Addison Rae has become one of the most recognizable young stars in Hollywood. Her debut album Addison released on June 6 to critical acclaim, with Forbes hailing “pop music’s newest “it” girl” and the Associated Press declaring “a new pop powerhouse is born.” In August, she released "Diet Pepsi," marking her first collaboration with Columbia Records. The single made a significant impact, becoming Addison's first to enter the Billboard Hot 100 chart. Released alongside a music video directed by Sean Price Williams and under the creative direction of Mel Ottenberg, "Diet Pepsi" continues to cement Addison’s growing influence in music. She followed “Diet Pepsi” with “Aquamarine,” which featured a dazzling music video shot in Paris, France. With her third single, “High Fashion,” PAPER Magazine declared that Addison had gone “three for three,” calling the new track “hypnotic and euphoric.” She continued the streak with “Headphones On,” a critically acclaimed single that also charted on the Billboard Hot 100, and followed by her latest single hit, “Fame is a Gun.” Her June album release followed, leading Harper’s Bazaar to announce, “the next big pop star has been born.” On the film side, Addison was recently announced as a star in Legendary’s R-rated live-action hybrid Animal Friends, opposite Ryan Reynolds, Jason Momoa, Dan Levy, and Aubrey Plaza. She was also recently seen in Eli Roth’s horror film Thanksgiving, opposite Patrick Dempsey. The film debuted in theaters globally and was later added to Netflix, where it quickly hit #1 (marking her second film to achieve this milestone). In 2021, Addison starred in Netflix’s He’s All That, directed by Mark Waters. The film, a gender-switched reboot of the 1999 cult classic She’s All That, premiered as the #1 movie on the platform in 80 countries. Since the beginning of 2020, Addison has amassed over 88 million followers on TikTok, with over 5.8 billion likes, and 34 million followers on Instagram.
