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Speaker 1 (00:10):
My Heart podcasts, hear more kids podcasts, playlists, and listen
live on the Free I hard.
Speaker 2 (00:17):
I've got the one and only Addison Ray.
Speaker 1 (00:25):
Losing on my innocence in the back seat. We lost
all of our innocence when we spoke to Addison Ray.
Speaker 2 (00:31):
What you there?
Speaker 1 (00:34):
I think I know what she's preferring.
Speaker 2 (00:35):
Didn't during It's the moment she found out that Scar
pushed more fast. I didn't she that's it. In the
backseat of it. She was a big scar the moment.
We all know the moment. It's a hard moment to realize. Okay, Well,
look we didn't ask her about that, but we did
speak to earlier this morning.
Speaker 1 (00:50):
Hi, good morning, good morning.
Speaker 3 (00:52):
Well where are you, aren't I lucky?
Speaker 4 (00:56):
I'm in New York.
Speaker 1 (00:57):
Well, so nice to meet you, Addison. Yeah, and I'd
like to start off with a big compliment which might
make you feel a little bit uncomfortable, but I feel
like you have done something which a lot of artists
find incredibly difficult, which is going from a TikTok sensation
where you absolutely blew up. Everyone knew who you were.
Every single one of your videos on TikTok was massive,
(01:18):
and it feels like you've done a really great job
to transition from TikTok superstar to really serious musician and actress,
which I think can be really difficult because people like
to pigeonhole you a certain way, but you feel like
you've moved away from that. Can you talk us through
how you made that transition.
Speaker 5 (01:36):
Yeah, it happened very intuitively but also very intentionally. I
really like to try new things. It all kind of
happened in a way that was very organic and authentic.
Speaker 3 (01:48):
And even though you know, people have their ideas on
how I got involved with music or ways that I
became really attached to the side of myself that's an artist.
So I think all of it has always lived inside
of me, and it is only you know, in the
past few years of me having this luxury and opportunity
(02:09):
to kind of explore it, that it's really blossomed.
Speaker 2 (02:11):
So it was like it so it was it was
a conscious ray brand. You said there was some intention.
Speaker 3 (02:16):
There, I wouldn't necessarily call it that.
Speaker 5 (02:18):
I think. I think intentionality for me is commitment and
all of these things, and and when the time is
right and it feels right, I like to commit one
hundred percent, so there was no real rebrand. I think
that is kind of a funny word that I associated
with me. Like I said, all of these things lived
(02:38):
inside of me, and you know, for a while, I
wasn't necessarily able to explore them like like I wanted to.
And once I got that opportunity to explore them the
way that I wanted to, there was just in intention
and commitment that was right.
Speaker 2 (02:52):
I was just trying to empathize because I recently got
an earring, so I'm kind of going through a bit
of a conscious ray brand in my own so I
was just trying to like see if we were on
the same time.
Speaker 5 (03:00):
But you know, I think all of these little things
that changed you. I mean I got my belly button.
Speaker 4 (03:05):
Pierce, and I think that gave me definitely a different
I know. Yeah, I mean I think, you know, I
actually associate that kind of in the same category as
dyeing your hair, because when you dye your hair or
get a new haircut, Yeah, you almost like embody, this
new energy that you shouldn't know existed in you, but
it always exists in you.
Speaker 5 (03:24):
It's just about activating it.
Speaker 1 (03:26):
Yeah, I love that when you do die your hair
I'm always interested with going to the hairdresser. And when
you do have a bad job done to your hair,
whether it's a cut or a color, are you honest
with your hair dresses that straight away? Because there's this
moment where you're looking at them through the mirror and
it's like thin that you're not happy and you don't
know how to deal with it. Have you ever had
that moment and would you address it straightaway?
Speaker 5 (03:46):
Addison, I've definitely had that moment every single time I
go to the hair salon. It takes me about a
week to get used to whatever I did, because I
get so comfortable in the way that I am right
Almost right before I change myself my hair or change
my makeup or change a cut, I am like, wait,
I really love it, and then I end up falling
(04:06):
through and just still doing the change anyways, and then
I allow it to have its course with me where
I hate it.
Speaker 1 (04:12):
They always say it's eight days. Eight days after a
haircut is when your hair looks awesome, So you.
Speaker 4 (04:17):
Need to go into a case really grow into it.
Speaker 2 (04:20):
Yeah, totally. Much as much as I am enjoying talking
about Adison's hair, I would like to talk a little
bit more about your record, Addison, I want to know.
So there's a song here called Fame is a Gun
and just kind of like tying in with let's call
it you belly button piercing your career exploring. Yeah, sure, exploring,
all right, which I think is a nice metaphor. In
the belly button piercing. There's this line that you're talking
(04:41):
about in famers a Gun. There's no mystery. I'm going
to make it. I'm going down in history. And I
know you've spoken before about the idea of wanting to
be famous since since you were really young. In Australia,
we have this thing called tall poppy syndrome. Do you
know what that is? No, So it's poppies all grow
at the same height. So when there's a poppy that's
higher than the field of poppies that everyone else is
in Australia, we want to cut it down. It's this
(05:02):
kind of like weird obsession we have with people being modest,
interesting that your generation is different like that that you're like,
you know, hard on your slave. This is what I
want to do. This is how I want to get it.
You say it, you put it out there is the
idea of being famous something that has been rewarding for you,
like achieving that goal, And is being famous something that
still drives your career decisions.
Speaker 5 (05:23):
No, I definitely don't think it drives my decisions. I
think initially, like the excitement and the newness of that
instant gratification maybe was driving some decisions. Now I'm fully
led by what I want to do, which you know,
takes a lot of courage to say no to things.
A lot of times it's really hard to not accept
(05:45):
things when.
Speaker 3 (05:45):
When you're worried, like oh what if it goes away?
Speaker 5 (05:48):
But I think I've gotten to this point in my
life where I don't treat things like they're fleeting anymore.
Speaker 2 (05:53):
Did it scare you at all?
Speaker 3 (05:53):
Have you go to bad?
Speaker 2 (05:54):
Have you had a bad taste in your mouth at all?
Speaker 3 (05:56):
From it?
Speaker 2 (05:56):
Like? Have you as his fame been hard?
Speaker 5 (05:59):
I mean, yeah, I think I would be lying if
I said it wasn't hard. But I think it's all
of the things that I could have ever imagined experiencing
and doing and un understanding about people and about my
passions and dance and my career and my life, and
all of those things make up for the difficulties, and
I think I actually have grown a lot as a
(06:20):
person and gained so much compassion and empathy towards people
because of it, and so I really appreciate all of
that it's done for me.
Speaker 1 (06:28):
What is the hardest part about fame or what's the
part of fame that maybe you weren't expecting when you
were thinking about the idea of Was.
Speaker 2 (06:35):
There a moment, Was there a moment where you were like,
WHOA didn't see this coming?
Speaker 4 (06:38):
Yeah?
Speaker 5 (06:38):
I mean you think everything's going to be easy and
everyone will understand it. Maybe it ends up being a lot.
Speaker 2 (06:44):
Different than that.
Speaker 5 (06:45):
And I think it changes the lives of you and
the people around you. And maybe that's something that I
wasn't necessarily prepared for, Nor do I think you can
ever be prepared for that shift, you know.
Speaker 1 (06:55):
Hiy final question, Edison, there's a viral photo of you
walking down the street reading a Britney Spears biopic, who
I know you've said is a huge influence on you.
Would you play Britney Spears in a biopy.
Speaker 5 (07:08):
Film if she wanted me to do it. I would
do just about anything for miss Britney Spears. She's my
fellow Louisiana girl.
Speaker 1 (07:18):
Have you ever spoken to Britney? Has there been any interaction?
Speaker 5 (07:22):
No, we haven't spoken, but whenever that is meant to happen,
it will, and I know it will. We'll connect someday
because we both love to dance and be wild and
I just want to learn from her.
Speaker 2 (07:32):
She is magic. I love that you sound like you're
surrounded by such a great group of people as well.
I know we saw we were just watching before your
video at Coachelli with Charlie XCX. You guys seem super tired.
How did you and Charlie mate?
Speaker 5 (07:44):
We met in a session actually, which it happened really
organically actually, and we're in the same room writing a
song and she joined a session as a writer for
me and we were just in there and we really
hit it off.
Speaker 2 (07:54):
She seems to bring out these energy and people. We're
watching this video of you guys at Coachella and like,
I don't know if this is necessarily your vibe as well.
I'm not on the tiktoks, but like you came out
wearing this like pink leotide with the tutu, and then
you cut over to Charlie and you know she's wearing
a pretty little nothing really, like it's all leather and
everything like that. Do you vibe off that energy?
Speaker 5 (08:13):
Does she?
Speaker 2 (08:13):
Does she bring out that sense of like badness or
wildness in you like she seems to everyone else.
Speaker 5 (08:19):
Definitely. I mean Charlie is someone that lives life so
intensely and passionately, and it always is really inspiring when
it's come at you in a different angle. And I
think I live that same way, but it's it's a
little bit softer and I'm a little bit more I guess, cautious,
and she just comes in so hardcore and it's yeah,
(08:40):
it definitely brings out a different energy.
Speaker 1 (08:43):
Well, you keep doing you, Edison, thanks so much for
the chat.
Speaker 5 (08:47):
Thank y'all.
My Heart podcasts, hear more kids podcasts, playlists, and listen
live on the Free I hard.
Speaker 2 (00:17):
I've got the one and only Addison Ray.
Speaker 1 (00:25):
Losing on my innocence in the back seat. We lost
all of our innocence when we spoke to Addison Ray.
Speaker 2 (00:31):
What you there?
Speaker 1 (00:34):
I think I know what she's preferring.
Speaker 2 (00:35):
Didn't during It's the moment she found out that Scar
pushed more fast. I didn't she that's it. In the
backseat of it. She was a big scar the moment.
We all know the moment. It's a hard moment to realize. Okay, Well,
look we didn't ask her about that, but we did
speak to earlier this morning.
Speaker 1 (00:50):
Hi, good morning, good morning.
Speaker 3 (00:52):
Well where are you, aren't I lucky?
Speaker 4 (00:56):
I'm in New York.
Speaker 1 (00:57):
Well, so nice to meet you, Addison. Yeah, and I'd
like to start off with a big compliment which might
make you feel a little bit uncomfortable, but I feel
like you have done something which a lot of artists
find incredibly difficult, which is going from a TikTok sensation
where you absolutely blew up. Everyone knew who you were.
Every single one of your videos on TikTok was massive,
(01:18):
and it feels like you've done a really great job
to transition from TikTok superstar to really serious musician and actress,
which I think can be really difficult because people like
to pigeonhole you a certain way, but you feel like
you've moved away from that. Can you talk us through
how you made that transition.
Speaker 5 (01:36):
Yeah, it happened very intuitively but also very intentionally. I
really like to try new things. It all kind of
happened in a way that was very organic and authentic.
Speaker 3 (01:48):
And even though you know, people have their ideas on
how I got involved with music or ways that I
became really attached to the side of myself that's an artist.
So I think all of it has always lived inside
of me, and it is only you know, in the
past few years of me having this luxury and opportunity
(02:09):
to kind of explore it, that it's really blossomed.
Speaker 2 (02:11):
So it was like it so it was it was
a conscious ray brand. You said there was some intention.
Speaker 3 (02:16):
There, I wouldn't necessarily call it that.
Speaker 5 (02:18):
I think. I think intentionality for me is commitment and
all of these things, and and when the time is
right and it feels right, I like to commit one
hundred percent, so there was no real rebrand. I think
that is kind of a funny word that I associated
with me. Like I said, all of these things lived
(02:38):
inside of me, and you know, for a while, I
wasn't necessarily able to explore them like like I wanted to.
And once I got that opportunity to explore them the
way that I wanted to, there was just in intention
and commitment that was right.
Speaker 2 (02:52):
I was just trying to empathize because I recently got
an earring, so I'm kind of going through a bit
of a conscious ray brand in my own so I
was just trying to like see if we were on
the same time.
Speaker 5 (03:00):
But you know, I think all of these little things
that changed you. I mean I got my belly button.
Speaker 4 (03:05):
Pierce, and I think that gave me definitely a different
I know. Yeah, I mean I think, you know, I
actually associate that kind of in the same category as
dyeing your hair, because when you dye your hair or
get a new haircut, Yeah, you almost like embody, this
new energy that you shouldn't know existed in you, but
it always exists in you.
Speaker 5 (03:24):
It's just about activating it.
Speaker 1 (03:26):
Yeah, I love that when you do die your hair
I'm always interested with going to the hairdresser. And when
you do have a bad job done to your hair,
whether it's a cut or a color, are you honest
with your hair dresses that straight away? Because there's this
moment where you're looking at them through the mirror and
it's like thin that you're not happy and you don't
know how to deal with it. Have you ever had
that moment and would you address it straightaway?
Speaker 5 (03:46):
Addison, I've definitely had that moment every single time I
go to the hair salon. It takes me about a
week to get used to whatever I did, because I
get so comfortable in the way that I am right
Almost right before I change myself my hair or change
my makeup or change a cut, I am like, wait,
I really love it, and then I end up falling
(04:06):
through and just still doing the change anyways, and then
I allow it to have its course with me where
I hate it.
Speaker 1 (04:12):
They always say it's eight days. Eight days after a
haircut is when your hair looks awesome, So you.
Speaker 4 (04:17):
Need to go into a case really grow into it.
Speaker 2 (04:20):
Yeah, totally. Much as much as I am enjoying talking
about Adison's hair, I would like to talk a little
bit more about your record, Addison, I want to know.
So there's a song here called Fame is a Gun
and just kind of like tying in with let's call
it you belly button piercing your career exploring. Yeah, sure, exploring,
all right, which I think is a nice metaphor. In
the belly button piercing. There's this line that you're talking
(04:41):
about in famers a Gun. There's no mystery. I'm going
to make it. I'm going down in history. And I
know you've spoken before about the idea of wanting to
be famous since since you were really young. In Australia,
we have this thing called tall poppy syndrome. Do you
know what that is? No, So it's poppies all grow
at the same height. So when there's a poppy that's
higher than the field of poppies that everyone else is
in Australia, we want to cut it down. It's this
(05:02):
kind of like weird obsession we have with people being modest,
interesting that your generation is different like that that you're like,
you know, hard on your slave. This is what I
want to do. This is how I want to get it.
You say it, you put it out there is the
idea of being famous something that has been rewarding for you,
like achieving that goal, And is being famous something that
still drives your career decisions.
Speaker 5 (05:23):
No, I definitely don't think it drives my decisions. I
think initially, like the excitement and the newness of that
instant gratification maybe was driving some decisions. Now I'm fully
led by what I want to do, which you know,
takes a lot of courage to say no to things.
A lot of times it's really hard to not accept
(05:45):
things when.
Speaker 3 (05:45):
When you're worried, like oh what if it goes away?
Speaker 5 (05:48):
But I think I've gotten to this point in my
life where I don't treat things like they're fleeting anymore.
Speaker 2 (05:53):
Did it scare you at all?
Speaker 3 (05:53):
Have you go to bad?
Speaker 2 (05:54):
Have you had a bad taste in your mouth at all?
Speaker 3 (05:56):
From it?
Speaker 2 (05:56):
Like? Have you as his fame been hard?
Speaker 5 (05:59):
I mean, yeah, I think I would be lying if
I said it wasn't hard. But I think it's all
of the things that I could have ever imagined experiencing
and doing and un understanding about people and about my
passions and dance and my career and my life, and
all of those things make up for the difficulties, and
I think I actually have grown a lot as a
(06:20):
person and gained so much compassion and empathy towards people
because of it, and so I really appreciate all of
that it's done for me.
Speaker 1 (06:28):
What is the hardest part about fame or what's the
part of fame that maybe you weren't expecting when you
were thinking about the idea of Was.
Speaker 2 (06:35):
There a moment, Was there a moment where you were like,
WHOA didn't see this coming?
Speaker 4 (06:38):
Yeah?
Speaker 5 (06:38):
I mean you think everything's going to be easy and
everyone will understand it. Maybe it ends up being a lot.
Speaker 2 (06:44):
Different than that.
Speaker 5 (06:45):
And I think it changes the lives of you and
the people around you. And maybe that's something that I
wasn't necessarily prepared for, Nor do I think you can
ever be prepared for that shift, you know.
Speaker 1 (06:55):
Hiy final question, Edison, there's a viral photo of you
walking down the street reading a Britney Spears biopic, who
I know you've said is a huge influence on you.
Would you play Britney Spears in a biopy.
Speaker 5 (07:08):
Film if she wanted me to do it. I would
do just about anything for miss Britney Spears. She's my
fellow Louisiana girl.
Speaker 1 (07:18):
Have you ever spoken to Britney? Has there been any interaction?
Speaker 5 (07:22):
No, we haven't spoken, but whenever that is meant to happen,
it will, and I know it will. We'll connect someday
because we both love to dance and be wild and
I just want to learn from her.
Speaker 2 (07:32):
She is magic. I love that you sound like you're
surrounded by such a great group of people as well.
I know we saw we were just watching before your
video at Coachelli with Charlie XCX. You guys seem super tired.
How did you and Charlie mate?
Speaker 5 (07:44):
We met in a session actually, which it happened really
organically actually, and we're in the same room writing a
song and she joined a session as a writer for
me and we were just in there and we really
hit it off.
Speaker 2 (07:54):
She seems to bring out these energy and people. We're
watching this video of you guys at Coachella and like,
I don't know if this is necessarily your vibe as well.
I'm not on the tiktoks, but like you came out
wearing this like pink leotide with the tutu, and then
you cut over to Charlie and you know she's wearing
a pretty little nothing really, like it's all leather and
everything like that. Do you vibe off that energy?
Speaker 5 (08:13):
Does she?
Speaker 2 (08:13):
Does she bring out that sense of like badness or
wildness in you like she seems to everyone else.
Speaker 5 (08:19):
Definitely. I mean Charlie is someone that lives life so
intensely and passionately, and it always is really inspiring when
it's come at you in a different angle. And I
think I live that same way, but it's it's a
little bit softer and I'm a little bit more I guess, cautious,
and she just comes in so hardcore and it's yeah,
(08:40):
it definitely brings out a different energy.
Speaker 1 (08:43):
Well, you keep doing you, Edison, thanks so much for
the chat.
Speaker 5 (08:47):
Thank y'all.
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