US EditionFrom ‘Mean Girls’ to Pop Star: Reneé Rapp Drops Raw New Album Ahead of 2025 Tour
LOS ANGELES, AUG 1 – Reneé Rapp's 12-track album BITE ME blends ’90s alt-rock and 2000s pop-punk to explore mental health, burnout, and fame with production from top collaborators.
- Reneé Rapp released her second studio album, Bite Me, on August 1, 2025, via Interscope and plans a major release show in Brooklyn that night.
- Rapp developed her pop career after Broadway success, choosing music over acting as her main focus to control her creative direction.
- Bite Me explores themes of anger, mental health, fame, and burnout through punk-edged pop songs including singles Mad and Leave Me Alone.
- Rapp expressed a desire to be left alone so she could enjoy herself and acknowledged that she experiences her emotions very intensely, rating them at a 10.
- The album establishes Rapp as a confident pop artist with a planned extensive North American tour following the album launch in Brooklyn.
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From ‘Mean Girls’ to pop star: Reneé Rapp drops raw new album ahead of 2025 tour
Reneé Rapp has never exactly fit the mold. At 19, she stepped into stilettos once worn by Broadway royalty, taking on the role of Regina George in “Mean Girls” — first on stage, then on screen. By 25, she had already left behind the teen comedy trappings and was elbow-deep in her first love: music. Now, the singer-songwriter is entering a new era. Her sophomore album, “Bite Me,” released Friday, arrives with teeth bared. “I wanted to love this,”…
Renee Rapp had clear intentions for his second album, “Bite Me”.
Reneé Rapp Has A 40-Hour Fling With ‘Kiss It Kiss It’ From Her New Album, ‘Bite Me’
Reneé Rapp’s new album, Bite Me, has arrived and the Mean Girls star’s fans have already chosen their favorite track: “Kiss It Kiss It,” a song about a weekend-long fling with a girl from the other side of town. The song already has the most streams from the album on YouTube, which is often an indicator of the song artists and their teams should give the push to. A glittery synth-pop dance floor anthem with some aggressive pop-punk breakdowns, “…
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