Addison Rae Channels ‘Barbie’ Energy for Dreamy New Selfies

The pop sensation was looking pretty in pink for her latest photo drop.
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Hi, Barbie! (Oh wait, we meant: Hi, Addison Rae!)

Honestly, it’s an easy mistake to make, as the TikTok star turned pop sensation was channeling some serious Barbie energy this week when she dropped her latest set of selfies on Instagram. In the new three-photo carousel—which the singer simply captioned, “Gonna dream about you”—Rae posed for some sultry snapshots while looking pretty in pink.

Sporting a corset-style top in a bright blush shade with matching baby pink nails, the singer snapped a sequence of classic mirror selfies to share with her 34.2 million followers.

Her blonde hair was parted to the side and partially pulled back in a messy updo with several strands left out to frame her face. Meanwhile, her makeup look was an everyday staple glam featuring bold eyebrows, a thick cat-eye eyeliner and even more pink on her pout. Accessorizing with a simple necklace, studded earrings and a bedazzled phone case, Rae was basically a pastel daydream.

“this is so 2014 in the best way,” Carter James wrote in the comment section on Instagram under the photo set.

“Mother is mothering 🔥,” another fan added.

“Dream about who? Sombr? 😼,” one follower joked, referencing both Rae’s Instagram caption and her recent cameo appearance in the aforementioned artist’s music video.

In case you missed it, Rae teamed up with Sombr for a cameo in their “12 to 12” music video, which premiered on July 24. In the striking 1970s-inspired visual, the “Fame is a Gun” singer played the role of Sombr’s muse, with her dancing skills on full display while the retro-sounding tune played in the background over montages of her moves.

And this cameo was only one of the many exciting things Rae has been up to this summer. In fact, similarly to Barbie summer back in 2023—see how we tied Barbie back into this?—the summer of 2025 has been Rae’s time to shine.

To start, the singer made a surprise appearance at Coachella back in April, where she announced the release date of her self-titled debut album. Then on June 6, the highly anticipated Addison was released, debuting at number four on the Billboard Hot 200. Rae then went on to open for Lana Del Rey for the latter’s London shows at Wembley Stadium on July 3 and 4, where they performed a duet of Rae’s hit “Diet Pepsi.”

Next up for the artist is The Addison Tour, which will see Rae visiting 31 locations beginning with Dublin, Ireland, on August 26!


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Allie Hayes
ALLIE HAYES

Allie Hayes is an experienced pop culture staff writer and editor specializing in movies, TV and celebrity news. Before joining the Sports Illustrated Swimsuit team as a Breaking/Trending News Editor, she worked at several outlets including BuzzFeed, The Daily Dot, and Newsweek. When she’s not writing for work (or writing for fun), you’ll find her curled up on the couch reading yet another romance novel, obsessively watching pro wrestling with her friends, or taking blurry photos of her two adorable cats.