Addison Rae Easterling (born October 6, 2000) is an American singer and social media personality. Addison started gaining fame from the famous app TikTok, by creating videos which went viral and gained millions of views.

Addison joined Tiktok in July 2019 and has since then gained over 80 million followers on the platform. Since then Addison has launched her own cosmetics line Item’s Beauty and started her own podcast called “Mama Knows Best” with her mother on the platform Spotify. She is also made her acting debut in the movie, He’s All That.

Addison shocked the world when she surprised dropped her debut single, “Obsessed” on March 18, 2021 along with its music video, but it heavily underperformed in terms of sales and streams. Her first EP AR released over 2 years later, in August 2023, but her big breakthrough as a music artist came in 2024, when she featured on Charli XCX’s “Von dutch a.g. cook remix”, followed by her own critically acclaimed single “Diet Pepsi”. It marked the beginning of a new era for Rae, who dropped 4 more singles in the months leading up to her album release, all produced by Elvira Anderfjärd and Luka Kloser. Her new sound and new signature look of blonde hair and natural make-up had many people speaking of a successful rebrand and comparisons with a young Britney Spears were quickly drawn.

On June 5, 2025, she released her debut album Addison. It was well received by the general public as well as critics and journalists, scoring an impressive 8.0 on it’s Pitchfork review.

Shortly after the album’s release, Addison announced her first world tour that would commence on August 26 and featured three legs, starting with Europe followed by North America and finally Australia. When tickets went on sale, most shows sold out within minutes, and venue upgrades followed for several shows.

November 7, 2025, she received a Grammy nomination in the category “best new artist”.