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Rae star rose to fame in 2019 with her first song release in 2021, ‘Obsessed’. From there, her preppy online personality, which initially gained traction on TikTok, has made some vast changes.  In an interview with Elle she says, “I wasn’t going to let being cringe and posting a million videos stop me. And now that I look back at it, I don’t feel embarrassed about anything I ever posted. I can appreciate that girl and say that was a girl who was going to make it happen, no matter what that meant doing.”. Now, she’s making music with a different tone. Last year, Rae featured on Charli XCX’s hyper-pop track ‘Von Dutch A.G. Cook Remix Featuring Addison Rae’ and the British artist’s melancholic influence can be seen in Rae’s following releases.

Her latest album ‘Addison’ reached number 2 on the Official Albums Chart with her classic pop vocals alongside a new siren quality and dream-pop style. This was heard most strikingly in the most popular single from the album ‘Diet Pepsi’.  Similarly, her image is darker and messier in the music video for her track ‘Headphones on’ as she sings in a grunge-inspired landscape wearing a pink wig with lyrics, “Need a cigarette to make me feel better”.

Many fans were shocked to see her smoking a cigarette and posted on TikTok about the “rebrand”.  

@un1verse.eat3r addison mama put us ON ♬ Headphones On – Addison Rae

Following the ‘Diet Pepsi’ duet, the artists gave a surprise heartfelt performance of Del Rey’s ‘57.5’, an unreleased track from her upcoming album ‘The Right Person Will Stay’. The crowd went crazy for this popular forthcoming track, already having learnt all the lyrics so they could sing along. 

@iamnotasadboy 57.5 by Lana Del Rey ft @Addison (Wembley Night 1) #fyp ♬ original sound – terrence

With Lana Del Rey’s legendary status in tragic romance hits, Rae shared her sentimentality to perform with the Brit Award winner on Instagram.  

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Rae will be taking off for The Addison Tour this summer, performing in Dublin on 26 August and hitting Europe, the U.S. and Australia until November.

Meanwhile, Del Rey is performing at the Hinterland Festival in Iowa on 3 August. Find tickets for Rae’s next shows here and for Del Rey’s upcoming performances on her official website.

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Addison Rae blew up on TikTok during the Covid quarantining back in 2020, posting daily with content houses, and now has a platform of more than 88 million fans. She released her first single ‘Obsessed’ in 2021; however, she was not taken seriously in the music scene until last year when she collaborated with the popular English singer-songwriter Charli XCX on her song ‘Von dutch’ from her award-winning album, ‘Brat’. Addison also released her first single last year from her debut album titled ‘Diet Pepsi’, which peaked in the top 10 spots on the UK Singles Chart. The singer’s other hit singles from ‘Addison’ included ‘Aquamarine’, ‘High Fashion’, ‘Headphones On’, and ‘Fame is a Gun’.   

The self-titled album draws inspiration from late 90s and early 2000s pop music. Addison described her debut release through an instagram post as ‘A mirror. A deep desperation and desire to understand myself better’. She had reinvented herself as Gen-Z’s pop princess, bringing back early 2000s culture and fashion. The album has currently peaked at the number two spot in the UK and consists of 12 tracks, including her hit singles and songs ‘Summer Forever’, ‘In The Rain’, ‘New York’, and ‘Money is Everything’.   

 

 

 

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Addison Rae also recently made her debut UK appearance last week in London at The Box nightclub in Soho. She went full burlesque for this performance with elaborate costume changes and choreography, as the singer also has a dancing background, competing from a very young age. She celebrated her album release with a last-minute move deciding to perform just ten minutes after landing in London.   

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The ‘Addison’ tour’s pre-sale tickets are out, and general sale tickets are out this coming Friday, June 20. Don’t miss out on Addison’s first world tour. You can find more information and tickets here.      

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One thing about music, is that it will always have new faces and voices; specifically in the UK, there are many awards and prizes reserved for these new artists that begin to make their way in the hearts and charts of the UK: BBC’s Sound of… Award, the BRITs’ “New Rising Star” category. With British artists like Adele and Sam Fender winning these in previous years, and international stars like Chappell Roan being nominated, UK awards for emerging artists are always spot on to anticipate which new artist will achieve greatness.

Lola Young is an artist from London who has had a very exciting last few weeks: her latest single titled “Messy” has granted her a commercial breakout that her career had long been awaiting after going super-viral on TikTok. It reached position number seven on UK charts over the December period, where usually it is less likely that new artists climb charts since these are mostly taken by Christmas songs. But Lola Young did it, and the single originally released in May and part of her second studio album “This Wasn’t Meant For You Anyway” became a radio hit after a quick climb on charts that begun in late November. The music video currently counts over five million views, and it is clear that 2025 will be a big year for Young

Addison Rae is next on the list, after her single “Diet Pepsi” has convinced the world that she is in fact meant to be a pop star. Rae’s beginnings in the music industry were arguably underwhelming, as the artist was overshadowed by her TikTok persona and the public did not believe much in her possibilities. While her first singles, “I Got It Bad” and “Obsessed” failed to chart in the UK’s top 100, everything changed after the release of “Diet Pepsi”, under the label Columbia, which highlights Rae’s talent as a singer and is exactly the type of music the makes numbers in the market nowadays; the song peaked at number 10 in the UK and was followed by another release, “Aquamarine“, which peaked at 45. The lights are shining on Rae in 2025.

Lastly, Myles Smith makes the list after winning the BRIT’s Rising Star Award Title earlier this month. His single “Stargazing” was his first to reach the UK’s top ten peaking at number four, and remains one of the best releases of the year, then followed by his biggest debut yet with the song “Nice To Meet Ya” which peaked at number twelve and stayed on charts for six weeks. Great things are awaiting Smith in 2025.