Addison Rae has opened up to Zane Lowe on Apple Music 1 to discuss her debut album ‘Addison'.
The viral popstar and actress covers a lot of ground in the interview including unpacking the meaning behind her latest single ‘Fame is a Gun'. She also dives deeper into her forthcoming album, and working with iconic artists like Charli xcx. Re also reflects on her journey from TikTok stardom to navigating fame.
During the interview Rae tells Apple Music about moving to LA after the TikTok boom:
Addison Rae: I think in the beginning, especially, and starting out, I always knew that I wanted to make music. I always knew I wanted to act. I think I just knew I wanted to perform. That was just something that was really obvious to me since I was a little girl. When TikTok happened, I was almost like, well, this seems like a really nice way to get myself to LA first because I think in Louisiana there wasn't as many opportunities or like possibility, really, to pursue that profession necessarily, unless you just got really, really lucky.
Zane Lowe: Which means there's probably not a lot of people around that you can kick that dream down the road with.
Addison Rae: Yes. I had a best friend who is still one of my best friends of all time. She had a very similar perspective as me on artistry and being an artist and creating and making that possible. She was with me whenever I first came to LA. I think that was really helpful to have one person that I felt really understood me as a person and as a creative and my passion and desire for that. She was someone that I leaned on a lot to keep inspiring me and keep feeling like, this isn't just a passing thing that I need to let go of.
She also tells Apple Music about finally releasing her album ‘Addison' commenting:
Addison Rae: Yes, it's done. I think I'm in the space right now where I'm just really anticipating it coming out, and I'm like trying to hit all the stops. Even like with posting and feeling like, “Okay, well, I really want to make sure I give this the credit and the energy that it deserves.” I think sometimes I shy away from that because I'll be like, “Well, I don't know, I'm already putting this out. Is it going to be too much if I'm just like, all right, everybody, the album's this many days away, like every two days. Sometimes I'll get onto myself about that, and I'll be like, “No, it deserves that.”
It's a super interesting observation, because what my base take on that, knowing a lot– well, okay, yes, I can say this, speaking the language of the artist for a long, long time. It's a different feeling to anything else you've gotten in front of and promoted before. It comes from a deeper place. Do I do that to this? Because I'm like it's so intimate and so precious that I don't want it to feel gimmicky in that way sometimes, which it can feel like when you're used to getting paid to promote this or whatever. Even whenever I first started TikTok, like that feeling of that. No, I think this project to me deserves that energy from me.
It deserves that aggressiveness towards getting people to open up and listen to it because then, why else? Obviously, I made it for myself and I made it for my friends and the people that around me create with me to it. I also think we want people to hear music. That's why we create.
Tune in to ‘The Zane Lowe Show' and listen to the full interview live for free on Apple Music 1, or anytime on demand with an Apple Music subscription.
