Addison Grace

Addison Grace (born March 21, 2001) is an American singer-songwriter and online personality. Having developed a following on social media sites like TikTok, Instagram, and YouTube, heRefn|Grace uses he/him and they/them pronouns. He was raised by a single mother who encouraged her children (Addison and two older siblings) in sports and performing arts, enrolling Grace in choir, acting, and dance lessons. Grace was drawn to singing at an early age, performing in various school and church choirs and auditioning for local musicals. He was also a visual artist as a child. He also began posting music and other content to Instagram in 2018 and TikTok in 2019. After posting a Christmas cover in which he wore a Cavetown sweatshirt (having bought it at a concert in 2019), Grace gained the attention of Alternate Side management, who helped release his 2020 debut single "Sugar Rush" with Cavetown producing. Shortly afterward, Grace was signed to Warner Music Group's Level Music.

January 2022 saw the official single release of "I Wanna Be a Boy". The song, about Grace's discovery of his gender identity, had been a fan favorite since Grace had posted it as an acoustic demo to YouTube in December 2020; the demo reached over 500K views on YouTube, while the official release reached over 1 million streams on Spotify. and reached over 100,000 streams within two weeks of its release. In the spring, Grace joined Cavetown as an opening act on his US tour alongside Tessa Violet. and in August, he embarked on his first headlining tour, "The Immaturing Tour", accompanied by Sydney Rose, Kate Stephenson, and Leanna Firestone.

In October, Grace released a new single, "Pretty Girl", produced by Andy Seltzer (Chelsea Cutler, Del Water Gap, Samia); he also announced an upcoming second EP entitled Things That Are Bad For Me. A second single, "If Nobody Likes U", premiered later in the month, and the EP was released on November 11. Also in November, Grace joined Ricky Montgomery on a West Coast tour. The song was produced by Roy Kerr, who co-wrote the song with Grace and Fatherson's Ross Leighton, and was mastered by Chris Gehringer. In July, Grace announced his debut album, Diving Lessons, to be released on September 29, 2023, via AWAL and co-produced by Cavetown, alongside the album's lead single "White Lie".

Artistry and public image Grace's music typically occupies the indie pop and bedroom pop genres, "Pretty Girl", the lead single from Things That Are Bad For Me, introduced a darker and more melancholy sound than Grace's previous work. societal ideas of romance ("I Don't Wanna Fall in Love"), and has ADHD, and has often spoken about mental health online. In March 2022, following a series of legislation in Florida and Texas targeting LGBT youth such as the "Don't Say Gay" bill, Grace tweeted that he was "nauseatingly sick" of such legislation and to "keep speaking up against each one". Speaking to GoPride.com the following month, he said, "There are a lot of issues that I care about like global warming and the insane amount of attacks that are happening to transgender kids around the country. It is heartbreaking and still hurts even though it is not affecting the state where I live now. It is saying that someone does not deserve to feel comfortable in their body. I want to be able to be a voice for those kids."

Discography

EPs

Immaturing (2022) Things That Are Bad for Me (2022)

Studio albums

Diving Lessons (2023)

Singles

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