Direct From Hollywood with Ryan Seacrest: Why We Kinda Have Charlie XCX to Thank for Addison Rae’s “Diet Pepsi”

Why do we have Charli XCX...to thank in part...for Addison Rae’s hit “Diet Pepsi?

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Episode Transcript

Speaker 1 (00:00):
Direct from Hollywood. While Addison Ray has been releasing music
for a few years now, her career took a serious
upturn with her smash single Diet Pepsi. And it turns
out the writing and recording sessions that churned out that
smash came hot on the heels of another studio day,
Addison making her contributions to Charlie XCX's remix of Von Dutch,

(00:22):
and that experience lit a creative fire under Addison. She
tells Billboard, Charlie really gave me the confidence as a writer.
That's why I felt so sure going into our sessions.
Most of the sessions I did before I did the
Von Dutch remix session, I had a lot of writers
in the room, and I felt like I was leaning
on them a lot. Charlie really leaned on me, which

(00:44):
gave me so much confidence. And that's really when a
big shift happened for me as far as being a songwriter.
That's Addison Ray on the self trust Charlie XX infused
in her her album Addison is out Now. That's direct
from Hollywood.