs of Dolly Parton and music stars from far before his time.
Gray himself was dressed to impress, sporting a lacy, black Moschino suit. And although you wouldn’t expect it by looking at him, the 24-year-old spent the rest of that night candidly spouting self-deprecating jokes that made the event feel more like an intimate hang-out with a best friend than an industry Q&A.
During the conversation with Billboard editor Lyndsey Havens, Gray was his usual relatable self, but also revealed vulnerability discussing physical abuse, emotional wounds and dreams of love, all themes present on his sophomore album “Superache.” “[With ‘Superache’] every single word felt like I was dragging myself across a bed of nails,” Gray said. “But it gave space to talk about the things that were too painful to talk about otherwise.
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