Gracie and Rachel How Can I / Caroline (Single)

RISK, REGRET AND HEARTACHE CONVERGE ON GRACIE AND RACHEL’S DOUBLE SINGLE “HOW CAN I” AND “CAROLINE” 

ALBUM IF WE COULD, WOULD WE OUT APRIL 10th

Gracie and Rachel release a double single “How Can I” and “Caroline,” after premiering exclusively via Magnet Magazine yesterday. The songs, from their upcoming album If We Could, Would We, are the first solo efforts released by the duo. “How Can I” and “Caroline” reflect the evolution of their songwriting, which has consistently focused on the duality of their words and voices. Listen to “How Can I” HERE and to Caroline HERE. Pre-save If We Could, Would We HERE.

“How Can I” encapsulates the idea of consequences inherent in taking a risk. Gracie Coates shares, “‘How Can I’ expresses the desire to go back in time and take something back, even though you know it was something you initiated and had wanted to do. It relates so much to the concept of If We Could, Would We in the sense that the album centers around wondering if you would do something differently if you had the chance. This song lives in the regret of that chance being taken.” 

“Caroline” personifies the questions and heartbreak after a relationship ends. Rachel Ruggles says, “‘Caroline’ embodies the idealized relationship — the one that succeeds as another falls apart. She’s an external focal point for internal reckoning: a meditation on grief, self-awareness, and the painful recognition that we can’t always be what others need us to be.”

Those themes permeate throughout If We Could, Would We, resulting in Gracie and Rachel’s boldest record yet. It faces regret and heartache head-on, landing on one truth: the only way out is through. They brought in producer Benjamin Lazar Davis (Okkervil River, Maya Hawke) to push their sound further—sonically, lyrically, and emotionally. The album widens their palette: Rachel plays guitar on record for the first time, layering in new textures, while the songwriting splits between four solo tracks each and four co-written songs, capturing the duo at their most unguarded and electric.