Gracie Abrams might have just gone Instagram official with her rumored boyfriend, Paul Mescal. On July 2, the 25-year-old singer shared a slideshow of photos and videos from her experience at Glastonbury Festival in the United Kingdom, which included some snapshots with the Oscar-nominated actor.

Within her post, Abrams shared a sweet selfie of her cuddling up next to Mescal, 29, on a picnic blanket during a calm moment of the festival, wearing the same outfit that she wore as Charli xcx’s “Apple girl” later that night. She also shared a group snapshot with Mescal and several other friends, including his Beatles biopic co-star Harris Dickinson and Dickinson’s pop star girlfriend, Rose Gray.

The two were spotted at the festival several times before Abrams’ post. The day prior, she shared a sweet video on her Instagram Story of her sitting atop Mescal’s shoulders while dancing at Olivia Rodrigo’s headlining set, as she performed “Friday I’m In Love” with The Cure’s Robert Smith.

Earlier in the weekend, Mescal’s Normal People co-star Daisy Edgar-Jones shared photos from Glastonbury, which included footage of her dancing to Abrams’ set at the festival. Naturally, Mescal was also in the audience to cheer on his rumored girlfriend.

Gracie & Paul’s History

The two were first linked in June 2024, when TMZ spotted them together in London, marking the first of many sightings of the duo over the summer. That October, Mescal was spotted watching Abrams’ Secret of Us Tour at Radio City Music Hall, before following her to Miami that weekend as she opened for Taylor Swift’s Eras Tour.

They made their first public appearance in November at the premiere of Mescal’s film Gladiator II, where Abrams supported him at the after-party. The couple has yet to confirm their relationship publicly, and Mescal has made it clear that he has no plans to discuss his dating life anymore.

“The speculation has been kind of mad for the last x amount of years,” he told GQ in October. “I’m not comfortable inviting any access into that part of my life. How I am in my private life is so precious to me because I get very little of it, and it might be public interest, but it’s not public-obligated information.”

Glastonbury, historically speaking, has a strong claim to the “biggest festival” crown. Glasto has been kicking since way back in the ’70s, before solidifying as an annual event in the ’80s (save for fallow years), with artists like Elvis Costello, The Smiths, and The Cure leading early lineups.

Of course, so much has changed since then. Today’s music industry would be unrecognizable to a time-traveler from Glasto’s early days (although they might be surprised by how much vinyl is still sold). The sorts of music that fans crave have undergone radical shifts; Charli XCX’s set from this year might have a “Victorian child” effect on a festivalgoer from 1982.

But, in another sense, many things remain the same. Heck, even The Cure’s Robert Smith is still involved, via a fest-defining moment when he shared the stage with headliner Olivia Rodrigo. Some of modern music’s most dynamic and exciting artists continue to lead lineups, whether it’s Rodrigo, Charli XCX, The 1975, Turnstile, Wet Leg, Doechii, or Lola Young. There were crowd-pleasing vintage favorites, too, like Rod Stewart, Travis, and Kim Deal of the Pixies and The Breeders. After all these years, it’s also still an event capable of surprising: Lorde opened the weekend with an unannounced daytime performance, during which she played the entirety of her new album Virgin live for the first time.

It’s an event of remarkable breadth as well. Even if you didn’t see a single one of the aforementioned acts, you could still have had a 10-out-of-10, no-notes weekend. This year’s fest had literally thousands of performances on dozens of stages. It’s a bit of a “how many grains of sand are on all the world’s beaches” situation when it comes to how many unique Glastonbury weekends are possible, depending on any given attendee’s musical interests and scheduling priorities.

That makes Glasto futile to sum up in any definitive way, but what can be said is this: The high points were high and the options beyond them were nearly limitless. It was hard to go wrong at Glastonbury this year, and it’s thanks to the mix of quality and quantity that the festival has endured as long and prosperously as it has.