Gracie Lawrence Auditioned, Was Cast and Moved to L.A. for Sex Lives of College Girls Season 3 Within '72 Hours' (Exclusive)

Warning: This post contains spoilers for Season 3 Sexual life of female students.

Gracie Lawrence has officially entered Essex’s favorite housemates.

The 27-year-old singer and actress is best known as one half of the band Lawrence, but she joined the third season Sexual life of female students as the girl’s new roommate, Kacey, following the emotional departure of Reneé Rapp’s character, Leighton Murray.

Speaking to PEOPLE ahead of the season premiere, Lawrence revealed the shock Whitney (Alyah Chanelle Scott), Kimberly (Pauline Chalamet) and Bela (Amrit Kaur) experienced when Kacey arrived at their home, mimicking her own feelings about how quickly she joined the series Max earlier this year.

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“The turnaround between when I auditioned and when I had to be on set was so fast,” she recalled. “I auditioned, I sent in the video, and then a day later, maybe two days later… They wanted me to come to the last callback. I did it the next morning, and later that day they were like, ‘Okay, you’re great. got a job.'”

“I thought, ‘It happened so fast,'” she added. “I live in New York and I was in the middle of recording my album and they said, ‘Well, we’re recording in LA.’ I said, ‘Okay, I’ll be there if you give me 72 hours’.”

Pauline Chalamet, Gracie Lawrence and Amrit Kaur in Season 3 of ‘Sex Lives of College Girls’.

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And just like that, Lawrence switched coasts and headed to the Warner Bros. lot. Looking back, she is grateful that it all happened so quickly.

“I liked that it was quick,” she said. “I also knew I wanted to do the job. I was so excited about it and I loved the show, so it was like — oh great, let’s get started.”

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There was also a blessing in the quick turnaround time, which she recognizes. “I think I’d be even more terrified if I’d had a ton of time to sift through exactly how I wanted to say every line in the episode. But [being] I jumped in and just started the process of fitting in, and then I got on set right away, I just got how I thought the character should be played.”

Gracie Lawrence, Alyah Chanelle Scott, Pauline Chalamet and Amrit Kaur in ‘The Sex Lives of College Girls’ Season 3.

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It also helped that the first scene she shot for the series was Kacey’s meltdown at the frat party when she discovers her boyfriend Calvin is cheating on her, thanks to a heads-up from Kimberly.

“My first scene was this completely chaotic side of the character, which was honestly so fun to be the first scene because I felt like it was my inner monologue coming out. I was freaking out inside and I had to, like, [release] that,” she said.

“It was very liberating, it was fun, and everyone was really supportive and throughout the day it was like, ‘You’re killing it,'” she added.

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New episodes Sexual life of female students Season 3 premieres Thursdays at 9pm ET on Max.

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