ABRA

Gabrielle Olivia Mirville Abra spent her first eight years in London, where her parents built the church they would ultimately work in. Her introduction to singing came from that church, too, where her father was pastor and her mother oversaw praise and worship. After London, her family settled in the suburb of Lilburn outside Atlanta.

At 14, Abra began playing guitar. She attended Parkview High School and was an active member of the drama department, graduating in 2007.

Career Later in her teens, she began uploading her acoustic covers of rap songs onto YouTube. This led to her being discovered by Awful Records founder and rapper Father, who encouraged her to make original music. She joined the label in 2014, later expressing that her early experiences with Awful Records were a source of inspiration for her, describing the experience as "the battery in my back."

Her first EP, BLQ Velvet, was released in 2015. Her second EP, Princess was released by True Panther Sounds on July 15, 2016. It is her first release on a major label.

Regarding Abra's style of clothing, Vogue commented in 2016 that "deliberate contrasts are part of her artistic identity on the whole: Abra is a member of the mostly male-dominated Awful Records coterie, an outlier crew swiftly taking over Atlanta with a sound that stands apart from ATL's rap oeuvre". She later described the experience as incredibly labor-intensive, requiring significant amounts of work to produce even the smallest scenes. She compared the work to grape treading, "stomping on all these grapes to make a little [bottle] of wine."

Discography

Remixes

+ Year Title Track listing Details 2013Kookaburra 1. "Kookaburra (feat. ABRA) - Dark Cerberus Sound" Release: July 13, 2013 (digital, SoundCloud, YouTube) Format: Digital, SoundCloud, YouTube Remix by: Dark Cerberus Sound Total Length:

Studio albums

+ Year Title Track listing Details 2015Rose 1. "Feel" Release: June 16, 2015 (digital download & streaming) – October 6, 2017 (vinyl) Format: Digital download, streaming, vinyl Label: Awful, Ninja Tune Total Length: 2. "Roses" 3. "U Kno" 4. "Fruit" 5. "Pride" 6. "Lights Intelude (feat. Archibald SLIM)" 7. "Atoms" 8. "No Chill" 9. "$hot (feat. Stalin Majesty)" 10. "Tonight!" 11. "Human" 12. "Game"

Extended plays

+ Year Title Track listing Details 2015BLQ Velvet 1. "U Go I Go" Release: January 19, 2015 Format: Digital download, streaming Label: Awful, ACID PALACE RECORDINGS Total Length: 2. "Make It" 3. "Unwise" 4. "I Guess" 5. "Fade 2 Blaq" 6. "Love & Power"

+ Year Title Track listing Details 2016PRINCESS 1. "COME 4 ME" Release: July 15, 2016 Format: Digital download, streaming Label: True Panther Sounds, Awful Total Length: 2. "VEGAS" 3. "CRYBABY" 4. "BIG BOI (feat. Tommy Genesis)" 5. "PULL UP" 6. "THINKING OF YOU"

Singles

ABRA – Diamonds & Gold (2012) ABRA – Don't Kill Men (2012) ABRA – Oh Come, Oh Come, Emmanuel (2014) ABRA – Sin City (2014) ABRA – NEEDSUMBODY (2014) ABRA – CENTERSTAGE 1.17 (2015) ABRA – Then U Get Some (2015) ABRA – BFF (2015) ABRA feat. Father – U Ain't Got To Lie (2015) ABRA – Bounty (2016) ABRA – NOVACANE (2017) [for Adult Swim Singles] ABRA – BACARDI (2017) ABRA – B.R.A.T (2018) ABRA & Boys Noize – Unlock It (feat. Playboi Carti) (2021) ABRA – FKA MESS (2023) ABRA & Groupthink – Gold on Me (2024) ABRA & Kingdom – SUBI (2024)

Guest appearances

HYDRABADD feat. ABRA – Sanctuary (2013) DARKCERBERUSSOUND feat. ABRA – Kookaburra (2013) Archibald SLIM feat. ABRA – Luv (2015) Micah Freeman feat. ABRA – Movement (2015) salute feat. ABRA – Colourblind (2015) Ethereal feat. ABRA & Father – STYX (2015) KCSB feat. ABRA – All My Luv (2015) Tommy Genesis feat. ABRA – Hair Like Water Wavy Like The Sea (2015) Hiko Momoji feat. Father & ABRA – Late Nights (2016) Ethereal feat. ABRA & Coodie Breeze – Treat You Right (2016) Ethereal feat. ABRA – Look At U (2016) Chris Brann feat. ABRA – Once Before (2016) Father feat. iLoveMakonnen & ABRA – Why Don't You (2016) Rich Po Slim feat. ABRA – Make You Mine (2016) Stickz Greenz feat. ABRA – Just Chill (2017) LiL iFFy feat. ABRA – Dark Times Indeed (2017) Charli XCX feat. ABRA – Drugs (2017) Da$H feat. ABRA – Deja U (2017) josh pan feat. ABRA – give it to ya (2017) Father feat. ABRA – Lotto (2018) Gorillaz – Sorcererz (2018) Toro y Moi feat. ABRA – Miss Me (2019) Solange – Sound of Rain (2019) Octavian feat. ABRA – My Head (2019) Bad Bunny feat. ABRA – SORRY PAPI (2020) Boys Noize feat. ABRA – Affection (2021)

Remixes Empress Of – Standard (ABRA Remix) (2015) Father – Everybody In The Club (ABRA Remix) (2015)