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Addison Rae Easterling (born October 6, 2000) is an American singer, actress, and social media personality. She joined TikTok in 2019, becoming one of the platform's most-followed creators. Rae went on to expand her career into music and acting. She appeared in films including He's All That (2021) and Thanksgiving (2023).
Rae released her debut single, "Obsessed" in 2021 and followed with her debut Extended Play AR (2023). In 2024, she signed with Columbia Records and released her first major-label single "Diet Pepsi" which received critical praise, certified platinum by the Recording Industry Association of America, and marked her first entry on the US Billboard Hot 100. The single preceded her debut studio album Addison (2025), which debuted at number four on the Billboard 200 and earned critical acclaim. She was nominated for Best New Artist at the 68th Grammy Awards.
Rae started dancing competitively at the age of six where she attended competitions across the country. Before moving to Los Angeles to pursue her career, she briefly attended Louisiana State University (LSU) where she studied broadcast journalism in the fall to become a sports broadcaster but then dropped out when she began to gain popularity on TikTok. In an interview with Elle magazine, Rae talked about her choice to move to Los Angeles, saying: "a few people in LA reached out to me, and I was like 'I need to go. I need to go.' So my parents supported me fully."
In March 2021, Rae released her debut single, "Obsessed". The single was intended to be the lead single for her then-upcoming project but was temporarily shelved. That same year, Rae launched her own cosmetics line, Item Beauty, but it discontinued in 2023. Rae also founded her own fragrance line. In August, Rae made her feature film debut as Padgett in the Netflix comedy film He's All That (2021), a remake film of the 1999 teen comedy She's All That. The film was the most streamed film on its release week.
In February 2022, it was announced that Rae had joined the cast of a film titled Fashionista, produced by Paramount. That same month, multiple songs from her unreleased EP leaked on YouTube, which Rae initially thought "could mark the death knell for her music career". However, the tracks gained traction online, which spurred her to release her debut extended play AR on August 18, 2023. The EP received generally positive reviews, and debuted at number 19 on the US Billboard charts Heatseekers Albums chart. In November, Rae appeared as Gaby in the slasher film Thanksgiving (2023).
In February, Rae released the single "High Fashion" and its accompanying music video. Following the single's release, she was featured on the cover of Vogue France. In April 2025, Rae performed "Aquamarine / Arcamarine" at Coachella with Arca.
Rae's debut album, Addison, was eventually released on June 6, 2025, and was preceded by the release of the additional singles "Headphones On" and "Fame Is a Gun". The album found widespread success, debuting at number four on the Billboard 200. It sold 48,500 album-equivalent units in its first week, consisting of 23,000 pure album sales and 25,500 streaming equivalent album units from 33 million streams. Rae celebrated the release of Addison with a live concert at New York City's The Box. The concert was produced in partnership with Spotify.
From August through November 2025 Rae embarked on her first headlining tour, The Addison Tour, with shows in Europe, North America and Australia. In October 2025, Rae appeared on The Tonight Show with Jimmy Fallon, performing "Diet Pepsi" wearing a sparkling gold gown first worn by the burlesque star Gypsy Rose Lee in the 1950s. She appeared in the third season of Netflix's biographical crime drama anthology television series as Evelyn Hartley. Rae will star in the live-action animated road comedy film Animal Friends alongside Ryan Reynolds and Aubrey Plaza, which is set to be released on June 5, 2026.
In November 2025, she was nominated for Best New Artist at the 68th Annual Grammy Awards. In December 2025, Rae was named artist of the year by The Guardian, while Addison was named the best album of 2025 by The Washington Post and The Fader. On January 29, 2026, Rae perfomed at Spotify's 2026 Best New Artist Party. On February 1, she performed "Fame Is a Gun" at the Grammys ceremony, but lost the Best New Artist award to Olivia Dean.
Rae is set to perform at South American editions of Lollapalooza, including the festivals in Chile, Argentina, and Brazil in March 2026, and Coachella in April 2026.
Rae has also embraced a 1990s and Y2K aesthetic with high-saturated photoshoots and music reminiscent of Hilary Duff and Christina Aguilera. In an interview with W magazine, she noted that for her first label meeting with Columbia Records she brought a binder filled with printed photos, colors, and words prior to the release of her then-unreleased debut album whic "existed purely as a collection of visions, visuals, and words". The Independent writer Felicity Martin noted that Rae's music "balances pop, past and present but never feels too try-hard".
Rae has featured on the covers of several fashion and entertainment magazines including Glamour UK, Rolling Stone, Vogue France, Elle, Billboard, and W. Rae appeared in a Nerds Gummy Clusters commercial that aired during Super Bowl LVIII. In November 2024, she also starred in Saint Laurent's campaign short film As Time Goes By, directed by Nadia Lee Cohen alongside Chloë Sevigny, Joey King, John Waters amongst others. Rae has since been credited, alongside other celebrities such as Ice Spice and Billie Eilish, with the revival of the navel piercing in the 2020s, as well as with contributing to renewed interest in wired headphones, and Y2K-influenced fashion. Rae cited Britney Spears, Madonna and Christina Aguilera as fashion influences.
In July 2025, Rae made an appearance in Sombr's '70s-inspired music video for his song "12 to 12". Rae appeared in an Uber Eats commercial for Super Bowl LX, alongside Bradley Cooper and Matthew McConaughey, with the advertisement featuring Diet Pepsi.
In 2020, Rae co-founded Item Beauty, a cosmetics and skincare brand; the brand was discontinued by 2023. In 2021, Rae started her own fragrance line Addison Rae Fragrance which featured several water-based, alcohol-free scents. In 2022, Rae partnered with Alani Nu to make her own energy drink flavor, 'Berry Pop'.
In November 2024, Rae was later the face of the Marc Jacobs x Vaquera bag collab; a Y2K-inspired bag in celebration of Marc Jacobs' 40th Anniversary. On the day of the release of her debut album Addison, Rae partnered with Matchaful in New York City with a special drink, "Summer Forever", given to the first 50 guests in line. In August 2025, Rae announced a collaboration with Lucky Brand. The partnership debuted with the Addison Ultra Low Rise Flare, a style inspired by early 2000s fashion. Rae had already been wearing the jeans during her live performances leading up to the launch. Together, Rae and Lucky Brand set out to "bring back the Y2K aesthetic with the goal of turning low-rise skeptics into believers."
Rae endorsed Kamala Harris in the 2024 presidential election. In a 2025 interview with Vogue France, Rae said that Trump had "created the problem" of TikTok's ban in the United States and, in reference to his second presidency, that it was "unbelievable to see how quickly one can abuse a newly acquired power."
In June 2020, Rae apologized for a video she had retweeted in 2016 showing a woman criticizing the Black Lives Matter movement. She has since shown continued support for the movement.
In 2025, Rae discussed stepping back from social media, explaining that she had "felt so misunderstood" after "sharing so much" of herself online and had come to value her privacy, noting that "privacy becomes really important over time." She said that "being misunderstood is definitely annoying", but has learned not to take criticism personally, reflecting that when she moved to Los Angeles at 19, she was still "figuring out who she was".
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| +List of singles, showing year released, selected chart positions and associated albums ! scope="col" rowspan="2" | Title ! scope="col" rowspan="2" | Year ! colspan="10" scope="col" | Peak chart positions ! scope="col" rowspan="2" | Certifications ! scope="col" rowspan="2" | Album | |||||||||
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| +List of promotional singles, showing year released, selected chart positions and associated albums ! scope="col" rowspan="2" | Title ! scope="col" rowspan="2" | Year ! scope="col" | Peak chart positions ! scope="col" rowspan="2" style="width:14em;" | Album |
| +List of songs, showing year released, selected chart positions and associated albums ! scope="col" rowspan="2" | Title ! scope="col" rowspan="2" | Year ! scope="col" colspan="4" | Peak chart positions ! scope="col" rowspan="2" style="width:14em;" | Album | ||
| "—" denotes a recording that did not chart or was not released in that territory. | ||||||
| +List of non-single guest appearances, with other performing artists, showing year released and album name ! scope="col" | Title ! scope="col" | Year ! scope="col" | Other artist(s) ! scope="col" | Album |
| 2020 | Spy Cat | Marnie (voice) | English dub | |
| 2021 | He's All That | Padgett Sawyer | ||
| 2023 | Thanksgiving | Gaby | ||
| 2024 | As Time Goes By | Singer | Short film | |
| 2026 | Animal Friends | Post-production |
| 46th People's Choice Awards | |||
| Top Elf | Guest judge | Season 2, episode 1 | |
| Keeping Up with the Kardashians | Herself | Season 20, episodes 4 & 6 | |
| "Aquamarine" | |||
| "Arcamarine" | Lexee Smith | ||
| "Headphones On" | |||
| "Fame Is a Gun" | Sean Price Williams | ||
| "Times Like These" | Ethan James Green | ||
| "Canceled" | Larray | ||
| 2021 | ||||
| 2024 | Anthem of the Year | "Diet Pepsi" | ||
| 2025 | International Artist on the Rise | Herself | ||
| 2026 | Direction | "High Fashion" | ||
| Breakthrough Act | Herself | |||
| New Artist of the Year | Herself | |||
| Solo Artist of the Year | ||||
| 2022 | Favorite Female Creator | |||
| Favorite Social Music Star | ||||
| 2023 | Favorite Female Creator | |||
| 2024 | Favorite Social Music Star | |||
| 2025 | Favorite Viral Song | "Diet Pepsi" | ||
| Favorite Female Breakout Artist | Herself | |||
| 2021 | The Social Star of 2021 | |||
| 2022 | The Social Star of 2022 | |||
| Top Ten International Gold Songs | "Headphones On" | |||
| Breakout Creator | ||||
| 2021 | Creator of the Year | |||
| Lifestyle Creator | ||||
| 2022 | Creator of the Year | |||
| Best Pop Video – International | "High Fashion" | |||
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