Addison

Addison Rae – Addison: B-Side Breakdown 72 (C-) from 5 critic reviews.

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Released June 6, 2025
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Artist
Addison Rae
Album
Addison
B-Side Breakdown72Grade: C-
Critics who liked it40%2 of 5 scored it 75 or higher
DivisivenessBroad agreementHow close the scores are: most critics land within 14 points of each other

Early reviews. Based on 5 critics so far. The Breakdown will settle as more outlets weigh in.

020406080100Spectrum Culture: 60PopMatters: 70Slant: 70Clash: 80Pitchfork: 80 Breakdown 72
The gist
Clash 8/10 80 “In just one year, Addison Rae has invented herself. Once a ditzy TikTok star dancing for Jimmy Fallon and shaking hands with President Trump, she’s joined”
Pitchfork 8/10 80 “Read Meaghan Garvey’s review of the album.”
PopMatters 7/10 70 “I'm left with a new idea of who Addison Rae is, and this idea is way more interesting than how I feel about most of the pop music in those…”
Slant 3.5/5 70 “Like so much good pop music, the album makes hard work seem like second nature.”
Spectrum Culture 60/100 60 “Perhaps if TikTok star Addison Rae’s full-length debut LP had leaned more into its own generation, it wouldn’t sound so out of touch.”

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How the Breakdown works

Every outlet’s score is converted to 0–100 (2/5 is 40, 5.9/10 is 59, a B+ is 88) and averaged. Grades follow the B-Side scale: A is 90–100, B 80–89, C 70–79, D 60–69, F below 60. Critics who liked it is the share of outlets that scored it 75 or higher; the Breakdown shows green at 75 and up, red below. Divisiveness asks a different question: not whether critics liked it, but how close their scores are to each other. Five critics who all give it 50 are Unanimous, even though none of them liked it. The labels run Unanimous, Broad agreement, Some debate, Divided, and Contentious. Replay rate comes from listeners, not critics: yes counts fully, a few tracks counts half, no counts zero. The gist quotes each outlet’s own summary of its review. Scores marked est. come from reviews that publish no number.

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