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High Fashion (Addison Rae song)

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"High Fashion"
Single by Addison Rae
from the album Addison
ReleasedFebruary 14, 2025 (2025-02-14)
Genre
Length3:18
Label
Lyricist(s)
Producer(s)
  • Luka Kloser
  • Elvira Anderfjärd
Addison Rae singles chronology
"Aquamarine"
(2024) 		"High Fashion"
(2025) 		"Headphones On"
(2025)
Music video
"High Fashion" on YouTube

"High Fashion" is a song by American singer Addison Rae. It was released on February 14, 2025, through Columbia Records, as the third single from Rae's upcoming debut studio album Addison. "High Fashion" received acclaim from music critics, with emphasis on the song's production and on the continued strength of Rae's recent releases.

Background and release

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On October 30, 2024, the song was teased via a telephone call from the number located on Rae's website.[citation needed] In Rae's Rolling Stone February 2025 cover story, it was revealed that Rae was working on her debut studio album and would soon be releasing her third single titled "High Fashion".[2] Rae worked with songwriters Luka Kloser and Elvira Anderfjärd, from MxM Music to write this song.[2] An official teaser was published on February 10, 2025, announcing the release date to be February 14, 2025.[3] The cover art was revealed on February 12, 2025.[4]

In the song's refrain, Rae sings "I don't need your drugs / I'd rather get high fashion." The mid-tempo track was written by Rae alongside Tove Burman and producers Luka Kloser and Elvira Anderfjärd.[5][6][7] In an interview with Vogue France, Rae described it as "a very free-spirited track", comparing it to her 2024 single "Diet Pepsi", "but in a rawer, more intense, very sexy way, with a touch of vulnerability", sharing that she "put a lot of myself into this song."[8] She said the idea for the song came from seeing a funny Pinterest post: "It was like, 'Fuck cocaine—let's get high on fashion!' [...] It was like, 'I don't need your drugs.' As in, 'I don't need this person's addictive energy in my life, I'd rather have high fashion."[9]

Reception

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Jason Lipshutz of Billboard said that the song is "a worthy sequel" to "Diet Pepsi", noting that she "sounds increasingly confident while delivering lines."[10] Rolling Stone said the track "continues the TikTok queen-turned-pop star's music takeover", calling it "another cheeky hit."[11][12] Paper named it "song of the week", comparing the song to the work of Mount Kimbie and describing it as "hypnotic and euphoric and hugely weird, three things in short supply of late."[13] Sydney Brasil of Exclaim! commented that Rae is "three for three with her latest singles" and that "High Fashion" is "a Confessions of a Shopaholic-coded track that gets the same sultry treatment as the songs you'd hear on an FM radio pre-game mix in 2007."[14] Notion similarly expressed "it's three from three for Addison Rae, who's on a generational run of pop singles", continuing that the track is "an electro-pop brooder, not as instantly catchy as 'Diet Pepsi' or 'Aquamarine' but one that builds with tension and eventually explodes into a frenzy of EDM and trap."[15]

InStyle's Courtney Thompson wrote that "Rae's doing God's work" in the "synth-heavy confection that will probably become the soundtrack for all of your debaucherous adventures in the months to come", adding that "2025 will cement her status as a princess of the genre."[16] Meaghan Garvey of Pitchfork reviewed the track, blurbing that Rae "makes not trying look easy" with the "squelchy, effervescent third single", noting its "finger-snap percussion, the key change halfway through the hook, [and] the way it resists buoyancy and sinks slowly instead."[17] It was then included on that week's Pitchfork Selects Playlist.[18] Joel Calfee of Harper's Bazaar compared the song's intro to FKA Twigs and praised Rae's discography as "only [getting] more fascinating with each new single."[7] Steffanee Wang of The Fader highlighted "High Fashion" as Rae's best single release, calling it a "breathless pop odyssey" and remarking that "it's still astonishing how genuinely high quality each release has been."[19] Writing for Ones to Watch, Giselle Libby echoed earlier reviews that the single "marks a three-peat for the widely doubted, natural born star", is "an epic celebration of Rae's lust for life and freedom of expression", and "there's a real underlying power being harnessed through the music and its complementary visuals."[20]

Music video

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Directed by Mitch Ryan, the official music video was filmed in and references New Orleans, Louisiana, Rae's home state. Portions of the video feature Rae lying in a burning sugarcane field, in a closet, eating sugar-dusted beignets and dancing with a sifter of confectioners' sugar alluding to powdered cocaine.[5] The music video's wardrobe is inspired by Dorothy Gale in The Wizard of Oz (1939), including the iconic ruby slippers, as well as by Britney Spears.[5][21][22] Olivia Craighead of The Cut said the video was reminiscent of the "Tumblr aesthetic".[23] Harper's Bazaar praised Rae's wardrobe in the video, styled by Dara Allen, as embodying a "unique sartorial voice—one that's minimalist and evocative and speaks to someone with a dancer's background—which helps Rae stand out in an industry full of impeccably dressed pop stars."[7]

Rae explained it was "really important" for her to shoot the video in Louisiana because she saw it as a reflection of the way she felt growing up and then moving to Los Angeles, saying: "the Wizard of Oz of it all, I just felt like a fish out of water, in a way. But I always knew I wanted to be famous, to be a movie star, to be a singer—to just be a performer. That was always something I wanted—the glamour and the fashion," continuing, "It's almost like I'm convincing myself in this song, like, 'No, I don't want this—I want the fashion, I want the childhood dreams, I want that life. Don't forget, don't fall in love—you'd rather get these dreams accomplished.'"[9]

Charts

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Chart performance for "High Fashion"
Chart (2025) Peak
position
Ireland (IRMA)[24] 73
New Zealand Hot Singles (RMNZ)[25] 9
UK Singles (OCC)[26] 69

Release history

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Release history for "High Fashion"
Region Date Format(s) Version Label(s) Ref.
Various February 14, 2025
Original
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References

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  1. ^ Walters, Kayla (February 22, 2025). "Addison Rae's "High Fashion" Is High Pop Perfection!". Young Hollywood. Retrieved March 1, 2025.
  2. ^ a b Paul, Larisha (January 21, 2025). "Inside Addison Rae's Upcoming Debut Album: Mood Boards, Max Martin, and High Fashion". Rolling Stone. Retrieved February 12, 2025.
  3. ^ Addison Rae (February 10, 2025). Addison Rae - High Fashion (Official Teaser). Retrieved February 12, 2025 – via YouTube.
  4. ^ "Instagram". www.instagram.com. Retrieved February 12, 2025.
  5. ^ a b c Williams, Aaron (February 14, 2025). "Addison Rae Prefers 'High Fashion' To Drugs In The Whimsical Video For Her New Single". Uproxx. Retrieved February 14, 2025.
  6. ^ Jones, Abby (February 14, 2025). "Addison Rae – "High Fashion"". Stereogum. Retrieved February 14, 2025.
  7. ^ a b c Calfee, Joel (February 14, 2025). "Addison Rae Is Handing Her Heart to High Fashion". Harper's Bazaar. Retrieved February 14, 2025.
  8. ^ Dreyfus, Arthur (February 19, 2025). ""Le chic français est une question d'attitude, une sorte d'aisance naturelle": Addison Rae se confie à Vogue France". Vogue France (in French). Retrieved February 21, 2025.
  9. ^ a b Exposito, Suzy (April 22, 2025). "Addison Rae Knows You Can't Stop Watching Her". Elle. Retrieved April 22, 2025.
  10. ^ Lipshutz, Jason (February 14, 2025). "Friday Music Guide: New Music From Drake & PARTYNEXTDOOR, Sabrina Carpenter, JISOO & More". Billboard. Retrieved February 14, 2025.
  11. ^ Mier, Tomás (February 14, 2025). "Addison Rae Chooses 'High Fashion' Over Cheap Love on New Single". Rolling Stone. Retrieved February 14, 2025.
  12. ^ "Drake, PartyNextDoor, Sabrina Carpenter, Addison Rae, And All the Songs You Need to Know This Week". Rolling Stone. February 14, 2025. Retrieved February 14, 2025.
  13. ^ "Sound Off: 10 Songs You Need to Hear Now". Paper. February 14, 2025. Retrieved February 14, 2025.
  14. ^ Brasil, Sydney (February 14, 2025). "Addison Rae Churns Out Another "High Fashion" Banger". Rolling Stone. Retrieved February 14, 2025.
  15. ^ Thompson, Courtney (February 14, 2025). "NOTION NOW #232: Addison Rae, Sabrina Carpenter & Lucy Dacus". Notion. Retrieved February 14, 2025.
  16. ^ Thompson, Courtney (February 14, 2025). "Addison Rae Churns Out Another "High Fashion" Banger". InStyle Australia. Retrieved February 14, 2025.
  17. ^ Garvey, Meaghan (February 14, 2025). "Addison Rae: "High Fashion" Track Review". Pitchfork. Retrieved February 14, 2025.
  18. ^ "Bon Iver, Addison Rae, and More: This Week's Pitchfork Selects Playlist". Pitchfork. February 18, 2025. Retrieved February 18, 2025.
  19. ^ Wang, Steffanee (February 14, 2025). "Addison Rae continues one of music's greatest rebrands with "High Fashion"". The Fader. Retrieved February 14, 2025.
  20. ^ Libby, Giselle (February 17, 2025). "Addison Rae continues one of music's greatest rebrands with "High Fashion"". Ones to Watch. Retrieved February 18, 2025.
  21. ^ Ingle, Alex (February 14, 2025). "Addison Rae has released yet another Really Very Good new single, "High Fashion"". Dork. Retrieved February 14, 2025.
  22. ^ Jaculewicz, Danielle (February 14, 2025). "Addison Rae Embraces "High Fashion" in Her New Music Video". L'Officiel. Retrieved February 14, 2025.
  23. ^ Craighead, Olivia (February 14, 2025). "Addison Rae's New Video Makes Me Wanna Reblog". The Cut. Retrieved February 14, 2025.
  24. ^ "IRMA – Irish Charts". Irish Recorded Music Association. Retrieved February 21, 2025.
  25. ^ "NZ Hot Singles Chart". Recorded Music NZ. February 21, 2025. Retrieved February 21, 2025.
  26. ^ "Official Singles Chart Top 100". Official Charts Company. Retrieved February 21, 2025.
  27. ^ "High Fashion - Single by Addison Rae". Apple Music. Retrieved February 14, 2025.
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