Gracie Abrams gives backstory on Taylor Swift apartment fire: 'She really snapped into action'

Gracie Abrams is recalling the fire that happened at Taylor Swift's apartment.

While appearing on TODAY June 28, Abrams recalled the whole incident occurred after she went out to dinner with Swift earlier that night.

"We drank a lot. We were talking about our lives and our albums and got really excited about all of these stories. She was like, 'We have to go home and listen to the songs,'" Abrams explained. "She played me 'The Smallest Man Who Ever Lived.' I end up on the floor. That's how that went and then we went home and wrote 'Us' based kind of off the conversation that we had at dinner."

The "I miss you, I'm sorry," singer noted that the fire then happened in Swift's kitchen and Abrams was really impressed by how Swift quickly lept into action. The "Karma" singer took out the flames after Abrams told her not to pour water on it.

In a video Abrams shared on Instagram June 21, you can see Swift using a fire extinguisher to take out the growing flames.

"She really snapped into action," Abrams said on TODAY.

When asked how she knew not to pour water on it, Abrams said she learned from experience.

"It's an oil fire," she said. "So, honestly, this is a really good PSA for anyone and everyone watching. If your candle explodes, if you put water on it, because I did this at my house with a much smaller candle ... I poured a cup of water and it was like, the biggest flame. It's so scary. Just don't do it."

In the Instagram video, the two were also seen breaking out into laughter after they put out the fire, causing smoke to fill the room.

“Our purses are ruined. And my shoes. And the whole room, I think," Swift said in the video with a laugh.

Abrams jokingly responded, “It smells really good, though.”

The “Close to You” singer captioned the video: “Writing this entire song from 2am to 6am was some of the most fun I’ve ever had in my life. @taylorswift now we know how to use a fire extinguisher. I love you."

Read on for a full timeline of Taylor Swift and Gracie Abrams' friendship.

December 2021: Taylor Swift and Gracie Abrams meet at a birthday party

In a July 2023 interview with Vanity Fair, Abrams recalled how she met Swift. She said she first got into contact with the "Cruel Summer" singer when Swift called her from an unknown number and invited her to her birthday.

However, Abrams said she was a little apprehensive at first, so she asked a mutual producer if Swift was really trying to get in contact with her.

“Can you confirm something for me, or is there someone just trying to break my heart?” she remembered asking them.

November 2022: Taylor Swift announces Gracie Abrams will join her on her 'Eras Tour'

In November 2022, Swift announced that she was going on tour again, four years after her "Reputation Tour."

On Instagram, Swift shared which musicians and bands would act as an opening act for her, and Abrams was listed as one of them.

"Feeling like the luckiest person alive because I get to take these brilliant artists out on tour with me," Swift wrote in her caption in part, tagging Abrams among many other artists.

April 2023: Gracie Abrams performs alongside Taylor Swift on the 'Eras Tour'

In April 2023, Abrams made her debut as an opener for the "Eras Tour" when she serenaded Swift's fans in Arlington, Texas.

In an interview with Variety, she called Swift's tour “the best experience of my life."

"To have that become a part of my weekly routine for four months straight has bled into kind of all ways of my life, not just how joyful I feel internally, but the songs that we’ve been making," she said.

Abrams is also returning to the "Eras Tour" stage later this year, starting in Miami on Oct. 18 and ending in Toronto on Nov. 23.

May 2024: Gracie Abrams announces Taylor Swift will be featured on her new album

In May 2024, Abrams revealed the track list for her new album, "The Secret of Us" and fans were happy to see that Swift's name was listed as a feature on her song "Us."

"HOW ARE U GONNA SO CASUALLY SAY THERES A TAYLOR SWIFT FEATUREEEE," one person commented on her Instagram post.

Another said, "only a taygracie collab can heal me."

June 2024: Gracie Abrams helps Taylor Swift put out a fire in her kitchen

On June 21, 2024, Abrams startled fans when she shared a video of her and Swift reacting to a fire in the "Karma" singer's kitchen.

A week later, Abrams explained during an appearance on TODAY that the fire happened at Swift's apartment when one of her candles went up in flames in the kitchen.

“I think we’re going to die,” Swift said in the Instagram video right before she got her fire extinguisher to take out the flames. Once the fire was gone, the pair were seen laughing together in the apartment.

On TODAY, Abrams recalled the incident and said she was proud of how Swift handled herself.

“She really snapped into action,” she said.

This article was originally published on TODAY.com