@papermagazine: After years of saying yes to everyone but herself, it-girl and superstar @reneé Rapp finally hit pause: on touring, her TV show and even birth control. “I was like, ‘I need to shed everything that is hurting me off of my body immediately,’” she tells PAPER. “It was a mass exodus of everything that felt like I had tiny little guns pointed at every little place in my body that mattered.“ Rapp leaned into the personal reckoning, taking a break and trying different kinds of therapy until she was finally ready to create “BITE ME,” a bold second album made on her own terms. “I trust myself more than I trust the word of anyone else,” she says. “Only I am gonna look out for me the way that I need to be looked out for. Point blank, period.” At the #linkinbio, Rapp gets real about running away from burnout, balancing business and art, what she hopes for the fans when they hear “BITE ME” and more. Reneé wears @Coach Cardigan Jacket in Upcycled Leather and Runway Pump

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