Dora Jar on the Viral Gracie Abrams Tour Drama: ‘Don’t Feel Bad for Me’

Obviously Gracie’s such a graceful, beautiful spirit and an open-hearted person. She’s been directing a lot of positivity my way. There’s too much to really remember. It’s just a lot.

I saw Maggie Rogers comment on your Instagram and say, “Love you, sweet legend.” So I feel like everything was worth it to get that.

I love her so much, ever since “Dog Days.” That was the first song that I loved by Maggie. She’s so special. Lots of wonderful women supporting women at this moment.

Is this going to change how you plan out the show? What are you thinking?

I want to keep it a secret, but it is going to be a different show.

Clearly, people need to familiarize themselves with your music. Can you walk me through your discography? What songs should we start with?

My first EP is 2021’s Digital Meadow. That was the one where I felt like, Oh, people are listening, this is very cool and so lucky. My favorite song off that one is “Multiply.” It’s still one I play live. My second EP is called Comfortably in Pain, which is a bit shorter, and my favorite song off that is “Lagoon.” It has the lyric: “I’m comfortably in pain / My love is a lagoon too deep to be known by you.” It’s something I really felt at that time, where I started feeling like a stranger to myself, having to all of a sudden be a little bit public. I felt unknown and known, and I didn’t know what I did to deserve the attention. I also didn’t know how to tell the story. I kind of felt I was embracing my own mystery. I put out my album a few years later in 2024, and it’s called No Way to Relax When You Are on Fire.

I saw your music described a few places as “bedroom pop.” Is that how you self-describe? Honestly, I don’t even know what that means.

No, I don’t. I don’t know what it means either, and I don’t like it. [Laughs.] I feel like all artists share the same sentiment of, what the hell is genre? Maybe bedroom pop tries to fill in that confusion by saying, I don’t know, it’s just music. But no, I’m a songwriter primarily. I write all my own songs, usually in a stairwell or somewhere that sounds echoey like a bathroom. So I’m more like a bathroom pop artist maybe, or a stairwell pop artist. But I’m also very rock and roll and I’m also very folk. I’m just a music freak. I love it all. So I try to cover as much ground as I can.

How would you describe your music to a first-time listener?

It’s a fun house and every room is different. It’s all within the same house, but you’ll find many surprises and trinkets and details the closer you look and the deeper you listen.