Put your headphones on for TikTok's Addison Rae
Despite TikTok defining this decade's music landscape, the app hasn't spawned a bonafide pop superstar – yet. 24-year-old Addison Rae is trying to be the first.
She's already had cosigns from Arca, Charli XCX, and Benny Blanco; critical acclaim from outlets like Pitchfork, Rolling Stone, and Elle; and is cultivating a fervent fanbase with a slew of breathy, ethereal, and inspiration-laden singles. But how does one translate TikTok celebrity into pop success?
On this episode of Switched On Pop, Reanna, Nate, and Charlie put their "Headphones On" to understand how one of the biggest Gen-Z celebrities is trying to parlay her allure into pop princess-dom.
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SONGS DISCUSSED
- Addison Rae – Diet Pepsi
- Addison Rae – Aquamarine
- Addison Rae – High Fashion
- Addison Rae – Headphones On
- Addison Rae – Obsessed
- Charlie Puth – The Way I Am
- Michael Jackson – Smooth Criminal
- Addison Rae – I got it bad
- Addison Rae – Nothing On (But The Radio)
- Addison Rae – it could've been u
- Addison Rae – 2 die 4 (feat. Charli XCX)
- Charli XCX, Addison Rae, A. G. Cook – Von dutch a. g. remix
- Lana Del Rey – Blue Jeans
- Lana Del Rey – Cherry
- Lana Del Rey – Diet Mountain Dew
- Lana Del Rey – Bartender
- Lana Del Rey – Cola
- Madonna – Nothing Really Matters
- Selena Gomez, A$AP Rocky – Good For You
- Edie Brickell & New Bohemians – What I Am
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