Promise is "pending" even with having ".then" chained, issues only occurs while using normal functions

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I am currently trying to use an API to get IP addresses for visitors. I am getting a "promise pending" message when using the following code:

function getIPAdd(){
  var ip = fetch('https://pro.ip-api.com/json/?key=KEY').then(response => response.json()).then(data => data);
  return ip;
}
var ipAdd = getIPAdd();
console.log(ipAdd);

I get this output:

Promise {<pending>}
   __proto__: Promise
   [[PromiseState]]: "fulfilled"
   [[PromiseResult]]: Object

This means that the promise is ebing fulfilled but for some reason, still is not completed?

While if I use the following code:

(function(){
   fetch('https://pro.ip-api.com/json/?key=KEY').then(response => response.json()).then(data => console.log(data));
 })();

I do not get any "promise pending" issues. I am guessing this is becasue it is due to the way console.log is used in the latter code sample but how can I fix the first code sample so I get my JSON output the way I need it.

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