Addison Rae

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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 released her debut single, "Obsessed" in 2021 and followed with her debut EP, AR in 2023. She appeared in films including He's All That (2021) and Thanksgiving (2023).

This profile of Addison Rae covers Early Life and Family Background, Career and Rise to Fame, 2024–present: Musical breakthrough with Addison, Legacy and Influence and Musical style.

In 2024, she signed with Columbia Records and released her first major-label single "Diet Pepsi" which received critical praise, was 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.

Early Life and Family Background of Addison Rae

Addison Rae Easterling was born on October 6, 2000, and raised in Lafayette, Louisiana, to parents Monty Lopez and Sheri Easterling. Rae has two younger brothers, Enzo Lopez and Lucas Lopez, and an older half-sister, Macye Neumeyer, who has two daughters of her own. Through her father, she is of mixed descent, including Mexican, Cajun French, and English ancestry; her paternal grandfather is of Mexican descent, making her one-quarter Mexican, while her mother is of European descent. Rae's parents initially divorced when she was younger and were on and off often throughout her childhood, before remarrying in 2017, later divorcing again in 2022.

Rae started dancing competitively at age 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."

Career and Rise to Fame of Addison Rae

Rae joined the social media app TikTok in July 2019, uploading dance videos to trending songs on the platform. Within a few months, Rae gained over one million followers on the app, leaving LSU in November. She joined the TikTok collective The Hype House in December 2019 for a brief period of time. As of May 2026, she has amassed over 88 million followers on the app. She later signed with talent agency WME in January 2020. In July, Rae released a weekly Spotify-exclusive podcast alongside her mother, Mama Knows Best, covering their personal and career lives. Rae later relaunched this podcast under the name That Was Fun?.

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". But 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 Heatseekers Albums chart. In November, Rae appeared as Gaby in the slasher film Thanksgiving (2023).

2024–present: Musical breakthrough with Addison

In March 2024, Rae featured on Charli XCX's remix of "Von Dutch" which went on to appear on Charli XCX's remix album Brat and It's Completely Different but Also Still Brat (2024). Rae also appeared on A. G. Cook's album Britpop (2024) on a song titled "Lucifer" with Charli XCX. In August 2024, Addison Rae released her first major label single, "Diet Pepsi", through Columbia Records. The song was commercially successful. It went on to peak at number 54 on the US Billboard Hot 100 marking Rae's first entry. Rae performed the song live at Madison Square Garden with Troye Sivan and Charli XCX on the Sweat tour. In October 2024, Rae released the single "Aquamarine". A remix of the song with Arca was released a month later.

In February 2025, 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, Rae performed "Aquamarine / Arcamarine" at Coachella with Arca. Rae's debut album, Addison, was 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 August 2025, Rae was invited to perform at a spotlight event hosted by the Grammy Museum. She was invited back again in October 2025 for another event with the museum's audience. 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 Monster: The Ed Gein Story as Evelyn Hartley.

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