{"id":1970847,"date":"2025-08-20T18:32:02","date_gmt":"2025-08-20T18:32:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/?p=1970847"},"modified":"2025-08-20T18:32:02","modified_gmt":"2025-08-20T18:32:02","slug":"sombrs-upcoming-vmas-performance-could-possibly-include-an-addison-rae-cameo","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/sombrs-upcoming-vmas-performance-could-possibly-include-an-addison-rae-cameo\/","title":{"rendered":"Sombr\u2019s Upcoming VMAs Performance Could Possibly Include an Addison Rae Cameo"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div data-article-body=\"true\">\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\"><i>&#8220;Hearst Magazines and Yahoo may earn commission or revenue on some items through these links.&#8221;<\/i><\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Could <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.cosmopolitan.com\/entertainment\/celebs\/a64551564\/addison-rae-omer-fedi-relationship-timeline\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Addison Rae;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">Addison Rae<\/a> possibly hit the stage at the <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.cosmopolitan.com\/vma-video-music-awards\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:2025 MTV VMAs;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">2025 MTV VMAs<\/a>, after all? At least, that\u2019s what VMA nominee and breakout musician, Sombr, might have implied during a recent interview with <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.tmz.com\/2025\/08\/19\/sombr-hints-vma-performance-addison-rae\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:TMZ;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">TMZ<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Sombr\u2019s highly anticipated album, <em>I Barely Know Her<\/em>, drops on August 22, and in a few weeks, he\u2019s set to make his awards show debut at the <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.cosmopolitan.com\/entertainment\/music\/a65810390\/vmas-performances-2025\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:VMAs;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">VMAs<\/a>. The Best New Artist and Best Alternative Artist nominee played coy when the outlet asked whether Addison would be involved with his performance in any capacity.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">After a suspiciously long pause, he shrugged and said, \u201cYou never know! I think she\u2019s on tour.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">The \u201cDiet Pepsi\u201d artist is embarking on her first-ever <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.cosmopolitan.com\/entertainment\/music\/a65089523\/how-to-buy-addison-rae-tickets-2025\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:headlining tour;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">headlining tour<\/a> this fall and performing in Berlin, Germany, on September 7\u2014the same day the VMAs are taking place in New York. While she may not be able to make it IRL, no one ever said a virtual cameo was completely off the table.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Sombr and Addison starred in his steamy music video for \u201c12 to 12,\u201d where she freestyled some killer dance moves. Shortly after the visual dropped, the pair sparked dating rumors when they were <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/tvshowbiz\/article-14948535\/Addison-Rae-sparks-dating-rumors-singer-Sombr.html\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:spotted grabbing dinner in L.A.;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">spotted grabbing dinner in L.A.<\/a> However, Sombr debunked them all with TMZ, confirming that their chemistry was reserved for the screen as it was \u201cjust a music video.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">The \u201cundressed\u201d hitmaker also spoke about his meteoric rise to fame, including his three tracks that landed on the Billboard Hot 100 chart. \u201cI\u2019m incredibly grateful. It\u2019s crazy,\u201d he gushed as TMZ followed him through LAX.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Rumors surrounding a potential VMAs appearance from Addison started circulating after the <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.cosmopolitan.com\/entertainment\/music\/a64523025\/addison-rae-headphones-on-lyrics\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:\u201cHeadphones On\u201d;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">\u201cHeadphones On\u201d<\/a> singer didn\u2019t receive any nominations for her self-titled debut album. She reacted to her snub during a recent interview with <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/go.redirectingat.com?id=74968X1596630&amp;url=https%3A%2F%2Fmusic.apple.com%2Fus%2Fstation%2Fsekou-and-addison-rae%2Fra.1833559794&amp;sref=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.seventeen.com%2Fcelebrity%2Fmusic%2Fa65832377%2Fsombr-addison-rae-cameo-2025-vmas-performance%2F\" data-i13n=\"elm:affiliate_link;elmt:premonetized\" rel=\"sponsored\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Apple Music\u2019s Zane Lowe;elm:affiliate_link;elmt:premonetized;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link  rapid-with-clickid etailiffa-link\">Apple Music\u2019s Zane Lowe<\/a>, acknowledging that \u201cnot everybody\u201d would understand her vision behind the project.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">\u201cNot everybody was going to accept it and enjoy it, but I think I will never let that change the way that I view creating and making music videos and putting out songs and different groups of creative decisions,\u201d she said. \u201cIt definitely is funny whenever you feel like you put a lot of work into something and it doesn\u2019t get recognized by some place that you feel like you were contributing to!\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">We\u2019ll have to tune in to the 2025 VMAs\u2014which is set to air on both MTV and CBS\u2014on Sunday, September 7 to see whether Addison\u2019s performance rumors are true.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\"><strong>You Might Also Like<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><em> \u2018 The preceding article may include information circulated by third parties \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n<p><em> \u2018 Some details of this article were extracted from the following source www.yahoo.com \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;Hearst Magazines and Yahoo may earn commission or revenue on some items through these links.&#8221; Could Addison Rae possibly hit the stage at the 2025 MTV VMAs, after all? At least, that\u2019s what VMA nominee and breakout musician, Sombr, might have implied during a recent interview with TMZ. Sombr\u2019s highly anticipated album, I Barely Know [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":1970848,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"jnews-multi-image_gallery":[],"jnews_single_post":[],"jnews_primary_category":[],"jnews_social_meta":[],"footnotes":""},"categories":[25172],"tags":[311841,316741,350535,350454,349490],"class_list":["post-1970847","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-entertainment","tag-addison-rae","tag-highly-anticipated","tag-sombr-teases","tag-tmz","tag-vmas"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Sombrs-Upcoming-VMAs-Performance-Could-Possibly-Include-an-Addison-Rae.jpeg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1970847","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1970847"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1970847\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1970848"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1970847"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1970847"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1970847"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}