“For Real This Time” is Gracie’s declaration of her readiness to move on from her broken relationship, an overdue decision in her opinion. It serves as a message to a lover about the relationship’s inevitable end, hoping he would feel the same way about it. The song was first teased by Gracie on her TikTok. Through the use of a synthetizer, a bass and drums, Gracie sets an anticipating tone about her relationship’s end. The intensity of the music grows greatly as she’s declaring her decision in the chorus

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