Addison Rae dazzled the Coachella viewers along with her pop woman glamour on Saturday night time. As promised, the festival set was a departure from her latest dwell performances however nonetheless introduced all of the avant-garde drama the singer is thought for.
The set opened with “Diet Pepsi,” which rang out because the display learn, “The Fame and Glory Show.” Her dancers sported black jackets branded with the phrase “fame,” whereas Rae donned a boa made from lots of throughout “Money Is Everything.” During “Aquamarine,” she welcomed Maddie Ziegler to the stage. The famed dancer twirled, dropped, and enraptured the group in a flowing white ensemble, whereas Rae contrasted her in vivid pink latex.
Red was a recurring theme all through the set: pink sirens, a pink brooch on her first outfit, the pink pom poms her dancers shook. It stored displaying up — then Rae determined to add one thing new to the combination.
Rae received the stage warmed up for tonight’s headliner, Justin Bieber, slipping on a purple hoodie for “Headphones On” and asking followers within the crowd, “You here for JB?” The singer leaned in additional, quipping, “Just kidding, I’m here for Justin Bieber.” Rae does love fame, in any case.
She shared the sense of stardom with a fan throughout her remix of Charli XCX’s “Von Dutch,” recruiting one to lead the tune’s signature scream. She had fun making her approach over to the group, principally as a result of she received to break some guidelines. “Can I go in here?” she requested, then instantly added, “Oops! I’m doing it.”
Last week, Rae teased that this present can be totally different from her latest dwell performances on tour. “This show is not really #TheAddisonTourShow anymore….. it’s #TheFameAndGloryShow. Sort of a 2.0. Starts at Coachella and finishes in Poland,” she wrote on Instagram. “You don’t want to miss it!!!!!”
Rae’s set on Saturday marked her first full-length solo efficiency at Coachella. In 2025, the singer made her pageant debut when she joined Arca’s set as a shock visitor to sing “Arcamarine,” the remix of Rae’s “Aquamarine.” Rae made the many of the second with a cheeky album announcement: The singer wore a see-through white gown and sizzling pink underwear with the discharge date for her self-titled debut album written on them. At one level, Rae shook her ass at the group so she might successfully talk.
The singer has all the time had a transparent imaginative and prescient for her visible storytelling. In her Rolling Stone cowl story final yr, she detailed how she ready for a report label assembly with a binder stuffed with concepts. “I made a slideshow … I just mood-boarded my vibes. I literally had no music to play him at that point, so it was about trust. Like, ‘Yes, I’m in the clouds, and I enjoy being there. But I’m also serious.’”
