GRACE HUMPHRIES UNVEILS STRIKING NEW BALLAD “WANTED YOU TO KNOW”

NASHVILLE, Tenn. – Rising singer-songwriter Grace Humphries delivers an emotionally charged performance on her newest single, “Wanted You To Know,” available today on all streaming platforms. Celeb Secrets Country exclusively said, "Grace’s soft-yet-bold vocals paired with her warm acoustic guitar create a sense of intimacy that pulls you in and doesn’t let go. But it’s her clever, cut-deep lyrics — full of raw contradictions — that make this song sting in the best way."

Grace recently wrapped up a Nashville media blitz on Today In Nashville and WSM Coffee, Country, and Cody.

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“Wanted You To Know” is a strikingly honest ballad that dives into the tangled emotions of heartbreak. Inspired by the complexities of modern relationships, the song explores how love and resentment can coexist when things fall apart. With raw vulnerability and delicate vocals, Grace paints a vivid picture of emotional whiplash — the kind that comes when someone promises forever, only to walk away the next day.

Grace shares, “Since most of my songs are not based on personal experience, I never know which story will inspire me next. For this song, I was inspired by how some women on TikTok talked about their dating experiences. They shared that right before their boyfriends broke up with them, they were love-bombed with things like, ‘I can’t wait to get married,’ and ‘I’ll never leave you,’ etc. That’s where the idea for the second verse came from: ‘You said you couldn’t wait to say I do the day before I saw you out with someone new…’ The lyric ‘Our pictures on the wall are torn’ changes to ‘I tried to fix those pictures torn’ in the final chorus. Similarly, the lyric ‘I’m happy and alone’ changes to ‘I’m not happy, I’m alone.’ With these lyric changes, I wanted to encapsulate the antithetical feelings of love and anger, and how they can coexist when going through a hard breakup — whether that’s a breakup with a friend, romantic partner, or family member.”

Known for her heartfelt lyrics and soulful delivery, Grace Humphries continues to carve a space for herself as one of today’s most compelling young artists. “Wanted You To Know” follows on the heels of her previous releases and marks a new chapter in her evolving artistry.

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ABOUT GRACE HUMPHRIES

At just 17, The Austin, TX Hill Country-based Grace Humphries is already effortlessly writing shockingly well crafted songs that artists twice her age would envy.  

It started early, with baby Grace humming in her crib as an infant and piano lessons followed at age 5, though the young musician is mostly self-taught. Her mother, a Texas native, and Liverpool, UK expat father were astounded with their daughters early-emerging talents and encouraged her creativity at every turn. Grace and her older brother Liam bonded through music in Ramona, California, where they were raised until Liam's devastating brain cancer diagnosis. When Grace was 8 and Liam was just 10, the family lost Liam and relocated to the Texas Hill Country. In the years that followed, Grace began channeling her feelings into music and soon knew exactly what she wanted to do in life.  

Grace is constantly creating music, in and out of the studio. She hears the melodies in her head at school and at home, where she gets her ideas down via her small home recording studio. In 2024 Grace shot through the ranks at the annual All-State choir competition TPSMEA (Texas Private School Music Educators Association) as First Soprano. She won TAPPS (Texas Association of Private and Parochial Schools) in 2020 with her rendition of “Think of Me” from Phantom of the Opera, and also won in 2022 as a soloist with her original composition, “I Am Found”. She cut her teeth performing up to hour-long sets at Chamber of Commerce events, local farmers markets as well as wineries and steakhouses.

In March of 2024, Grace had the amazing opportunity to travel to England and spend a week recording at the famous Abbey Road Studios. She also embarked on her first mini radio promotion that took her to Nashville and Knoxville, Tennessee, as well as Atlanta, Georgia where she had the opportunity to be a guest on WSM 650 Coffee, Country and Cody, WDVX The Blue Plate Special and WRFG The Americana Garage with Steve Kilbride.  Her most recent radio promotion took her to Sonoma County in Northern California where she was Doug Jayne's guest on KRCB 104.9 Sonoma County's NPR Station for an on-air interview and live performance. She followed the on air with a live performance at the Hopmonk Tavern in Sebastopol, CA to help raise funds for KRCB.  

Grace is currently an active member of the Worship Team at Church and sings in both the adult ministries as well as the youth ministries. She is completing her high school education through an online Classical Christian program.  She maintains a Merit Honors GPA.    

Driven by the natural determination and focus of a true born artist as well as from the sense of loss she has experienced in her few short years, Grace creates music to express the joy, fragility and beauty of life as well as uses that music to connect to others.  And even at the age of 17 she knows exactly what she wants. “I just want to be happy doing what I love: storytelling and performing,” she explains, “Writing music that is meaningful and connects with people in a very real way.”