BIOGRAPHY

In many ways, Grace Graber is the voice of a rising movement full of people who believe that maybe both faith and mental health matter — in fact, maybe they’re inextricably intertwined.

With a pop punk sound in the playful yet heartfelt tradition of Avril Lavigne, Grace’s musical message runs in tandem with her viral social media presence. Her candid conversations about mental health, music, and her faith resonate with followers who immediately feel a kinship with her genuine heart. Authenticity reverberates through her stirring debut album The Breakthrough, a project that chronicles real mental health struggles while extending solidarity and hope.

Part of the authenticity in songs like “Grace of God” or “Breakthrough” stems from the fact that Grace Graber has lived a journey very similar to her listeners.

“This ministry, the rest of my music, none of this is about me,” Grace is quick to say. “It’s about what God wants to do in His people, specifically through mental health. That’s an epidemic right now. We need to be talking about it more. I’m not doing music for me, to get on radio, to get signed. I’m doing music to save lives.”

Not too long ago, Grace Graber was a suicidal teenager struggling with PTSD from severe bullying. Music gave her the ability to survive— specifically, a Hawk Nelson song that met her where she was. In a glorious full-circle moment, Hawk Nelson’s founding vocalist Jason Dunn would later feature on Grace’s song “This One’s For You,” a track from the Conversations EP that was written for anyone in a place like the one she walked through.

Every piece of her miraculous story has come to a cathartic triumph in The Breakthrough.

Grace muses, “I think each of the songs on this album represents how I've discovered a breakthrough internally and externally. I think breakthrough means that God can use every piece of something. He can use every moment. Nothing goes unused.”

For this mental health advocate, that means letting God embrace the often splintered landscapes of our own minds.

“I think breakthrough for me has been realizing I need to accept every single piece of my life as it is and learn to love it,” the songwriter adds.  “I just want someone out there to listen to the album and go, ‘she seems like she could be my friend. I want to be there for the misfits. I want to be the person who doesn't feel cool's best friend. And I hope little girls see me and think, ‘wow, she's being completely herself’ and feel inspired to go out and be themselves. I hope that they would see that every piece of their life was fashioned for a reason. Even though it probably seems broken to them, the way God's light reflects off their life is going to be so beautiful.”