“I guess we made it to Hollywood,” Addison Rae told a sold-out crowd of 2,300 fans at the Wiltern Theatre.

On Sunday night, the 25-year-old singer began the first of three shows in Los Angeles, with the third being at the Greek Theatre on Wednesday. These shows conclude the North American leg of “The Addison Tour,” which had its first U.S. date in September in Austin, Texas.

Rae first gained public attention by uploading dance videos to TikTok in late 2019. She quickly earned a massive audience and is currently the sixth-most-followed person on the platform with 88.3 million followers.

Over the past two years, Rae has made a successful transition from TikTok dancer and social media mogul to pop star. The release of her debut album “Addison” in June was met with widespread acclaim. Its lead single, “Diet Pepsi,” has amassed over 500,000 streams on Spotify.

Now performing a headlining show in Los Angeles, Rae commanded the stage with confidence and charisma. Met with screams of anticipation, she opened her show with “Fame is a Gun,” a synth-pop track featuring an irresistible hook. Throughout the concert, Rae hit each dance move with precision while never sacrificing her playful personality.

During her high-paced performance of “New York,” fans jumped and danced amid the chaos of strobe lights, turning the theatre into a club. After walking up a set of stairs in a neon orange bikini and black sheer thigh highs, Rae slowed down to speak to the audience.

“Every single time I come onto this stage and do this show, it feels like I’m dreaming,” said Rae.

Repeatedly throughout the night, the singer made sure to express her gratitude to the audience. As she looked out into a sea of fans from atop the stairs, Rae began to sing “Summer Forever,” an atmospheric track that blends airy vocals with hazy synths.

For Rae, dancing comes naturally, since she has been a competitive dancer from a young age. However, she has had to prove herself as a songwriter. Collaborating with producers Luka Kloser and Elvira Anderfjärd on her debut album, Rae wrote about the contradiction of confidence and insecurity while touching on fame and pop culture references. At her concert, the loud decibels of fans screaming her lyrics are a testament to her evolving skills as a songwriter.

Continuing the 14-song set, Rae never lost the attention of the audience. She kept up the energy with songs like “Aquamarine,” a mythical, Madonna-esque dance track, and “Headphones On,” an anthemic, early 2000s-inspired pop song. During the flaunting yet infectious “Money is Everything,” green confetti rained down on fans throughout the theatre.

To end the show, Rae performed her hit “Diet Pepsi” in a white tulle gown, as pyrotechnics glimmered behind her. Mesmerized, the crowd broke into a final applause for Rae and her dancers.

For Gen Z audiences who became familiar with Rae through TikTok trends and viral videos earlier in the decade, her impressive concert performance might have come as a surprise. However, after witnessing her live show, fans can see how she has the stage presence of an experienced performer.

“My 2020 self would never think that I would be going to an Addison Rae concert, but honestly, I’m happy I did,” said Sam Saunders, a sophomore political science major at USC who attended Sunday’s show. “I think she has the potential to become something even bigger than she already is.”

Concise and captivating, Rae’s performance cements her as a Gen Z pop icon. In 2025, there is no traditional formula for becoming a pop star. Anyone can post on social media and become “famous.” Rae represents a new age of pop stars who are redefining fame and creating their own visions.

Rae will conclude her headlining tour in Australia later this year before playing as a supporting act for music festivals such as Coachella in 2026.