Forever The Rebel and Kodie Shane’s long-awaited collaboration, Paparazzi, was released on July 4, 2025, and it is a hit song. The song, which is ideal for outsiders and rebellious souls, is a genre-bending explosion of raw paranoia, punk, and trap. It sounds like Juice WRLD and Paramore colliding in a mosh pit, complete with eerie pop-punk melodies and throbbing 808s.
While Kodie Shane’s fluid yet poisonous delivery sharpens the track’s edge, Forever The Rebel delivers a fierce, pain-laced performance that strikes a balance between vulnerability and untamed energy. The production has an unmistakable rebellious pulse and is both chaotic and cinematic.
Dark, colorful, and brimming with attitude, the music video only serves to heighten the craziness. Paparazzi feels more like a full-fledged experience than just a song thanks to its incisive imagery, daring styling, and unrepentant aesthetic.
Forever The Rebel, a Chicago-born trap rock artist currently residing in Atlanta, has already received a nomination for Trap Artist of the Year at the 2023 Atlanta Hip Hop Awards at the age of just 22. She is driven to break the rules, experiment with genres, and create timeless music, having been influenced by Juice WRLD, Lil Wayne, Machine Gun Kelly, and Kodie Shane.
Paparazzi are a warning shot, not just a release. Forever The Rebel & Kodie Shane are keeping the flame burning brightly in the underground trap rock scene.
