Spotlight: Reneé Rapp
Festival Season
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49m
"The GRAMMY Museum was thrilled to welcome acclaimed singer-songwriter Reneé Rapp to the Museum’s intimate 200-seat Clive Davis Theater for a conversation moderated by Billboard's Lyndsey Havens about music, career, creative process, and more, in addition to a special live performance of songs from her debut album ‘Snow Angel.’
Reneé Rapp knew she was born to perform ever since she was a child. Even in her earliest memories, her love of music was always present. “I couldn't sit still in the car unless there was music,” she says. “Otherwise, I would cry the entire time.” The North Carolina native began harnessing her natural creativity by writing and recording songs when she was just a teenager.
Eventually, her career took off when she landed the coveted role of Regina George in the Tony-nominated Mean Girls musical on Broadway. Shortly after, she found widespread recognition and praise for her performance as Leighton on the HBO Max series The Sex Lives of College Girls written by Mindy Kaling. Rapp then turned her attention back to music, sharing her threadbare insecurities on debut single “Tattoos.” Since then, her songs have caught on like wildfire with listeners.
The multi-hyphenate's entire debut headline tour sold out in a matter of minutes, her inspiring single “Too Well” has impacted the Top 40, and her discography has amassed over 200 million streams and counting. Her sold out ‘Snow Hard Feelings’ Tour, which kicked off in September 2023 with support from Alexander 23 and Towa Bird, sold over 65K tickets within the first 24 hours alone. Not only that, she reprised the role of Regina George in the Paramount+ feature adaptation of the Broadway musical Mean Girls. Rapp's 2022 debut EP Everything to Everyone, as well as its deluxe edition, firmly established her pop staying power, while her debut LP, Snow Angel, was primed to fully showcase the hitmaker's vulnerable approach to songwriting and stunning vocal range. "