Addison Rae is now going by a new stage name. The singer and TikTok star, who just released her self-titled debut album on June 6, has dropped the name "Rae" from her professional moniker and is now known simply as Addison.

Why are fame’s transitive properties so fluid in pop music? Maybe because the fundamental nature of the gig involves transposing life experience into sound. We’re probably more familiar with this than we’d like to be.

Instead, Addison is a reintroduction, a portrait of the young woman Rae has grown into, one who is free to take her artistry wherever she pleases. Rae first took a swing at music back in 2021 with her debut single “Obsessed.