Conan Gray 'Freaked' When Taylor Swift Complimented His Debut Album

If you're anything like us, you've probably been playing Conan Gray's "Wish You Were Sober" on repeat. The track is from the 21-year-old singer-songwriter's debut album Kid Krow, which came out last Friday (April 3). And despite the album only being out for a couple of days, it's already derived a ton of praise — even from Taylor Swift.


"[Swift] just recently, literally four days back, put my song 'Wish You Were Sober' on her Instagram Story," Gray told Zane Lowe throughout an interview for Apple Music today (April 7). "I literally lost my mind. She DM'd me afterwards. She was so, so sweet. She notified me that my album was brilliant, which I was like, 'Taylor, that's all you've got to mention. I can perish now.'"


Only Swifties can truly understand the excitement one feels as soon as the pop star personally reaches out online, and right now Gray has experienced that magic for himself. "She never mentioned anything to me," he mentioned. "It just happened. I logged into my phone, and it also was just everywhere. I was freaked. I hadn't reached out to her at all. She just popped in and just mentioned, 'Hi,' and informed me that my album was great."


Certainly, the "Maniac" singer immediately put his fingers work, answering to Swift with a lengthy message that he hoped would help her understand a sliver of his admiration for her and her music. "I weirdly, I wrote a paragraph so fucking fast," he mentioned. "I wrote it so fast because there's so several things that I'd wanted to mention to Taylor Swift my whole entire life. She raised me."


"She's just incredible," Gray continued before adding that he really didn't know the correct thing to mention to the "Lover" songstress once she congratulated him on Kid Krow. "What do you even mention to Taylor Swift right after she just tells you that your album is beneficial he mentioned. "I don't know. You just mention, 'Thanks. You're literally perfect.'"


Swift's words, certainly, meant so much to Gray, who mentioned that the initial YouTube video he ever watched was one of the pop icon's music videos. "She's my number one," Gray mentioned, solidifying his stance as a staunch Swiftie. "She's my number one above all."