Anyone with even a passing familiarity with 25-year-old Reneé Rapp knows that she isn’t afraid to say—or sing about—exactly what’s on her mind. Take, for example, one viral line in “Leave Me Alone,” the angsty lead single from her sophomore album,

Reneé Rapp has drastically switched up her game since her excellent 2023 debut, Snow Angel — and it’s a glorious noise to hear. She spends her second album, Bite Me, enjoying what a rowdy-and-proud mess she is,