The multi-talented star talks dropping her debut album, going on tour, and the evolution of her creative process
she’d “never be as confident as that 18-year-old.”
Five years later, Rapp appears just as self-assured. She got her big break after being cast as Regina George in Tina Fey’son Broadway – but that was just the beginning. Shortly after, she was hired by Mindy Kaling to play Leighton Murray in HBO Max’s widely-successful comedy series. And to top it all off, she’ll be reprising her role as Regina George in theRapp is the classic definition of a triple threat – she’s been singing, dancing, and acting practically since birth.
. Despite only having seven songs, the wide-ranging emotions she displayed resonated with her fans from Broadway and TV alike and created as much hype and excitement across social media as most full-length album releases would. Now, she’s using that momentum as she dives headfirst into the world of pop music, releasing her debut albumEven so early in her career, it’s clear that Rapp is an anomaly.
But her immeasurable talent isn’t the only reason she’s developed a cult-like following of loyal fans – who she playfully dubs “Young Ex-Wives,” a nod to a lyric in her song “Colorado.” Rapp’s witty, sarcastic, and authentic persona doesn’t try to put on any kind of front – what you see is what you get, whether it be in her songwriting, onstage, or in a one-on-one conversation.“Writing songs has helped me figure out who I actually am,” Rapp shares over Zoom.
I just had a couple of really shit situations happen to me on a Gemini moon. And I was explaining a problem that I was having internally in my relationship where I was like, ‘Is this just a me thing?’ And my friends who I was writing with were like, ‘No, that that feeling makes absolute sense. Like, you’re not crazy for thinking that.’ And I was like, ‘Wow, that’s so wild.
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