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Jun 12, 2025Addison simultaneously feels like a coronation and a make or break moment, and Addison Rae has brilliantly cemented herself among pop’s newest faces.
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Jun 27, 2025Albums by crossover stars like Rae are often dubious affairs, less than inspired productions that can feel like an attempt to package someone to fit a preconceived image, rather than showcase actual talent. Thankfully, she impressively side-steps any such pitfalls.
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Jun 9, 2025After listening to the songs on “Addison” in their intended order, what becomes equally as intriguing are the lyrical themes, fueled by emotion and articulated in digestible one-liners and definitive affirmations.
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Jun 9, 2025The album is an earnest, succinct group of tracks that freely flow into each other, and [b]y the end of its 33-minute runtime, every song deserves its spot on the tracklist.
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Jun 9, 2025‘Addison’ is bold, expressive, and catchy as hell, and with little overt biography, it’s completely personal in its craftsmanship.
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Jun 9, 2025Rae is at her most delightful balancing camp and sincerity on starry-eyed numbers in which all the world’s a stage.
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Jun 6, 2025For the most part, ‘Addison’ is a fun, delicious ride, soundtracking a movie where a small-town girl wins the lottery and parties it up in New York City.
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Jun 6, 2025Addison Rae’s exceptional debut album reminds me of that unimpeachable run of Madonna records, understanding that supreme confidence and exceptional taste can sell even the most unusual album.
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Jun 6, 2025Addison Rae may have started out as an internet personality, but Addison earns her a seat at the pop table. Rather than a work of fluke or novelty, it marks the arrival of an artist who knows exactly what she’s doing.
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Oct 1, 2025She’s not reinventing the wheel, but her vision of pop music is nonetheless intoxicating and sublime.
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Jun 10, 2025By the time it ends, I’m torn between replaying it or letting Spotify guide me through similar synth-y, girly English-sung pop. Either way, I’m left with a new idea of who Addison Rae is, and this idea is way more interesting than how I feel about most of the pop music in those algorithmic playlists.
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Jun 9, 2025While Addison draws influence from a history of wide-ranging heavy-hitters, its dreamily stratified, pulsating soundscapes—co-crafted with writer-producers Luka Kloser and Elvira Andlerfjard—bear a personal stamp even when Rae’s lyrics play it safe.
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Jun 6, 2025It’s clear, even in this new version of herself, Rae hasn’t quite nailed the right balance of pop-star decadence and pop-star introspection. Maybe she’ll get it right on her next project. For now, as she sings on “Times Like These,” the foundation is set for her next phase.
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Jun 10, 2025While Addison isn’t the essential listen that it clearly wants to be, it’s an intriguing start to a career that just might one day get there.
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Jun 6, 2025Why does “High Fashion”’s bassline sound so intoxicating and disjointed? Why does “Headphones On” possess trip-hop stems that are strangely symbolic of the destructive gallows? These interludes, if executed better, might’ve fulfilled and encouraged the listeners’ curiosity such as mine over Rae’s intriguing soundscapes.