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Reneé Rapp has released her snarky new single ‘Mad’, from her upcoming second album ‘Bite Me’ – listen below.
‘Mad’ is the second single from her upcoming album, ‘Bite Me’, following the lead single ‘Leave Me Alone’. The music video for ‘Mad’ stars Rapp and Barbie actress Alexandra Shipp and captures a couple’s emotional unraveling. “All of the time, you wasted in your head / We could’ve been having sex / You could’ve been getting all of my time / But you were being mad,” she sings on the chorus song.
‘Bite Me’ will come after a period where Rapp was feeling “really burnt out”, as she told PAPER Magazine, following an album cycle for her debut record ‘Snow Angel, a tour and a press run for a movie. “I stopped loving what I was doing,” she told the outlet. “I was like, ‘I need to shed everything that is hurting me off of my body immediately’.”
“I was like, ‘This has to go away.’ I was like, ‘All right, I’m going off birth control. I’m gonna wean myself off medication because I don’t think I need that right now. I’m gonna do crazy kinds of therapy’,” she said. “I went through months of ketamine therapy. I basically did a purge of everything bad out of my body.”
Watch the music video for Rapp’s ‘Mad’ below.
Earlier this month, Rapp appeared to teased an upcoming tour with a series of social media posts inspired by early 2000s tabloids. The pop culture-inspired teaser, which seemingly called back to the arrest of Justin Timberlake for drunk driving, seemingly confirming Rapp has upcoming dates between September and October.
Elsewhere, earlier this month, Rapp reacted to the news of Tory Lanez‘s stabbing in prison, quipping “maybe we should be stabbing more”.
The singer and Means Girls actor made the comments in a new interview with Ziwe, where she was asked how she felt about news that the rapper had been attacked while in prison.
Lanez (real name Daystar Peterson) is currently serving 10 years in prison after being convicted of shooting Megan Thee Stallion in 2020. Last month, it was reported that he was attacked by a fellow inmate at the California Correctional Institution at Tehachapi; stabbed 14 times, with both of his lungs reportedly collapsing and him requiring a breathing apparatus.
“I feel like a lot of people get stabbed and that’s OK,” Rapp said in the interview. “Maybe we should be doing it more. Maybe we should be stabbing more […] Shiv in the pocket.”
Miley Cyrus has joined a new record label following her departure from Sony Music’s Columbia Records.
The 33 year old singer and songwriter has agreed to a fresh deal with Atlantic Records, the company officially announced.
The label shared the news on its official Instagram account, writing: "Welcome to the family @mileycyrus [white heart emoji]"
Miley joins an impressive Atlantic Records roster that includes Coldplay, Ed Sheeran, Charli XCX, Bruno Mars, Cardi B, Rosé, PinkPantheress, and Lizzo.
The Hannah Montana star launched her recording career at Disney’s Hollywood Records, where she released three albums, before putting out another four records through RCA.
She later signed with Columbia Records in 2021.
Celebrating the agreement at the time, Miley uploaded a photo of herself holding the contract and wrote on her Instagram Story: "WHEN IM NOT RUNNING GAME. IM RUNNING MY MF BUSINESS. LET’S RIDE. (sic)"
During her time with the company, Miley released two albums, Endless Summer Vacation and Something Beautiful.
Only a few days before Something Beautiful arrived on May 30th, 2025, Miley revealed that her next project would take a much more "extremely experimental" direction.
According to Rolling Stone magazine, she offered fans a preview of her future plans during an event at the Chateau Marmont hotel in Hollywood.
Speaking to the intimate audience, she said: "My next album is about to be extremely experimental, so have fun with that.
"Something Beautiful is just the appetizer."
Following the release of the title track Something Beautiful, Miley suggested the project represented "another bold artistic evolution" in her musical journey.
A message posted to her Instagram account stated: "Miley’s second song and video release ‘Something Beautiful’, the title track off of the forthcoming album explores her deep connection to fashion showcasing an original custom design by Casey Cadwallader for the House of Mugler in the visual.
"This era marks another bold artistic evolution for Miley, blending music and film into an immersive experience."
Miley had earlier revealed that Pink Floyd’s The Wall helped shape the inspiration behind the album.
Speaking with Harper's Bazaar, she explained: "My idea was making The Wall, but with a better wardrobe and more glamorous and filled with pop culture.
"It’s a concept album that’s an attempt to medicate somewhat of a sick culture through music.
"I would like to be a human psychedelic for people. I don’t want anyone trying to be like me or imitate me or even be inspired by me. I want to impact frequencies in your body that make you vibrate at a different level."
