Tuesday, October 7, 2025

"Children’s music sensation Gracie’s Corner has evolved ... into a Gen Alpha juggernaut, with nearly 6 million subscribers and two NAACP Image Awards"

From the consistently excellent After School newsletter:

The songs remix nursery classics with traditional Black music genres, like reggae and Afrobeat, and manage to be refreshingly free of “cringe,” unlike most kids’ music. The channel’s star, 13-year-old Graceyn Hollingsworth, now headlines sold-out live shows where preschoolers lose their minds; when rapper Paul Wall made a cameo at a recent Houston show to perform “Wheels on the Bus,” a “pint-size pandemonium” ensued.