Tag: Addison Rae
Addison Rae’s “Fame Is a Gun” Highlights That Britney Adage, “With a taste of a poison paradise/I’m addicted to you”
In the tradition of songs ruminating on fame (largely begat by Madonna with 1998’s “Drowned World/Substitute for Love”), Addison Rae adds to the genre with [Read More…]
With “party 4 u” Video, the How I’m Feeling Now Era Gets Brat-ified
Perhaps out of all the things to happen in the (almost) year since Brat came out, the thing that Charli XCX least expected (apart from Kamala not [Read More…]
Charli XCX Excludes Two Key People From Her Suggestions of Who Can Take Up the Brat Summer Mantle This Year
As Charli XCX continues to insist that she’s bringing Brat Summer—now three seasons past the summer when it all began—to a close, her performance at [Read More…]
Addison Rae Underlines the Transformative Power of Music/Wearing Non-AirPods With “Headphones On”
As Addison Rae continues to build anticipation for her debut studio album (following her 2023 EP titled simply: AR), not only did she appear this past [Read More…]
Addison Rae’s “High Fashion”: Her Version of “Material Girl,” With a Dash of Britney, Lana, Carrie and Dorothy Thrown Into the Visuals
With the flick of a lighter, the video for Addison Rae’s first single of the year (and third single in the span of about seven [Read More…]
Mondo Appropriato #10: The Recording Academy Choosing to Nominate “Guess” Instead of “Girl, So Confusing”
In a series called Mondo Appropriato, Culled Culture examines how “on the nose” something is in the pop cultural and/or political landscape.As the first year [Read More…]
Arca Helps Addison Rae Further “Sex Up” “Aquamarine” with the “Arcamarine” Remix
As Addison Rae’s ascent into the upper echelons of “it girl” status in music continues (thanks in part to Charli XCX, with Rae now also [Read More…]
Masks! Innuendos! Double Cigarette Smoking!: Addison Rae’s “Aquamarine”
While Addison Rae might have only been five going on six years old when Aquamarine came out, clearly it must have had a lasting subliminal [Read More…]
Charli XCX’s Most Ambitious “Mixtape” Yet: Brat and it’s completely different but also still brat
Being that the intention of Brat was always to get back to Charli XCX’s musical roots (especially after her intentionally hyper-commercial album, Crash), it seemed [Read More…]
Rae Gives Del Rey: The “Diet Pepsi” Video
Although Addison Rae might be Charli XCX’s number one fan (though it sometimes seems like the other way around), it is Lana Del Rey who [Read More…]
