Here is the first Rolling Stone cover of the second Trump era, starring Addison Rae. For the first time, Rolling Stone dedicates a cover to the ‘Diet Pepsi’ singer, probably the first artist to take the step “from TikTok to global superstar.”
The Rolling Stone report dedicated to Addison Rae reviews the first years of Rae’s career on TikTok, the negative reviews her first songs received and her friendship with Charli xcx, key to Rae’s career: “Without her I wouldn’t have been able to believe in myself,” she says.
Rolling Stone also discusses with Addison Rae her professional connection with composers Luka Kloser and Elvira Anderfjärd, with whom she has written ‘Diet Pepsi’, ‘Aquamarine’ and her next single, ‘High Fashion’. They are two authors associated with the Max Martin label. Addison Rae’s debut album is released “this year,” the magazine confirms.
Rae does not reveal a release date for ‘High Fashion’, but discusses its theme and lyrical content. It is a song inspired by the world of haute couture and the figure of Marilyn Monroe. Over a “vibrant bass,” Rae sings that she “prefers fashion to drugs.” At one point in the interview, he denies using cocaine: “I just have ADHD,” he answers.
On the other hand, Rolling Stone obtained statements from a famous friend of Addison Rae, Rosalía. The author of ‘MOTOMAMI’ (2022) praises Addison Rae’s artistic “vision”, as well as her choreographies, which she finds “beautiful”, and applauds that Rae recovers “the style of the American pop stars of the 2000s” to bring it “to the world today.”
