Rachel Grae

According to rising vocalist Rachel Grae, her ever-growing fan base is actually more like a “friend base.”

It’s probably this mindset that’s caused the fresh and deeply authentic singer-songwriter to erupt into the pop music world over the last year, a whirlwind that has seen her listener base grow exponentially into the millions of monthly listeners.

Based in the New York area and unapologetically claiming her New Jersey roots, Rachel is the kind of artist who has always believed that the more you put into your music, the more you get out of it. Preparing for a full-length project and stepping into live shows for very eager fans, including selling out her first headlining show in NYC, Grae glows with the “impossible to ignore” energy of artists like Billie Eilish and Adele.

Her music “hits listeners right in the feels, and should catapult the New York-based artist into Olivia Rodridgo’s stratosphere,” according to Biff Bam Pop! magazine.

Described as “raw and authentic” by Melodic Magazine, Grae’s altruistic and others-focused ethos bleeds through in everything she creates. As more listeners have found her and her work, the artist, who has always been fascinated by interpersonal relationships, is constantly looking for new ways to use her platform for the greater good, championing causes related to sustainability and mental health in particular.

“I don’t care if there’s one listener or a million” is a common refrain from her, and an ironic one, considering her viral song, “It’ll Be Okay,” has now broken into eight figures of streams, with her first breakout track, “Outsider,” following shortly behind. Now, with tens of millions of streams to date, and approaching a million followers on TikTok, Grae’s essential voice has caught the attention of outlets like MTV and American Songwriter.

At the end of the day, Grae has an otherworldly ability to make whoever she’s speaking to feel understood, whether it’s having a conversation in person, speaking over social media from her bedroom, chatting in her DMs, or communicating most intimately through her music. A self-described oddball, she embraces the roller coaster of life as it comes.