Addison Rae Has a Taste for the Glamorous Life on ‘Fame Is a Gun'
On the shimmering new track, Rae basks in the glamorous life and the public's adoration. 'You know I keep it real/I live for the appeal,' she sings on the first chorus. 'Nothing makes me feel as good as being loved by you,' she continues on the bridge.
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The single's music video features the singer-songwriter basking in the indulgence of a feast, with closeups of her dinner guests smoking, eating grapes, and noshing on chicken, while the camera cuts to shots of Rae lounging with a silver gun.
After becoming a star on TikTok, Rae launched her singing career in 2021 with the single 'Obsessed.' The track under-performed and the album she was working on at the time was scrapped, though some of the songs would link and eventually be released as an EP titled AR.
Rae eventually signed a deal with Columbia Records and re-launched her pop career last year, first as a featured artist on Charli XCX's 'Von Dutch' remix alongside A.G. Cook. Over the summer, her single 'Diet Pepsi' became a viral hit, receiving critical acclaim and a spot on the Hot 100.
She released the single 'Aquamarine' later in the fall and dropped songs 'High Fashion' and 'Headphones On' earlier this year. Rae announced her debut album's release date at Coachella, while performing 'Aquamarine' during Arca's set.
Rae revealed to Rolling Stone earlier this year that she co-wrote all of the album's tracks with songwriters Luka Kloser and Elvira Anderfjärd, both of whom are Max Martin's protégées. 'We were both shocked [that] her taste leaned very left and underground at times,' Kloser told Rolling Stone.
Rae teased that this will be an album about movement and that there will be no sad or slow songs on the project. 'I really struggle with being like, 'All right, time to be sad and have just a guitar on the song,'' she said. She added that Max Martin himself had given her advice on how to tap in to her vulnerability. 'I had told him I struggle with talking about things that are really close to me,' Rae recalled. 'He's like, 'The only way you're going to really push yourself [is] to say things that are true and real. Once you spill it out, you can always take it down, but if you start shallow, it's hard to bump it up.''
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