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Sofia Isella

Sofia Isella Miranda is an American singer-songwriter, musician, and producer. She has written four EPs, releasing the first in 2020 and the next two in 2024 and 2025, with the most recent released on April 17, 2026. After gaining popularity on TikTok, she has performed as the opening act for artists such as Melanie Martinez, Tom Odell, Taylor Swift, Florence and the Machine, and Glass Animals since 2023. In 2025, she extensively toured as a headliner in the United States, Europe, and Australia. Isella's music combines alternative pop, art rock, dark pop, art pop, industrial, gothic pop, and spoken word. Lyrically, her work frequently focuses on womanhood, misogyny, religion, and porn.

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Sofia Isella
Photograph of Sofia Isella on stage in 2025.
Isella performing in August 2025
Born
Sofia Isella Miranda

(2005-01-29) January 29, 2005
Los Angeles, California, U.S.
Occupations
  • Singer-songwriter
  • musician
  • producer
Years active2020–present
Parents
Musical career
Genres
Instruments
  • Vocals
  • violin
  • piano
  • guitar
  • banjo
  • ukelele
Websitesofiaisella.com

Sofia Isella Miranda (born January 29, 2005) is an American singer-songwriter, musician, and producer. She has written four EPs, releasing the first in 2020 and the next two in 2024 and 2025, with the most recent released on April 17, 2026. After gaining popularity on TikTok, she has performed as the opening act for artists such as Melanie Martinez, Tom Odell, Taylor Swift, Florence and the Machine, and Glass Animals since 2023. In 2025, she extensively toured as a headliner in the United States, Europe, and Australia. Isella's music combines alternative pop, art rock, dark pop, art pop, industrial, gothic pop, and spoken word. Lyrically, her work frequently focuses on womanhood, misogyny, religion, and porn.

Early life

Sofia Isella Miranda was born in Los Angeles, California, on January 29, 2005,1 to Chilean-American filmmaker Claudio Miranda and writer Kelli Bean.23 She began playing the violin when she was two or three years old, and she wrote her first song lyrics at age eight.45 She received education at the Colburn School and homeschooled.56 Isella's family moved frequently throughout her childhood, living in Taiwan, Canada, Louisiana and New Mexico, before eventually settling in Burleigh Heads, Queensland, Australia in 2020.78 They returned to Los Angeles by mid-2024.4

Career

Isella's first extended play, "I'm Not Yours", was released in 20201 and primarily consisted of songs she had written when she was 14 and 15.8 She performed several concerts after moving to Australia, including a set at the Caloundra Music Festival.8 After gaining popularity on TikTok,9 Isella was a concert opener for Melanie Martinez and Tom Odell in late 2023 and early 2024.10 In May and June 2024, she opened for Martinez's Trilogy Tour.1112 Two months later, she was an opening act on Taylor Swift's Eras Tour.49 Her 2023 single, "Hot Gum", gained 10 million streams.9

Isella released her official debut EP, "I Can Be Your Mother", on September 6, 2024.4 She toured California later that month13 and began her first world tour, You’ll Understand, Dick, in April 2025.14 It included the second US leg, "You'll Understand More, Dick", one trip to Europe and one to Australia, and ended in Sydney, Australia on December 12, 2025.1015 Her second EP, "I'm camera .", was released on May 23, 2025.16 Her third EP, "Something is a shell .", produced with Mr Hudson,517 was released on April 17, 2026.181920 Her second world tour, called, "Her Desire, the Nemesis," began May 5, 2026 in Brussels, Belgium.172122

Artistry and influences

Isella's musical style has been described as alternative pop,7823 art rock,1724 dark pop,2023 art pop,1 industrial,25 gothic pop,5 and indie pop,13 with elements of post-punk,26 spoken word,26 and classical music.1 Her songs frequently focus on womanhood, misogyny, religion, and porn.36927 She has named Trent Reznor, Beck, Taylor Swift, Sylvia Plath, Margaret Atwood, Mona Awad, and Anne Sexton as major influences.413 She has been compared to Billie Eilish, Ethel Cain, and Halsey.5

Isella often performs in baggy, uncolored clothes and covers herself with dirt and muck.5628 Her album art features macabre imagery,5 and her music videos are reminiscent of horror movies.23 Her social media posts are all black, white, and sepia.5

Discography

Extended plays

Title Details
I'm Not Yours
I Can Be Your Mother
  • Released: September 6, 2024
  • Label: Self-released
  • Format: LP (with bonus tracks on side B), digital download, streaming
I'm camera .
  • Released: May 23, 2025
  • Label: Self-released
  • Format: LP, digital download, streaming
Something is a shell .
  • Released: April 17, 2026
  • Label: Self-released
  • Format: CD, LP, digital download, streaming

Singles

Title Year Album/EP
"Rainbow Rocket Ride"29 2022 Non-album singles
"All of Human Knowledge Made Us Dumb"30
"Us and Pigs"31 2023
"I Looked the Future in the Eyes, It's Mine"32
"Hot Gum"33
"Everybody Supports Women"34
"Hot Gum (she version)"35 2024
"Cacao and Cocaine"36 I Can Be Your Mother
"Unattractive"37
"Sex Concept"38
"The Doll People"39
"I Can Be Your Mother"40
"The Well"41
"Dog's Dinner"42 2025 I'm camera .
"Josephine"43
"Crowd Caffeine"44
"Orchestrated, Wet, Verboten"45
"Muse"46
"Man Made"47
"Out in the Garden"48 Something is a shell .
"Above the Neck"49
"Numbers 31:17–18"50 2026
"Star v"51
"The Chicken is Naked and Afraid"52
"Evergreen Soldier"53

Tours

Solo Tours5455
Tour Name Region Dates Opening Act
You'll Understand, Dick. United States 4/3/25 - 5/4/25 Brendan Abernathy
Europe 8/12/25 - 8/28/25 Various local acts
Australia 12/4/25 - 12/14/25 Montaigne
Various local acts
You'll Understand More, Dick. United States 10/11/25 - 11/16/25 Ayleen Valentine
Her Desire, The Nemesis Europe 5/5/26 - 6/4/26 Seb Lowe
References

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