The dripping of singles prior to the publication of the first Addison Rae album scheduled for June 6 continues. Since last August, the Tiktoker He has put in circulation four songs that have passed more sorrow than glory away from his growing fan club. Only “Diet Pepsi” managed to make a hole in the official American singles list, below the top 50, while “Aquamarine” – an October of 2024– and “High Fashion” – February 2025 – put noise in Charts from the United Kingdom and Ireland without reaching Top 40.
Perhaps it is “Headphones on”, published last Friday, the song that manages to go a little further in such a hard time conquest of the majority public. At least it confirms the intention that the first length of this multifaceted Louisiana twenty is sufficiently rich in generic records, since it places it at a certain distance from the dance-pop and the R&B with which it dressed its previous deliveries.
In this case the look of his team of producers-composition-the tandem formed by Luka Closer and Elvira-Otea the novelty nostalgic horizon and pull Swingbeat rhythms and Trip Hop cadencies-the synthetic Arabesco with which they finish so square. Discern between stanzas and choruses, with the whisper salmodia of the southern interpreter giving continuity to the matter.
In the lyrics, a reflection on the evasive-colative powers of the music, some verses of autobiographical dye are appreciated-“I wish Mom and Dad would have been in love / I suppose there are things that cannot last forever”– And the carpe diem call is heard –“You can’t fix what is already broken / you have to get carried away by the moment”– In one of the broken average fleeting with which this partition of subtle hitch is splashed. So we take note, we adjust our helmets, we upload volume, we press again Play. ∎
