The working-class girl who reinvents herself as a star is a classic, aspirational figure in the greater American mythos. After all, before Marilyn Monroe became the blonde bombshell who rocked the ...

By the time Addison Rae appeared at ACL Live in Austin on Saturday night, the chants had already reached pep-rally level. “Addison! Addison!” echoed through the venue, over Britney Spears’ “Radar” and ...

The business of being Addison Rae was booming. It was March 2021, and the then-20-year-old had recently become the world's top-earning TikTok star, dancing and lip-syncing her way to nearly 80 million ...

A couple of years ago, when Addison Rae went to pitch herself for a deal with Columbia Records, pop stardom was not a guarantee. She was best known as one of TikTok’s breakout stars, someone who had ...

Check out the red-carpet looks at Variety's Hitmakers event for Sabrina Carpenter, the "Golden" singers, Tate McRae, Role ...

Friday, Addison Rae, dubbed a “fucking genius” by leading pop avant-gardist Charli xcx, will launch her debut studio album. But first, she’s going long on what led her to this point, including her ...

Addison Rae is now going by a new stage name. The singer and TikTok star, who just released her self-titled debut album on June 6, has dropped the name "Rae" from her professional moniker and is now ...

As of June 2025, the No. 1 song in both the U.S. and the U.K. is “Ordinary”, a hit penned by Alex Warren, an artist likely unknown to millennial and older audiences. But MySpace's popularity was soon ...