Reneé Rapp appeared on The Late Show to perform her new song “Shy.” The singer showcased the anthemic, ’90s-inspired pop number from a Broadway-style set with a New York City apartment and fire escape.
“Oh, what a good time to be alive/ I’m good at keepin’ it cute, but on the inside/ I’m freakin’ out, thinkin’ ’bout how bad I need you,” she crooned as she moved through the set, posing in the faux window and on the fire escape.
“Shy” comes off Rapp’s new album, Bite Me, which drops today via Interscope Records. It follows her 2023 debut LP, Snow Angel, and includes single “Leave Me Alone,” which she debuted live a new song at the American Music Awards last year.
Rapp will kick off her Bite Me tour on Sept. 23 at Denver’s Red Rocks Amphitheatre before heading to cities such as Chicago, Boston, Portland, San Francisco, Austin, and Atlanta. Syd and Ravyn Lenae, her “favorites,” will split the run as openers for the shows. The tour also includes a headlining slot at Toronto’s All Things Go festival. “See you thereeee,” she wrote on Instagram.
In May, the singer stopped by the podcast Good Hang with Amy Poehler, and shared that her mom, Denise Rapp, specifically chose her name to ensure success. “My mom chose my first and last name to be—well, okay, arguably chose my first and last name to both have R’s,” Rapp told host Poehler. “She was like, ‘Alliteration, just in case she wants to be a pop star’… I’m obsessed with the way she did it. I’m like, ‘Thank you, God.’”
