In 2020, The Kid LAROI released his single, "Addison Rae," an ode to TikTok sensation Addison Rae. In an interview with Genius, The Kid LAROI explained how the song came to be, first as a snippet that he shared on TIkTok and then later as a full-fledged tune. As he recalled, someone laid down a beat that immediately sent him rapping about Rae. "It was only like literally three or four lines, and then I was like, 'Bounce this s**t out, I'm gonna make a TikTok to it,'" he recalled.
The rapper's TikTok video racked up more than 14 million views — and attracted the attention of Rae. "I woke up the next morning and she had made a TikTok to the sound," he said in an interview with Hollywire, revealing that he responded by sending her a DM of a laughing emoji. The attention his TikTok video generated, he explained, made him realize that everyone was expecting an entire song to follow.
Before releasing that tune, The Kid LAROI sent it to Rae for her approval: "She was like, 'Yeah, I love it.' I was like, 'Alright, cool.'" Subsequently, the musician revealed, he met Rae in person, describing her simply as "super cool."
