Headphones On

Addison Rae’s debut is out today on Columbia: twelve tracks, no features, the whole thing produced by Elvira Anderfjärd and Luka Kloser. “Diet Pepsi,” “Aquamarine,” “High Fashion,” “Headphones On,” “Fame Is a Gun.” The TikTok star finished the club record, and the group chat can stop pretending they weren’t already dancing.

Charli XCX told her to trust the ideas. Arca remixed “Aquamarine” into “Arcamarine,” then they did it at Coachella like a dare. Weekend two she screamed “Von Dutch” next to Charli and the desert remembered why Brat never actually ended. Tonight she’s at The Box in New York. A lot of people wanted a reason to stay mean about a dancer from Louisiana, and the record didn’t give them one.

The record is trance-pop that sounds like a wet bathroom and a good jacket. I played “Headphones On” on the walk home and didn’t skip, mouthing it before I remembered I was supposed to have an opinion about TikTok. She didn’t ask the floor for permission, and the aux was already hers.