We spent a full day with Conan Gray as he moved to New York
Conan Gray has had a big year. In March 2020, the indie pop musician released his first album, which debuted at No. 5 on the Billboard charts. “Heather,” a moody, unrequited love song, went viral on TikTok, too. With a new single out, “People Watching,” Gray wanted to shake up his life a little bit and move from Los Angeles to New York.tagged along for 24 hours in the rising pop star’s life as packed up his old place and made his new one feel like home.
Before departing, Gray visited some of his favorite haunts in Los Angeles. First stop on his list was a bookstore to pick out something to read on the plane, then he was off to La Monarca bakery. “When I was working on, I came here, like, every single day and just wrote for hours,” Gray said. “I liked to sit by the window because I could stare at people as they walked by.
“It’s nice to be somewhere new,” he said, upon arriving in New York. “Everything is terrifying. I’m scared of everything, but it’s nice.” As a musician, Gray has learned how to make living out of a suitcase feel somewhat normal. In his new rental apartment, he got to work acclimating to the new space. “Just need to get used to going outside,” he said. “That’s really intense. Outside in New York is really intense.
But go outside, he did. Gray headed to a park for some people watching . “I watch people all the time but I really love watching couples,” he said. “When people know each other that well, even with really close friends, they have all these little quirks.” To pick up a new plant for his apartment, Gray took a ferry ride to Brooklyn. Obsessed with biology, Gray knows his way around a plant store. He picked out a money tree, which he said kind of looked like him. On his way home, gently carrying the plant, Gray reminisced on why he left Los Angeles. “I don’t think I have any expectations for New York at all, I just needed to move to make myself uncomfortable,” he said. “I was getting really comfortable in L.A.
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