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Hindustan Times
28-06-2025
- Entertainment
- Hindustan Times
Best albums of 2025 (so far): Lady Gaga, Bon Iver, Bad Bunny and more
We're only halfway through 2025, but the music's already been unforgettable. Some artists made big comebacks. Others tried something completely new. A few just gave us what they do best and nailed it. If you're still looking for what to play this summer, or just want to catch up, start here. These 12 albums are the ones everyone's been talking about, according to Variety. Lady Gaga's studio album Mayhem released on March 7, 2025,(AFP) 1. Addison Rae – Addison The TikTok star leans fully into dance-pop with slick production and playful lyrics. Tracks like Fame Is a Gun and Diet Pepsi showcase Rae's evolving musical sensibilities. 2. Bad Bunny – Debí Tirar Más Fotos It is a genre-spanning record full of live instrumentation, nostalgia and political commentary. Bad Bunny's early 2025 release remains one of the year's richest. 3. Bon Iver – Sable, Fable A two-part album that begins in hushed isolation and ends in soulful R&B. Bon Iver fans will find new depth and emotion in this comeback. 4. FKA Twigs – Eusexua Inspired by '90s club beats, this record brings Twigs closer to pop while keeping her signature edge. Girl Feels Good is a standout. 5. Jason Isbell – Foxes in the Snow A stripped-back, acoustic reflection on personal and political themes. Isbell's writing remains razor-sharp. 6. Kali Uchis – Sincerely, With lush orchestration and emotional depth, this is one of Uchis' most personal works yet. It touches on themes of motherhood and grief. Also read: Taylor Swift's epic 'Love Story' performance with Travis Kelce and George Kittle goes viral: Watch 7. Karol G – Tropicoqueta A lively tribute to Latin genres, from merengue to ranchera. The title track and Ese Hombre Es Malo show Karol at her boldest. 8. Moonchild Sanelly – Full Moon South Africa's genre-defying star shines in a vibrant, sex-positive album full of bold beats and melodies. 9. PinkPantheress – Fancy That The album features short, punchy tracks that balance innovation with pop sensibility. Tonight and Illegal are the highlights of this compact mixtape. 10. Rose Gray – Louder, Please An electro-pop celebration that pays tribute to Gray's inspirations like Kylie Minogue and Annie. Party People is a mission statement. 11. Lady Gaga – Mayhem Gaga's seventh album proves why she's one of the most recognized artistes in the world. Abracadabra, Blade of Grass and The Garden of Eden are standout tracks. 12. The Weeknd – Hurry Up Tomorrow A sprawling, 22-track project that could mark the end of The Weeknd persona. It features collaborators like Lana Del Rey and Florence + the Machine. FAQs Who has the best album of 2025? Lady Gaga's Mayhem and Bad Bunny's Debí Tirar Más Fotos are among the most acclaimed so far. Who is releasing albums in 2025? Artists like Bon Iver, Karol G, The Weeknd, and FKA Twigs have released major albums this year. What album is #1 of all time? According to many rankings, Michael Jackson's Thriller remains the best-selling and most influential album ever. What is the highest debut album of 2025? So far, So Close to What by Tate McRae and Addison by Addison Rae have had standout debut performances.
Yahoo
10-06-2025
- Entertainment
- Yahoo
Addison Rae Confirms She's Changed Her Name to 'Addison': 'I've Grown Past Just Being Called Addison Rae'
Addison Rae appeared Quen Blackwell's YouTube series Feeding Starving Celebrities on Sunday, June 8 There, she chatted about her new album, Addison, and how she decided to self-title her debut album She also revealed that since releasing her album, she decided her stage name would be just "Addison"Addison Rae would like to reintroduce herself to fans. On Sunday, June 8, the pop singer appeared on friend and internet personality Quen Blackwell's YouTube series Feeding Starving Celebrities. During their conversation, Addison (whose real name is Addison Rae Easterling) chatted about releasing her debut album, Addison. The "Fame Is a Gun" singer, 24, first explained that she thought about self-titling the album 'for a really long time,' noting, 'when you do hear all of the music like straight through, there's not really a title that like encompasses all of it." 'Everybody that I played it to as well they were just like, 'Oh it just sounds like just like you. Like it just sounds like music you would make,'' she recalled for Blackwell, also 24. 'I don't really know what else to call it and so I was like, 'Maybe then the album is just my name.'" 'I like the fact that you are changing your stage name and taking off the 'Rae,'' Blackwell replied. 'Is that something you've talked about?' Addison responded by saying she hasn't spoken publicly in depth about that, 'But I said it in an interview, I was just like 'Oh I think I've you know I've grown past just being called Addison Rae.' And then the album being named Addison kind of was like a tie-in for that.' Never miss a story — sign up for to stay up-to-date on the best of what PEOPLE has to offer, from celebrity news to compelling human interest stories. 'Whoever knows me as Addison Rae and knew me as Addison Rae will always know me as that anyways,' she acknowledged, before confessing, 'I just am tired of also signing Addison Rae. It's really long.' 'I just would rather sign 'Addison,'' she admitted, while giggling. 'And then I was like, 'Yeah, it just makes more sense because like it's going back to the roots really.'' 'The truth,' Blackwell proposed. 'What you were called as a kid. You've always been Addison.' The singer then acknowledged, 'But I know you're going to put Addison Rae on the title [of the YouTube video].' Blackwell then gave a cheeky side-eye directly to the camera, preemptively admitting that the title would in fact have her former stage name. 'It's okay, approved because I'm still Addison Rae until after this album,' Addison said. 'And then you're Addison,' Blackwell said. 'And then I'll delete it out the title.' Read the original article on People
Cosmopolitan
06-06-2025
- Entertainment
- Cosmopolitan
Addison Rae Makes Intimate Live Debut at NYC's Iconic Club The Box — Review
Addison Rae lost herself and found herself again. With the release of her highly anticipated debut album, we saw a rebirth right before our eyes. Rebirth, rebrand, reintroduction—whatever you call it—the Louisiana-born TikTok dancer transformed into one of the most promising pop acts of the current age with the release of 'Diet Pepsi' last summer. Since then, skeptics and day 1 superfans have tuned in to watch her every move, whether it's because of the push-and-pull of her sexy girl next door persona or her slinky hooks and booming production from her collaborators, Luka Kloser and Elvira Anderfjärd. So, when I got word that Addison and Spotify were hosting a rare live show on the eve of her album release, I knew I had to be there. Especially because it would technically be her first official live performance of tracks from her self-titled debut album. She took center stage at New York's famously sleazy and glamorous nightclub, The Box, which acted as her playground for the night. The room was filled to the brim with magazine editors, late-night producers, and devoted fans who waited hours for a glimpse of the star. Bushwick's elite even crossed the bridge to Manhattan to capture the newly minted pop princess in all her glory. As aerial artists and dancers donned lingerie underneath burning disco balls, I brushed shoulders with Addison's star-studded stan list, from Julia Fox, Richie Shazam, and Amelia Gray to Conan Gray, Lola Tung, and Clairo. The intimate inauguration marked a new beginning for Addison. As she opened her set with 'Fame Is a Gun' in a kitschy satin bed, bated breaths escaped the lips of attendees who couldn't take their eyes off her. The mic was on, and soon enough, she treated fans with her original cabaret-inspired 'musical theater' rendition of 'High Fashion.' Her it girl-in-crime, Lexee Smith, served a campy, melodramatic poetry reading in Louboutins in between one of her outfit changes as a makeshift interlude until Addison returned for a particularly transcendental moment. When the opening notes of 'Aquamarine' trickled through The Box's theater, not one word was missed by fans. I even overheard a friend over my shoulder say, 'This song is so gay.' (Complimentary. Not in the way that would prompt Hilary Duff to pull her allyship card.) As Addison hit her marks in a flowy bright blue mini dress, we not only found catharsis on the dance floor—she did, too. In 2021, I covered the early days of Addison's crossover from TikTok to real-world fame at Seventeen, and I'll admit it: I was always intrigued by her essence, but I wasn't totally sold on 'Obsessed' once it dropped. It wasn't until one of my best friends dragged me to our living room to catch her performance on The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon that I locked in and saw her for what she truly was: a small-town girl aching for the life of a big-city star. Let it be known that this was the moment she unlocked her potential as a Main Pop Girl in my eyes. From then on, I fully understood her vision. When most of her catalogue leaked in 2022, I clicked play for research purposes and fully became hooked by the following summer. Before her 7-track performance last night, she teased what could come from the Addison Rae live experience, making cameos with her close friends and collaborators on multiple occasions. There was the 'Von Dutch' remix at Charli XCX's pre-brat Boiler Room set in Brooklyn and their post-brat performance on Coachella's main stage, her 'Arcamarine' stint during Arca's more intimate set in the desert, and, of course, 'Diet Pepsi' with Charli and Troye Sivan's Sweat tour stop at Madison Square Garden. These moments inched us closer to the glittery dance pop world of Addison, yet we didn't see the star fully in her element. Until now. She's no stranger to a Britney Spears comparison—in fact, she seems to fully welcome it, knowing they're both hometown heroes in Louisiana—but she pays homage to her heroes. In interviews, she's openly named Britney, Madonna, Prince, and Michael Jackson as influences. On her tongue-in-cheek satirical number, 'Money Is Everything,' she wistfully sings about her dream blunt rotation with Lana Del Rey and Lady Gaga after name-dropping Norma Jean. It's abundantly clear she's at the top of her class as a pop culture student, and she's well on her way to becoming a teacher. She no longer has to dream of being seen, because all eyes are on they'll stay there. Stream 'Addison' on Spotify
Yahoo
06-06-2025
- Entertainment
- Yahoo
Addison Rae's Long-Awaited Debut Album ‘Addison' Is Here
Addison Rae's debut album Addison is here. With her first full-length project, she's also releasing the video for her latest single 'Times Like These.' Rae's Addison comes a year since she first began teasing new music. Last June, she posted a video of her underwater as the then-unreleased track 'Aquamarine' played over it. Lead single 'Diet Pepsi' was dropped in August, with 'Aquamarine' officially arriving a couple months later. Ahead of the album, she unveiled five total songs off the LP, all with their own videos. More from Rolling Stone Addison Rae Has a Taste for the Glamorous Life on 'Fame Is a Gun' Addison Rae Gets Ready to Reintroduce Herself in Debut Album Trailer Addison Rae Unveils Her Debut Album Track List Using a Rack of Undies 'Times Like These' is the latest in her stream of singles and arrives with a dance-heavy new video. The visual was directed by photographer Ethan James Green. Rae's debut album was written and produced by Rae with Elvira Anderfjärd and Luka Kloser, 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 in Rae's cover story earlier this year. Addison arrives nearly four years after Rae first tried to make the jump from TikTok stardom to pop. She released her first single 'Obsessed' in 2021, which ended up not taking off as she hoped. She ended up scrapping her first EP, but after the songs leaked and generated buzz online, she put them out in 2023. Rae has since signed to Columbia Records. Before unveiling her solo songs, she further cemented more Main Pop Girl points by appearing on a remix of Charli XCX's 'Von Dutch.' She has performed the song live with XCX at a Brat release show in Los Angeles as well as the UK star's 2025 Coachella set. Best of Rolling Stone The 50 Greatest Eminem Songs All 274 of Taylor Swift's Songs, Ranked The 500 Greatest Albums of All Time
Yahoo
04-06-2025
- Entertainment
- Yahoo
Why Addison Rae Is 'Hesitant' to Share Videos of Her Personal Life Now Despite Rising to Fame on TikTok
Addison Rae opened up about why she's "hesitant" to share videos of her personal life after experiencing TikTok fame In an interview with Zane Lowe for Apple Music 1, she revealed why she can be "protective" about what footage is shared Addison Rae's debut album Addison is due Friday, June 6 Addison Rae has thoughts about sharing videos of her personal life after experiencing TikTok fame. In an interview with Zane Lowe for Apple Music 1 on Wednesday, June 4, the "Fame Is a Gun" artist opened up about how she can be "protective" about what footage is shared. "You know, I actually don't mind people experiencing me in a very honest and open way," Rae, 24, began. "Really, any space as long as it is right here. I will allow anyone in my space." She continued: "I actually don't even mind a camera when I know that the moments are intimate for the people that are experiencing it. I think when you start allowing people to see this footage or to see you in those spaces with zero — you have zero — there's not enough to communicate really." That's when Rae can find it "very one-dimensional." "To me, I definitely am a little bit more hesitant of that because I think people can so quickly turn things into a way that they weren't...." she said, noting that is when she becomes "protective." "Even for my past few music videos, we've had somebody filming the entirety of the day and getting the good moments, the bad moments, the diva moments, the silly moments, whatever it may be," said Rae, adding that after watching the footage back, she wasn't sure if she wanted to share it because "it is intimate and it is personal and it's in a way that I don't want to allow somebody else to spin it into something that it's not because I know what it is, and the people that are there know what it is." Ultimately, the "Headphones On" singer doesn't want to invite "an evil perspective." "I think sometimes people will do that, not even for any real reason other than the fact that they're jealous or because they're like, no, you look really happy in that. There's something deeper. There's something more," said Rae. is now available in the Apple App Store! Download it now for the most binge-worthy celeb content, exclusive video clips, astrology updates and more! The "2 Die 4" artist has shared several singles ahead of the release of her debut album Addison, including "Diet Pepsi," "High Fashion," "Headphones On," "Aquamarine" and "Fame Is a Gun." She also released a remix of "Aquamarine" with Arca titled "Aquamarine / Arcamarine." Addison is due Friday, June 6. Read the original article on People
