Nessa Barrett is an American singer-songwriter who began sharing covers on TikTok as a teenager before releasing her debut single “Pain” in 2020. Her music has since moved from alternative pop and pop-rock toward electronic sounds.

Her debut EP Pretty Poison (2021) brought together alternative pop and pop-rock, while her first studio album Young Forever (2022) followed singles including “Die First” and “Tired of California”. The EP Hell Is a Teenage Girl (2023) featured “Bang Bang!”, “American Jesus” and “lie”. On her second album Aftercare (2024), she explored electropop and synthpop; a deluxe edition with six additional tracks followed in 2025. In 2026, she released the EP Jesus Loves a Primadonna and her third studio album Tough Love.