Addison Rae hit the stage at the 2026 Grammys, delivering a show-stopping performance of “Fame Is a Gun” while wearing an all purple ’fit. And the choreo? She delivered, as expected.
Time for a rewatch:
After being snubbed by the VMAs months prior, Pop Star Addison is finally received her flowers with a Best New Artist nom back in November. When asked how it felt to be a first-time nominee by the Los Angeles Times, Addison said she “was shocked.”
She added, “The night before the nominations were announced, my managers were like, ‘Should we get together and watch it?’ That puts so much pressure on it. I always wondered with these people that post videos of themselves reacting to nominations—what if it didn’t happen? Do they have confetti and just don’t blow it?”
So…how did she celebrate? Addison continued, “I was like, Maybe we go to Tower Bar, and if it doesn’t happen we just get breakfast—try to treat the day normally. Then I was like, Maybe we don’t want to be there because if it does happen I want to be able to react the way I want to. So we just went to my managers’ office, and it was very chill. I’d looked at all the lists of predictions, and the only place that predicted I would get nominated was Pitchfork. So the odds were not looking great for me. Then they said my name—I was like [gasps]. That was all I could say.”
Love this journey for her.
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