If you want to support the artist then you can follow them on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram, visit their website and of course visit their Tik Tok. So that’s what I thought of Addison Grace’s single ‘Sugar Rush’ and if you want to check that out for yourself then head on over to Spotify. I loved the balance between the slower, more melancholic parts and the more high energy parts, they created a nice counterpoint in what has turned out to be a wonderfully engaging track. Addison’s voice has a depth and originality to it that means they could sing anything and it’d sound good. ‘Sugar Rush’ opens with some vibrant strings, sweet and melodic, but not quite a sugar rush yet, joking aside it’s a smooth, ambient intro that’s light and effervescent but not forgettable. Today, however, I will be reviewing her single ‘Sugar Rush’ which was released on August 25th 2020. If you’d like to learn more about Addison Grace then you can check out this interview we did with them here. This isn’t my first time reviewing Addison Grace, and you can click here to check out more. Speaking of which, Off the Record has recently made a Tik Tok of our very own, and you can follow us by clicking here. “I wanted to put stickers and all that because when you’re finding yourself, it feels like these weird puzzle that don’t fit quite right, so I wanted it to look slightly off… I really love it and it feels really nostalgic to me.Addison Grace is a fantastically talented singer/songwriter, who I initially came across because our equally fantastic contributor and in-house graphic artist Tori B Bearly is addicted to Tik Tok and is a huge fan of them. “I wanted it to be realistic so I searched through a bunch of scrapbooks and I found pictures of two-year old me, 10-year old me, 15-year old me and a picture of me from last year and we ended up crafting it all together because I’ve always loved the idea of putting photos together and it makes something else. ![]() HBO Leads GLAAD Media Awards For LGBTQ Representation I didn’t want it to be something someone had drawn.” He adds, “Even though, for me, it’s a song about gender identity and finding myself in that way, I think really at the core - it becomes a song about not understanding yourself and wishing so desperately that you could and it’s a very vulnerable song for that reason.”Īddison Grace shares of the cover art for the single, “I feel like a lot of my work recently has been about growing up and about those awkward moments in your life, so for this song, I wanted it to be a collage of my face growing up. “I even had my friends who were born female and identify as female feel that way because they felt they were a tomboy and never fit in with the ‘girlie girls’ so to speak.”Ĭharlie Puth Consoles Disappointed TikTok Star After He’s Rejected From Juilliard I had trans men relating to it saying ‘I’ve always felt like that.’ I’ve had trans women being like ‘I used to deny I was a woman and I wanted to be a boy I wanted to be ‘normal’ - quote, unquote. The singer says of the fan reaction prior to the official release, “A lot of people ended up relating to the song. With time, I realized it was very much me explaining - in song form - that I wasn’t a girl and that I was nonbinary instead.” I’m very open with how I identify online and I’ve always openly been a queer creator, queer musician, and at that time I was really not understanding how I identified with my gender and how I felt about it, and so it started off as a song about gender roles and how I was jealous of guys and how they got to have certain things I couldn’t have. In an interview with B Drop, he shares: “I initially started writing it when I was questioning a lot of things about myself. ![]() Addison Grace – Photo: Courtney Kiara Boyer Writing the fan favourite track led the Salt Lake City-based musician to discover their pronouns – he/they – and “come home to themselves in a way that provided freedom, comfort and genuine love,” a press release states of the powerful lyrics.Īddison Grace wasn’t expecting to release the song outside of social media, but did after it was so well-received. TikTok star Addison Grace just released “I Wanna Be a Boy”. Addison Grace - Photo: Courtney Kiara Boyer
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