Addison Rae

Some Lesser Known Facts About Addison Rae

• She grew up in Louisiana, U.S.

  

• Rae’s parents divorced when she was young but got back together many times during her childhood. They remarried in 2017.

• Both her parents are popular on TikTok. Monty has over 5 million followers, and Sheri has more than 14 million followers.

• Rae began participating in many dance competitions across the country when she was six years old.

  

• In an interview with a media house, Rae said that people in Los Angeles contacted her, which made her decide to move there. Her parents fully supported her decision.

• She joined TikTok in July 2019, posting dance videos to popular songs.

• Within a few months, Rae earned over one million followers.

• She briefly attended Louisiana State University (LSU) to study sports broadcasting but dropped out when she became popular on TikTok.

• Addison Rae has more than 88.8 million followers on TikTok.

• In January 2020, Rae and her parents signed up with the Talent Agency WME.

• In April 2020, in a media conversation, she said that she wanted to take her social media presence more seriously and expand to YouTube and Instagram.

• In July 2020, Rae started a weekly podcast on Spotify with her mother called “Mama Knows Best,” discussing personal and career topics.

  

• In 2020, Rae launched a cosmetics line called Item Beauty, where she serves as Chief Innovation Officer. She co-founded the brand with Madeby Collective and managed most of the products.

  

• She then founded her fragrance line called ‘Addison Rae Fragrance.’

• In July 2020, Rae partnered with American Eagle for their #AExME Back to School ’20 campaign, which featured a virtual photoshoot in her bedroom due to the pandemic.

  

• In August 2020, Forbes reported that Addison Rae earned $5 million from June 2019 to June 2020, making her the highest-earning TikTok star at the time.

• Rae’s TikTok success led to endorsement deals with companies like Reebok, L’Oréal, Hollister, and American Eagle.

  

• In late 2020, Lil Yachty mentioned Rae in the song ‘E-ER’ by DJ Scheme, with a controversial lyric about wanting her to ‘become his doctor.’ Bryce Hall later tried to get the lyric removed, but it remained.

• Rae, along with celebrities like Ice Spice and Billie Eilish, has been credited with restoring the trend of navel piercings in the 2020s.

• In January 2021, Rae donated $1 million in prize money from a Mario Tennis Aces tournament called the Stay At Home Slam to the charity No Kid Hungry.

• In 2021, she and her mother relaunched their podcast under the new name ‘That Was Fun? With Addison and Sheri.’

• In March 2021, Addison Rae released her debut song, “Obsessed,” which was meant to be the lead single for her extended play (EP) AR.

  

• After the song ‘Obsessed’ received negative reviews, the EP was temporarily shelved. Rae later admitted in a 2023 interview with a media house that the criticism caused her to doubt herself.

• In 2021, Addison Rae appeared in the film He’s All That, a remake of the 1999 teen comedy She’s All That. Her role in the film was based on Freddie Prinze Jr.’s character from the original film.

  

• The film was released on Netflix in August 2021 and was the most streamed film of the week, but it received negative reviews from film critics.

• In 2022, several songs from her unreleased EP leaked on YouTube. Rae initially feared this could end her music career, but the tracks gained popularity in fan circles.

• In February 2022, Rae announced that she joined the cast of a film called Fashionista, produced by Paramount.

• In February 2023, Rae was cast in Eli Roth’s film Thanksgiving, which received favourable reviews, with critics noting her improvement in acting.

  

• On 12 May 2023, Rae was cast in a live-action/animated film Animal Friends alongside Ryan Reynolds. The film was announced to be released in 2025.

• Vogue once highlighted Rae’s diverse music taste, featuring artists such as FKA Twigs, Yves Tumor, and Kelela, containing avant-garde hip-hop and early 2000s Timbaland-produced R&B.

• In 2023, Rae’s debut song ‘Obsessed’ was criticised. PopDust’s Langa called it ’embarrassing’ and said Rae ‘should stick to lip-syncing.’

• However, Billboard’s Jason Lipshutz reviewed Rae’s song positively, highlighting its fresh melodies and personality, and suggesting it could be ‘the start of something big.’

• In 2023, Vogue’s Liam Hess praised her song ‘I Got It Bad’ as a ‘pop masterpiece with a welcome dose of weirdness,’ comparing it to Britney Spears at her peak.

  

• On 18 August 2023, Rae released another song ‘2 die 4,’ featuring Charli XCX, who later included Rae on a remix of her 2024 song ‘Von Dutch.’

• Rae then appeared on A. G. Cook’s 2024 album Britpop, singing with Charli XCX on the track ‘Lucifer.’

• On 9 August 2024, Rae released her song ‘Diet Pepsi’ with Columbia Records, marking her first US Billboard Hot 100 entry, where it ranked at 88.

  

• On 23 September 2024, Rae performed alongside Troye Sivan and Charli XCX at Madison Square Garden during the Sweat tour, performing ‘Von Dutch (A. G. Cook remix)’ and ‘Diet Pepsi.’

• Addison Rae’s music is categorized as dance-pop, bubblegum-pop, and synth-pop.

• Pitchfork described her song ‘I Got It Bad’ as a ‘bedazzled turn-of-the-millennium pop song.’

• She is inspired by singers Britney Spears, Madonna, Rihanna, Barbra Streisand, Sophie, Arca, and Charli XCX.