Addison Rae at the End of Pop History

Stardom is a cycle. After years in the firmament, they sometimes burn too bright and explode. Newer, more industrious entities must make meaning from the resultant debris – and it’s the same in Hollywood as it is in space. When the star system collapsed in the Sixties, its aging alumnae were forced into hysterical, low-budget bits of psychological horror. Joan Crawford brandished an axe; Hedy Lamarr became a vengeful cougar. Now ex-TikToker Addison Rae is off on her first world tour – The Addison Tour –and she has a constellation of her own to mess around with. Britney, Kylie and Madonna, the old inheritors of Hollywood’s star system, are about to get their turn in the fog.