ICYMI: Addison Rae is the Newest Pop Princess

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🗓️ 26 August 2023

⏱️ 40 minutes

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On today’s show, Candice Lim and Rachelle Hampton walk through Addison Rae’s quest for Hollywood stardom. They run through her moments of flop before the release of AR, a collection of Rae’s leaked music from her “lost album.” Then, Candice and Rachelle are joined by Pitchfork associate editor Cat Zhang to break down her bold and delicious review of “I Got It Bad.” This podcast is produced by Se’era Spragley Ricks, Daisy Rosario, Candice Lim and Rachelle Hampton. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	Hi, I'm Rachel Hampton, and I'm Candace Lemme, and you're listening to ICYMI.
0:17.1	In case you missed it, Slate's podcast about internet culture.
0:21.4	And now that we are officially in the final days of August, the final days of summer,
0:27.5	now that the Pumpkin Spice Latte is officially back in Starbucks across the country.
0:34.2	I think it's time for the most important question in the season.
0:37.4	Candace, what was your song of the summer?
0:40.1	Ooh, this is a good question, good question.
0:46.1	Let me think for a second, but what's yours?
0:48.3	So I think I have a controversial answer, which is, I don't think we've had a real,
0:55.3	like the song of the summer in a really long time.
0:59.7	Yes.
1:00.7	I think from the least pre-COVID, the pop girlie just haven't really been giving what they
1:05.0	need to give.
1:06.0	I feel like the last time I thought, oh, this, this is a song of the summer, it was when
1:11.4	Normani released Motivation.
1:14.2	What a moment in time.
1:18.6	That music video.
1:19.6	Oh, so good.
1:21.1	The references.
1:22.1	I mean, that was a true pop.
1:23.8	It was strong, strong, strong contender for song of the summer for sure.
1:28.2	It was.
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