Reneé Rapp is a force to be reckoned with. At just twenty-five, she has played as Regina George in the Broadway adaptation of Mean Girls, reprising that same role in the 2024 adaptation of the film and achieved similar success with her music career by receiving a GLAAD Media Award and a Kids’ Choice Award for Favorite Breakout Artist.
After touring her debut album Snow Angel in 2023, Rapp is back with her second album Bite Me, and honestly, it is such a vibe.
Reneé Rapp is done crying, and she’s throwing a glitter-stained tantrum instead.
After the heartbreak and haunted ballads of Snow Angel, Bite Me rips the plaster off with a mouthful of eyeliner, club lights, and emotional whiplash. It’s her first album since coming out, and she’s not holding back. If Snow Angel was the storm before the breakdown, Bite Me is the afterparty where you’ve stopped caring, stopped apologising, and started texting people you shouldn’t.
This isn’t just an album, it’s a full-body scream. Rapp is here to be loud, messy, hungover, and unfiltered. She’s living fast and singing faster. The entire record feels like an Instagram story from someone you’d follow just to live vicariously: shots of tequila, strangers in bathrooms, leather jackets, and lipstick-stained regrets.
She’s swapped Broadway and heartbreak for Hollywood chaos, biting lyrics, razor-sharp hooks, and a healthy dose of I’m hot and that’s enough. “Talking is boring,” she purrs on ‘Kiss It Kiss It,’ a glam-rock banger that sounds like it was written on a club bathroom mirror with red lipstick.
“At Least I’m Hot’ is a glitzy, unbothered disco strut, a fever dream featuring Rapp’s girlfriend and fellow musician Towa Bird. Together, they’re like Cher and Greg Allman for the queer TikTok age: iconic, dramatic, and probably turning every studio session into an early 2000 rom.
Even when she nods to the past, like on ‘Good Girl’, an 80s synth-pop daydream where she reminisces about yoga, early nights and safe sex, it’s with a wink. That girl’s long gone, replaced by someone who’s a little more unhinged and a lot more fun.
Bite Me isn’t asking for your approval. It’s kicking the door in, pouring you a drink, and daring you not to dance. Reneé Rapp might be making a mess, but it sounds good.
There are so many quotable and questionable lines throughout this entire album; it’s chaotic to say the least. “Don’t handle me with care when you’re pulling my hair.” “Funny, cause it didn’t feel like friends on the kitchen floor.” It’s all sweat, sex, and serotonin withdrawal, like a diary entry you accidentally printed on vinyl.
One thing is very clear with this album: Rap is back and shows definitely in her Brat era. One thing I love about young, upcoming artists is watching them grow and evolve and hearing their music change and grow with them. In Rapp’s case it’s clear that she is slowly leaving her Broadway days behind with ‘That’s so Funny’ being the only power ballad compared to Snow Angel, which is quite the opposite. It’s nice to see her try something else, but I am crossing my fingers she doesn’t blend into the background.
Reneé Rapp, Bite Me – 1 August 2025 (Interscope)
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