The Boom of Addison Rae

Months go by and all we hear is Addison Rae. From her highly acclaimed collaboration with club classic sensation Charli XCX on the Von Dutch remix – where Rae actually shouts in an iconic scream queen – to the dreamy, cool Aquamarine video clip with its catchy dance-pop rhythm, Addison Rae is a star in the making. 

Her Rise to Stardom

She first burst onto the cultural scene in 2019 dancing and making videos on TikTok, but really entered the mainstream lexicon in a locked-down world with a reliance on the app. In 2021, she launched her debut song Obsessed, and in 2023 an album, AR, a 2010s girly pop EP which would lead her to be dubbed by the internet as the legit pop savior. 

A Multi-Talented Icon

From TikTok to the music charts, Rae also made it to Hollywood, starring in He's All That in 2021, a remake of the 1999 rom-com She's All That and Thanksgiving in 2023. There's a multidisciplinarity in it all that pulls one in even more. ''I want to do everything at least twice,'' Rae told Mel Ottenberg, editor-in-chief of Interview Magazine. And she did. 

By 2024, with two movies and now more than two songs, her status as a pop princess was pretty much cemented. Her August release Diet Pepsi topped the Billboard Hot 100, followed closely by her single Aquamarine. Then, she is a Grammy nominee for Best Remixed Recording with her and Charli XCX's Von Dutch A.G. Cook remix.

But it's not just her versatility and dance-pop hits that make her so now. With a personal style that is even more eclectic, the musician has also become a fashion icon in her own right – Australian singer Troye Sivan even dressed up as Rae for Halloween when she was seen reading Britney Spears' book ''The Woman in Me'' wearing a Libra tee and a mini skirt. 

Defying current trends and always daring on red carpets, she's quite the newest internet It Girl. From casually walking around Los Angeles with looks to die for – like a graphic shirt that read "Lady Fucking Gaga" or a Madonna sweatshirt with red Adidas shorts – to various risk-taking red carpet moments, like at the 2024 MTV VMAs in whimsical lingerie and a tutu by Miss Claire Sullivan styled by Dara Allen – the fashion mastermind of New York City–, she's been said to have a pop diva wardrobe along a defiant energy. She has both. And perhaps, underneath it all, she has even more.