‘Adults’ Star Rachel Marsh On Creating “Hiccup” Pop Anthem With Director: “We Tried All Different Versions”

After unexpectedly dropping the summer anthem with Season 2 of Adults, Rachel Marsh is looking back on her journey to onscreen pop icon.

The actress, who plays dental assistant Carly in the FX comedy series, explained that she and director Paul Briganti “tried all different versions” of her hit pop single “Hiccup”, which appeared in the episode “Pop Girlie”, now available to stream on Hulu.

“It’s interesting because this is [Carly’s] livestream, but I was supposed to take it super seriously. But also, the joke is that I’m bad at it,” she explained to A*Pop. “So, holding all three of those things in my hands was very confusing.”

Marsh continued, “So, in that sense, Paul our director, we just tried a bunch of shit and saw what was coming across as someone earnestly trying to do a good job, but also not doing a good job. So, it was a really fun, almost like an acting exercise to be like, ‘lemme just try to be stupid and see if that is coming across in a way that someone is trying really hard,’ or ‘lemme try to take this very seriously and see if that comes across in a way that’s very earnest.’ We tried all different versions of it.”

In the episode, while awaiting the results of her dental school exams, Carly decides to explore her inner dream to become a pop star, releasing her rusty—albeit catchy—single “Hiccup” with reluctant support from her boyfriend Samir (Malik Elassal).

Marsh can currently be seen in the romantic-comedy The Love Hypothesis, which is now available to stream on Prime Video.