LAWRENCE TEAMS UP WITH JONATHAN GROFF TO RELEASE “MY FIRST REAL LOVE (ACOUSTIC-ISH)”

Lawrence – the GRAMMY® Award-nominated NYC-based soul-pop band co-fronted by brother/sister duo Clyde and Gracie Lawrence – have shared their brand new single, “My First Real Love (acoustic-ish) ft. Jonathan Groff,” available now via 10K Projects/Atlantic Records. The irresistibly romantic duet sees Gracie and Groff reinventing a show-stopping fan favorite from their Tony Award-nominated performances as Connie Francis and Bobby Darin in Broadway’s smash hit musical, JUST IN TIME. An official live performance video – directed by Gracie Lawrence.

“Clyde and I have made many of these acoustic-ish versions of our own songs,” says Gracie. “So when I was doing the musical Just In Time with Jonathan, we thought it would be cool to take this song and do our own Lawrence acoustic-ish version. It feels kind of like the collab of all collabs. Bringing Jonathan into the band for the afternoon and blending my two worlds before running a few blocks to do the show on Broadway was my dream day as a performer.”

“My First Real Love (acoustic-ish) ft. Jonathan Groff” marks the latest single from Lawrence’s eagerly awaited new EP, Office Party, due later this year. The all-star collaborative project also includes such recent releases as the tender “Feel Like That (ft. JP Saxe)” and the sun-soaked “Rain Check (ft. Quinn XCII),” the latter joined by an official lyric video streaming now at YouTube HERE.

“This upcoming EP is different from anything we’ve done before,” says Lawrence. “For each song, we’re partnering with a different artist – people we admire and, in many cases, have been close friends with for years – to create something that lives at the intersection of our two sounds. That variety gives us freedom we don’t have on a typical Lawrence album: instead of worrying about cohesion, we got to explore all the wildly different flavors of what a Lawrence song can be.”

Lawrence – who spent the first part of their summer heralding Office Party with a special guest run on Charlie Puth’s Whatever’s Clever! World Tour – will continue what is shaping up as a landmark year with their own Staycation 2026, a coast-to-coast pair of three-night events featuring non-repeating sets, theme nights, special surprise guests, and more set for Brooklyn, NY’s Brooklyn Paramount (October 29-31) and Los Angeles, CA’s The Novo (November 12-14). What’s more, Lawrence recently announced a special one-night-only performance with the Colorado Symphony set for September 18 at Denver, CO’s Boettcher Concert Hall. Featuring symphonic arrangements co-created by Lawrence and the orchestra, the concert will see the band’s trademark keyboard-driven sound expand into an unforgettable blend of powerhouse pop-soul and sweeping orchestral color. For complete details and remaining ticket information, please visit lawrencetheband.com/tour.

LAWRENCE ON TOUR 2026

SEPTEMBER
12 – Cavendish, PEI – Sommo Festival †
18 – Denver, CO – Boettcher Concert Hall *

OCTOBER
29 – Brooklyn, NY – Brooklyn Paramount ^
30 – Brooklyn, NY – Brooklyn Paramount ^
31 – Brooklyn, NY – Brooklyn Paramount ^

NOVEMBER
12 – Los Angeles, CA – The Novo ^
13 – Los Angeles, CA – The Novo ^
14 – Los Angeles, CA – The Novo ^

† Festival Appearance
* Lawrence with the Colorado Symphony
^ Lawrence Presents Staycation 2026

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