Mckenna Grace has somewhat become known for playing young characters with troubled lives. The actress has turned in powerful performances across popular media, including as the young bride Esther Keyes in The Handmaid’s Tale and, more recently, as the kidnapped Jan Broberg in the true story adaptation A Friend of the Family.

But Grace is also a singer and songwriter, with much of her original music also channeling darkness,       inner turmoils, and lived struggles that ring authentic in her voice. So it might be surprising, 

In a recent interview, Mckenna Grace told me that she was at first writing a more negative song when beginning work on “Natalie.” She told me how the original lyrics weren’t exactly sad, but centered around the singer comparing herself, despairingly,