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It takes a certain composure, as a teenager, to walk out onto Taylor Swift\u2019s stage in a sold-out stadium and play an opening set to tens of thousands of fans who have never heard of you. But it takes even more conviction to use the occasion to play music almost guaranteed to leave them squirming \u2014 grimy, bloodletting noise-rock and electro about being a sexual menace and growing disillusioned with God.<\/p>\n
The now-20-year-old singer-songwriter Sofia Isella did that last year, opening on the Australian run of Swift\u2019s Eras tour. \u201cTaylor was an angel for allowing me to share that stage,\u201d L.A.-raised Isella said. \u201cI wish I could have recorded that feeling. But the show itself is not as nerve-wracking as it is playing for 20 people. There\u2019s something about a giant room that almost feels a little dissociative, like it\u2019s not really happening or it\u2019s not really there.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cDissociative\u201d is a decent descriptor for Isella\u2019s music, too \u2014 disorienting, unnerving, drawing out emotions you might not understand. But there\u2019s so much skill in the performances and imagination in her arrangements that they may well get Isella \u2014 who plays the Fonda Theater on Nov. 16<\/a> \u2014 onto much bigger stages of her own, just as the world gets much bleaker around her.<\/p>\n\u201cThis next record, I\u2019m having so much fun with s\u2014 that\u2019s really f\u2014 dark,\u201d Isella said. \u201cIt\u2019s like, the only way to stop screaming about it is to have a moment laughing about it.\u201d<\/p>\nIsella grew up in Los Angeles in a family with enough entertainment-biz acclaim to make being an artist feel like a viable career. Yet they still let her be feral and freewheeling in developing her craft. Her father, the Chilean American cinematographer Claudio Miranda, won an Oscar for 2012\u2019s \u201cLife of Pi\u201d and shot \u201cTop Gun: Maverick\u201d and the recent racing hit \u201cF1\u201d (Her mom is the author Kelli Bean-Miranda). Looking back on her bucolic childhood in L.A., Isella recalled it filled with music and boundless encouragement, worlds away from her social media-addled peers.<\/p>\n\u201cI\u2019d been homeschooled my whole life,\u201d Isella said. \u201cMy mom would leave little trails of poetry books for me to find, and my dad would set up GarageBand and leave me for hours with all the instruments and nothing but free time. I didn\u2019t even have a phone until I was 16. When I first was on TikTok, I saw everyone had the same personality, because they had been watching each other for so long. Being around kids my age was so strange, because I\u2019d grown up around adults \u2014 like, \u2018Oh, these kids are so sweet and kind and adorable, but they think I\u2019m one of them.\u2019\u201d<\/p>\nAfter her family temporarily moved to Australia during the pandemic and Isella began self-releasing music, it became clear that her talents set her very far apart. Drawing on her early background in classical music and a fascination with scabrous rock and electronic music, she found a sound that melded the Velvet Underground and Nico\u2019s elegant miserablism, Chelsea Wolfe and Lingua Ignota\u2019s doom-laden art metal and the close-miked , creepy goth-pop of Billie Eilish\u2019s first LP.<\/p>\n\n <\/picture>\n\nIsella began self-releasing music during the pandemic. Since then, she\u2019s landed opener spots on multiple high-profile tours.<\/p>\n(@okaynicolita)<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/figure><\/div>\nHer early music showed a withering humor and skepticism of the culture around her (\u201cAll of Human Knowledge Made Us Dumb,\u201d \u201cEverybody Supports Women\u201d), but singles came at rapid clip and translated surprisingly well on the social media platforms she loathed (she has 1.3 million followers on TikTok). It all got her onto stages with Melanie Martinez and Glass Animals and, eventually, Swift. (A Florence + The Machine arena tour opening slot is up next.) <\/p>\nOn 2024\u2019s writhing EP \u201cI Can Be Your Mother,\u201d songs like \u201cSex Concept\u201d had the sensual fatalism of poets like Anne Sexton and Sylvia Plath, paired with the drippy erotic menace of Nine Inch Nails. \u201cI\u2019ll bend him over backwards, give him something to believe in,\u201d she sings. \u201cWe\u2019ll play the game, both go insane and then we\u2019ll call it even \u2026 I\u2019m the only god that you\u2019ll ever believe in.\u201d<\/p>\n\u201cThe first EP was this whole story of giving birth to yourself, this giant stretched-out muse,\u201d Isella said, leaning into a stemwinder about the genesis of art. \u201cIt just doesn\u2019t feel like it\u2019s coming from me. It feels like it\u2019s coming from some weird thing I somewhat worship.\u201d<\/p>\nA May 2025 follow-up, \u201cI\u2019m Camera,\u201d dealt with the depersonalizing effects of sudden attention. On \u201cJosephine,\u201d she makes tour life feel like a proverbial grippy-sock vacation to the breakdown ward \u2014 \u201cI\u2019m sock-footed, sick and selfish holding strangers\u2019 hands … I lost something, I sold it, I only remember the ache.\u201d<\/p>\nIsella\u2019s wariness of institutions extends to her recording career. She\u2019s still independent for now \u2014 surprising for an artist on Swift\u2019s radar \u2014 and uncompromising about what a label would demand of her compared to what they can provide. \u201cI\u2019ve met with a lot of the big dogs, and they\u2019re very kind people, but I just love the feeling of being independent,\u201d Isella said. \u201cMaybe I\u2019ll change my mind on that, but I\u2019m trying to fully understand a label and what its functions are, what it gives the artist in a social media day. I\u2019m trying to fully assess that before I sign any magic papers.\u201d<\/p>\nHer newest material (and her subversively eerie, Francesa Woodman-evoking music videos like \u201cMuse\u201d) feel perfectly timed to the apocalyptic mood in L.A. and the U.S. now, where an inexorable slide to ruin feels biblical. \u201cOut In the Garden,\u201d from September, hits some of the Southern gothic moods of Ethel Cain, but with a sense of acidic pity that\u2019s all her own. \u201cThat there\u2019s a small part of me that\u2019s envious \/ That you full-heartedly believe someone is always there,\u201d she sings. \u201cThat will always love you, and there\u2019s a plan for you out there.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n <\/picture> <\/svg> <\/button> <\/ps-youtubeplayer> <\/div><\/div><\/div>\nEven at her bleakest, there\u2019s a curdled humor underneath (her current tour is subtitled \u201cYou\u2019ll Understand More, Dick\u201d). 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\u201cThis next record, I\u2019m having so much fun with s\u2014 that\u2019s really f\u2014 dark,\u201d Isella said. \u201cIt\u2019s like, the only way to stop screaming about it is to have a moment laughing about it.\u201d<\/p>\n
Isella grew up in Los Angeles in a family with enough entertainment-biz acclaim to make being an artist feel like a viable career. Yet they still let her be feral and freewheeling in developing her craft. Her father, the Chilean American cinematographer Claudio Miranda, won an Oscar for 2012\u2019s \u201cLife of Pi\u201d and shot \u201cTop Gun: Maverick\u201d and the recent racing hit \u201cF1\u201d (Her mom is the author Kelli Bean-Miranda). Looking back on her bucolic childhood in L.A., Isella recalled it filled with music and boundless encouragement, worlds away from her social media-addled peers.<\/p>\n
\u201cI\u2019d been homeschooled my whole life,\u201d Isella said. \u201cMy mom would leave little trails of poetry books for me to find, and my dad would set up GarageBand and leave me for hours with all the instruments and nothing but free time. I didn\u2019t even have a phone until I was 16. When I first was on TikTok, I saw everyone had the same personality, because they had been watching each other for so long. Being around kids my age was so strange, because I\u2019d grown up around adults \u2014 like, \u2018Oh, these kids are so sweet and kind and adorable, but they think I\u2019m one of them.\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n
After her family temporarily moved to Australia during the pandemic and Isella began self-releasing music, it became clear that her talents set her very far apart. Drawing on her early background in classical music and a fascination with scabrous rock and electronic music, she found a sound that melded the Velvet Underground and Nico\u2019s elegant miserablism, Chelsea Wolfe and Lingua Ignota\u2019s doom-laden art metal and the close-miked , creepy goth-pop of Billie Eilish\u2019s first LP.<\/p>\n
Isella began self-releasing music during the pandemic. Since then, she\u2019s landed opener spots on multiple high-profile tours.<\/p>\n
(@okaynicolita)<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/figure><\/div>\n
Her early music showed a withering humor and skepticism of the culture around her (\u201cAll of Human Knowledge Made Us Dumb,\u201d \u201cEverybody Supports Women\u201d), but singles came at rapid clip and translated surprisingly well on the social media platforms she loathed (she has 1.3 million followers on TikTok). It all got her onto stages with Melanie Martinez and Glass Animals and, eventually, Swift. (A Florence + The Machine arena tour opening slot is up next.) <\/p>\n
On 2024\u2019s writhing EP \u201cI Can Be Your Mother,\u201d songs like \u201cSex Concept\u201d had the sensual fatalism of poets like Anne Sexton and Sylvia Plath, paired with the drippy erotic menace of Nine Inch Nails. \u201cI\u2019ll bend him over backwards, give him something to believe in,\u201d she sings. \u201cWe\u2019ll play the game, both go insane and then we\u2019ll call it even \u2026 I\u2019m the only god that you\u2019ll ever believe in.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cThe first EP was this whole story of giving birth to yourself, this giant stretched-out muse,\u201d Isella said, leaning into a stemwinder about the genesis of art. \u201cIt just doesn\u2019t feel like it\u2019s coming from me. It feels like it\u2019s coming from some weird thing I somewhat worship.\u201d<\/p>\n
A May 2025 follow-up, \u201cI\u2019m Camera,\u201d dealt with the depersonalizing effects of sudden attention. On \u201cJosephine,\u201d she makes tour life feel like a proverbial grippy-sock vacation to the breakdown ward \u2014 \u201cI\u2019m sock-footed, sick and selfish holding strangers\u2019 hands … I lost something, I sold it, I only remember the ache.\u201d<\/p>\n
Isella\u2019s wariness of institutions extends to her recording career. She\u2019s still independent for now \u2014 surprising for an artist on Swift\u2019s radar \u2014 and uncompromising about what a label would demand of her compared to what they can provide. \u201cI\u2019ve met with a lot of the big dogs, and they\u2019re very kind people, but I just love the feeling of being independent,\u201d Isella said. \u201cMaybe I\u2019ll change my mind on that, but I\u2019m trying to fully understand a label and what its functions are, what it gives the artist in a social media day. I\u2019m trying to fully assess that before I sign any magic papers.\u201d<\/p>\n
Her newest material (and her subversively eerie, Francesa Woodman-evoking music videos like \u201cMuse\u201d) feel perfectly timed to the apocalyptic mood in L.A. and the U.S. now, where an inexorable slide to ruin feels biblical. \u201cOut In the Garden,\u201d from September, hits some of the Southern gothic moods of Ethel Cain, but with a sense of acidic pity that\u2019s all her own. \u201cThat there\u2019s a small part of me that\u2019s envious \/ That you full-heartedly believe someone is always there,\u201d she sings. \u201cThat will always love you, and there\u2019s a plan for you out there.\u201d<\/p>\n
Even at her bleakest, there\u2019s a curdled humor underneath (her current tour is subtitled \u201cYou\u2019ll Understand More, Dick\u201d). But if this little sliver of young fame has taught Isella anything, it\u2019s that even when everyone wants a piece of you, no one is actually coming to save any of us.<\/p>\n
\u201cThere\u2019s nothing with weight, nothing that\u2019s meaningful, to blind faith,\u201d Isella said. \u201cOn this next record, I\u2019m about to go really angry because religion really pisses me off, it inflames me. But it\u2019s the most beautiful placebo to imagine that there\u2019s a father that loves you no matter what you do. I\u2019m a really lucky person in that I\u2019ve always been safe and protected, but if you\u2019ve had a rough life, that is insanely powerful to imagine that and believe that.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n
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