Reneé Rapp is done playing nice. On BITE ME, the 24-year-old singer-songwriter and breakout star of Broadway and the small screen claws her way toward radical self-acceptance and invites the rest of us to do the same. It’s a sharp, soaring sophomore album that embraces chaos, confidence, and contradiction with wide-open arms and no apologies. With BITE ME, Rapp doubles down on what made her debut Snow Angel so compelling - unfiltered vulnerability paired with powerful vocals and a keen pop sensibility. But where Snow Angel mourned and reflected, BITE ME bites back. It’s bold, and drenched in glitter, rage, humor, and healing.

“This album is about being all of yourself - even the messy, loud, complicated parts,” Rapp says. That mission surges through every track. Whether she’s belting out heart-on-sleeve ballads or trading hooks over glitchy, club-ready beats, Rapp’s message is pretty clear… there’s no right way to be, just your way to be.

From her early days as Regina George in Broadway’s Mean Girls to stealing scenes as Leighton on The Sex Lives Of College Girls, Rapp has never been one to shrink herself. But it’s in her music, starting with her raw debut single “Tattoos” and her breakout EP Everything To Everyone, that she’s truly revealed herself. On BITE ME, she goes further. There are teeth to the lyrics, but there’s balm too. Rapp’s songs offer a safe space for outsiders and those of us who tend to feel too much; anyone who’s ever been told to tone it down. She doesn’t just sing for herself, she sings for the loud girls, the sad girls, the girls who refuse to shrink. And with BITE ME, she’s built a world where we’re all welcome to scream, cry, dance, and laugh in the same breath. Reneé Rapp isn’t asking for permission anymore. She’s giving it. To herself, and to everyone listening.