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Aside from her eye-catching performance in the Bonnaroo lineup, Grace completed her first
headline tour this spring of 2024, where her confidence in her career truly took root.

“My Lovesick tour truly solidified the confidence within myself as a performer, and also in the reality
that I could make this career happen,” she said proudly. “People are coming to the shows, people
like the shows, I like performing at the shows! We got a good thing going. We could keep doing
this.”

Grace specifically had a lot of fun performing on the East Coast, as she was born and raised in New
England, and even got to perform her first Times Square show and second New York City show.

“Boston basically feels like a hometown show, so I absolutely love performing there, but I think one
of my favorite places to perform is New York City,” said Grace. “I’ve performed there twice now,
once for my Lovesick tour in Brooklyn, and for my first Times Square performance a few weeks ago,
which was rained out about halfway through.”

What may be a bummer for other emerging artists, Molly Grace took this rained-out situation in
stride.

“We were about halfway through the set when lightning struck and it started downpouring,” Grace
laughed. “We had to stop the show because it was outside, but we still got a good set in! I feel so
welcome in the large Queer community of New York. The audience is so fun, and I just loved the
vibe.”

“I surprised myself during that set,” she smiled. “Getting rained out can be pretty upsetting. You
don’t get to finish your rehearsed set that fans came out to watch, but I feel like my band and I
responded very calmly to the situation. We just shrugged and said, 'We did what we could. We got
a good set in!' A few years ago, I might not have been so relaxed about the situation.”

Although audience members may not have been able to watch Grace’s entire Times Square
performance, Grace and her band have begun to see repeating guests and fans at multiple of her
shows.

“I played a show in Connecticut recently, and I saw some familiar faces from my Boston show a few
days previously,” Grace exclaimed excitedly. “It means a lot to me that people decide they like me
enough to come to multiple shows. The fans and the community have been my favorite part of this
career, and I want new fans to know that we are building a safe environment for all to enjoy. When
you come to a Molly Grace show, you are guaranteed to have a good time.”

While the pop star’s career is certainly taking off to heights she had previously only imagined, she
is still at a small enough stage of her success that allows her the opportunity to connect with her
fans, something she deems crucial for budding artists.

“I'm really loving this stage of my career,” she revealed, “I'm unsigned and still considered a smaller
artist, and so I try to be very active on social media and at my shows. I want to meet and interact
with as many fans as I can! I try to respond to direct messages and comments because it’s so fun
building relationships with my listeners. In the future, that might not be the most realistic possibility.
We're such a small group right now, but we're growing, and it's really fun to be a part of this growth.”