Addison＜限定盤/Yellow Vinyl＞

The debut album from TikToker-turned-actor-and-pop-star Addison Rae, 2025s Addison is a surprisingly savvy, club-ready introduction. Albums by crossover stars like Rae are often dubious affairs, less-than-inspired productions that can feel like an attempt to package someone to fit a preconceived image, rather than showcase actual talent. Thankfully, she impressively sidesteps any such pitfalls. Much of this is due to her production team, Swedish studio wizards Elvira Anderfjard (Tove Lo, Au/Ra) and Luka Kloser (Tate McRae, Conan Grey). Together, they frame Raes baby-soft coo of a voice in dreamy, sonically textured, 90s house-style arrangements that deftly balance sugary pop hooks and a tongue-in-cheek playfulness. Cuts like "Diet Pepsi," "Money Is Everything," and "Aquamarine" are day-glo dance bangers that present the singer as a kind of thinly veiled jet-setting-club-kid version of herself. While lyrics like "I dont need your drugs/Id rather get, rather get high fashion" from "High Fashion" arent exactly Ira Gershwin-level turns of phrase, Rae is more than game to play along, and her delivery elicits a giddy pop euphoria as the record moves along. Similarly, tracks like the clipped electro-groove of "Fame Is a Gun" and the kaleidoscopic new-age soundscape of "Summer Forever" keep you hooked and wondering, "Is this art?" That the album also brings to mind a heady mash-up of Ray of Light-era Madonna and the chibi future psychedelia of Grimes speaks to the inspired creativity at work between Rae and her team. ~ Matt Collar

キッド・ラロイやマグノリア・パークの曲名になっていたこともあるので名前を知っている人は多いかもしれないが、彼女は世界指折りのTikToker。近年は演技や音楽に積極的に取り組んでおり、チャーリーXCXとコラボも実現した2024年に"Diet Pepsi"でメジャー・デビューを果たした。こちらは初のアルバムで、マックス・マーティンの出版社と契約するエルヴィラ・アンダーフィヤルド&ルカ・クローザーが全編をプロデュース。マドンナやブリトニー、カイリーらの先達に憧れてきたそうで、可憐なヴォーカルは幻想的なテイストのダンス・トラックによく合っている。この先が楽しみな新世代のポップスターだ。
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