Gracie Abrams Song “Death Wish” Is Not About Taylor Swift

And Dessener would never ask Abrams or Swift, who toured together in 2023 and 2024, to explain their lyrics.

“You don’t want to be like, ‘Well, you’re talking about this, right?'” he said. “It’s more mysterious not to.”

Plus, Abrams herself has explained who inspired “Death Wish.” When the 26-year-old first debuted the track at a March 2025 show on her The Secret of Us Tour, she told the audience, “This song is about a friend of mine who recently was dating a mega narcissist.”

“A sincere friend of mine was recently dating someone who kind of sucked,” she shared at the time. “And I was listening to them talk about it a lot, and so this song is about that.”

Though Swift, 36, was already almost two years into her relationship with Travis Kelce at that point, it didn’t stop fans from theorizing.