Carin BackoffThey may be adored or feared, the famous notes delivered by Pitchfork continue to speak. It is with a big surprise that pop fans have discovered that the famous American musical site gave an 8/10 to the first album of Addison Rae, describing it as ” The summer girlypop disc of summer ยป. And the magazine is not completely wrong as this inaugural opus asserts itself as a real success. A surprise? In a way, but above all a revenge for the American artist, who has gone through many pitfalls before knowing the “Pitchforkian” graces. Because in a pop scene where newcomers hope to break through every week, difficult to make a place for itself in the sun. Beginner as an actress and especially Tiktofer thanks to her numerous viral dance videos (she has 88 million followers, the sixth account most followed on the platform), it was in 2021 that Addison Rae launched her musical career … under the worst auspices.
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His first single “Obssed” came down by the press, seeing only yet another popstar without relief, and his first album was not born. Far from giving up, Addison Rae can count on the unwavering support of Charli XCX, with whom she shares the brilliant duo “2 die 4”, but also “Lucifer” and a remix of her recent “von dutch”. A spotlight as unexpected as welcome to the American, who brings her a new audience but above all greater credibility alongside the Hyperpop icon. Quick advance until the summer of 2024: with “Diet Pepsi”, the first single released on a major, the singer finally finds the graces of the public and launches hostilities for her first album “Addison”, which is already asserting itself like the torrid soundtrack of our summer.
Ten tubes between Britney Spears and Lorde
Obviously, the references are immediately perceptible to listening to the disc: from Lana Del Rey, Madonna or Lady Gaga, directly cited in “Money Is Everything”, via Britney Spears, whose imaging of her third eponymous album, until insolence so brat From Charli XCX through certain clips, where sensuality and delighted evenings are the protagonists, and the introductory “New York”, crossing electronic scents. A melting pot that may seem agreed, but that the singer digests through ten songs (plus two interludes) thoughts like so many pop candies.
Thus, the addict “Diet Pepsi” would have found its place on one of the first discs of Lana Del Rey, “High Fashion” sounds like a title of the “pure heroine” period, “aquamarine” and “Fame is a Gun” recall the great hours of pop of the years 2010 while “Headphones on”, last single to date, invites R&B sounds that denied the Janet Jackson of “The Velvet Rope”. No wonder she quotes it in an interview as one of her bedside albums!
“Addison” could even be the soundtrack of a film at the Sean Baker. A newcomer hoping to find a place in an increasingly ferocious world. And, by the strength of ultra -catchy choruses, manages to overcome the tests after having been disparaged for a long time … If Addison Rae is far from revolutionizing pop, it offers a version as intoxicating as you languid with this business card filled with potential tubes, and clad with never crushing references. The excellent “aquamarine” ends with these words: ” I’m free ยป. Released from diktats and now free to lead your boat alongside the largest. The future of pop belongs to him! And will be written in red letters on the pediment of the Olympia on September 2, including a full concert in a few minutes.
