From Broadway actress to TV collection star and now songwriter and singer, Reneé Rapp is proving she is a power to be reckoned with.
The 22-year-old actress launched her debut EP All the things to Everybody in November and offered out a four-city tour in minutes. In an interview with Individuals, The Intercourse Lives of Faculty Women star opened up about making the transition into music.
“I’ve been saying that [music] is my factor my entire life, with out having actually performed it,” she stated. “I used to be like, ‘That is it.’ I’ve been professing that I wanna do that, I wanna play reveals, I wanna make it, however it wasn’t till a couple of week in the past that I knew I might truly try this.”
Earlier than releasing music, Rapp spent practically a yr on Broadway, starring as Regina George in Imply Women the Musical, previous to the pandemic. In 2021, she made her TV collection debut in HBO Max’s The Intercourse Lives of Faculty Women, the place she performs Leighton Murray, a rich socialite school scholar.
The Imply Women star advised Individuals that the roles helped her write music that’s true to her and construct her platform.
“I wasn’t as authentically me at 18 as I’m now at 22, and I believe these jobs undoubtedly ready me for lots,” she added. “Now I’ve expectations, which has been superb, as a result of now, going into my music profession, I simply know a lot extra about myself, as a result of I’ve been by way of some shit.”
Rapp, who has amounted to greater than 481,000 followers on Instagram, initially felt intimidated about releasing music, however now says “it undoubtedly feels pinch-me, however it feels extra like reduction,” after receiving a optimistic response.
As for what’s subsequent for the actress, Rapp is about to reprise her function as Regina George in Paramount’s upcoming Imply Women film musical, alongside Angourie Rice, Auli’i Cravalho and Jaquel Spivey.
“I’m very enthusiastic about that film as a result of I believe it’s gonna be a breeding floor for creativity,” she advised Individuals. “It’s a tremendous crew, and it’s going to be so many individuals that I belief. I’m so excited to work with [a team] who, I do know, are searching for myself, forged, crew [and] everybody who works on the undertaking’s greatest curiosity, well being, security, psychological well being — all the things.”
