Analytic Dreamz: Notorious Mass Effect - "ADDISON RAE - HEADPHONES ON"
Episode Date: April 25, 2025Linktree: https://linktr.ee/AnalyticBecome A Patron Of The Notorious Mass Effect Podcast For Additional Bonus Audio And Visual Content For All Things Nme! Join Our Patreon Here: https://ow.ly/oPsc50VB...OuHJoin Analytic Dreamz in this Notorious Mass Effect segment, diving into Addison Rae’s “Headphones On,” released April 18, 2025. Explore Rae’s journey from TikTok stardom (88M followers) to music, with her R&B-infused pop track boasting 7.7M Spotify streams in six days. Despite a #42 UK Spotify peak and a Coachella boost, the song lacks Billboard Hot 100 impact and faces criticism for inauthentic ‘90s nostalgia. Analytic Dreamz breaks down streaming trends, YouTube performance (514K views in 24 hours), and Rae’s upcoming album Addison. Stay tuned for chart updates!Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy
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Now, of course, with this being the first time ever, with me covering Addison Ray,
it's definitely for a reason as when it comes to impacting the masses,
Addison Ray currently has a track titled Headphones on that came out April 18, 2025,
and it's going crazy to the point where the billboard projections as far as estimates
for May 3rd, 2025, has Addison Ray and her track headphones on set to be the 87th most played track
in the world. So it's rising on the charts and a lot of that is due to her not only her TikTok following,
but the way that they're going about the streams and the TikTok influence combined,
let's just say it goes back to my sentiment that I reiterate time and time again. If you're a musician,
not using TikTok. Let's just say you either want to forever be an underground artist or
you just don't know how to properly promote yourself because TikTok is probably
one of the best authentic tools you could use to promote your music to the masses so that out
the way addison ray currently has an album that's set to come out in june 6 and it's a self-titled
album titled addison and as far as the pre-order it says it's set to be 12 tracks including headphones
on so um including headphones on high fashion aqua marine
Diet Pepsi, a lot of these tracks for Addison Ray fans, you probably are accustomed to hearing those tracks.
But as far as people who are new to her, just know her sound is more pop, right?
But there's a lot of R&B infused pop tracks with a lot of influences from her family and just the overall fame of rising in the industry.
And when it comes to a lot of things as far as locations, there's videos as far as music videos shot in
Iceland evoking 90s madonna vibes so the inspiration is there as far as the icons that she's
garnering these type of set pieces from but also when it comes to the emotional depth being vulnerable
on the track i always say if you're a musician putting out music the best way to encapsivate an
audience is to be your true authentic self i believe it's super easy to tell if somebody's not
genuinely themselves over the course of time right because now your action start to not line up i
remember when the goat the mask out of hip-hop arbor drake ground once said the actions are out of
character even when they rehearsed it's only so many times you could play a character to your true
character actually is revealed so that being said i do like how addison ray puts a lot of life
and life perspective into her music because introspective is probably my favorite form of music because now
i think it's something powerful to where you're telling a story based off of something that happened in
your life so now it gives it a whole new meaning which i think uplifts everything quality-wise when
you're riding the track now of course when it comes to addison she rose to fame through her
dance videos back in 2019 but transition into music with her debut singing
obsessed and her released a P-A-R back in 2023.
So that success followed up with the fact that she signed to Columbia Records in
2024 kind of showcases how her rise to fame was not an overnight sensation, right?
A lot of people love to say, oh, just because I now found out about you, you are now an industry plant.
I can't count the amount of times that happens to a musician.
Somebody blows up, somebody finds out, or no, a random fan,
finds out about a particular artist and they automatically assume it has to be an industry plant just because you weren't present through her grind as far as building the mat building a foundation as far as supporters so with that being said just wanted to showcase and highlight addison ray for putting out her track headphones on as it currently is going crazy in the charts as far as it being projected to be the 87th most popular track in the world as far as billboard projections it could always be lower or higher but as far as far as
87th most popular track is probably around that number and when it comes to her album
when it comes to her album self-titled Addison that's set to come out June 6th 2025 I think
that's definitely gonna be a great treat for her fans because of course what she's done
over the course of her career as far as giving them nostalgia like R&B infused pop music
so that being said click my link tree in my bio let me know one of my social medias
what do you think about Addison Ray's track headphones on and will you be checking out her album
her self-titled album Addison when it releases June 6th 2025?
