Isabel LaRosa

Biography

Isabel Sofia LaRosa (born September 18, 2004), is a Cuban-American singer, songwriter and video director from Annapolis, Maryland. She signed to RCA Records in 2021 and released her debut EP, I'm Watching You, in 2022. She rose to prominence after releasing her 2022 single "I'm Yours", which went viral on the social media platform TikTok. Her debut studio album, Raven×Raven18 April 2025 · Studio albumSpotifyYouTube Music (search)Tracklist · 14 tracks1Famous2:582Good Girl2:053Pretty Boy2:034Girl of Your Dreams2:315Cry for You2:226Home2:167Hope It Hurts2:298See You Again3:269Good for You2:3510Favorite2:1311Muse2:2512Destroy Myself for You2:2313Piece of My Life2:5314Burning2:20, was released on April 18, 2025.

Life

Isabel Sofia LaRosa was born in the US, Annapolis, MD to a Cuban mother and an American father. She is Cuban-American and grew up with music around her from a young age, attending jazz clubs with her father where he played the saxophone, her brother playing the guitar, and she singing alongside them. Isabel started writing songs with her brother, Thomas LaRosa, while she was in elementary school which led them to form a creative duo. They co-write all of her musics, while Thomas produces them.

2021–2022: Debut and "I'm Yours"

On September 8, 2021, Isabel LaRosa released her debut single "16 Candles×16 Candles8 September 2021 · SingleSpotifyYouTube Music (search)Tracklist · 1 track116 Candles2:28". She released the following singles in 2021, "Closer×Closer27 October 2021 · SingleSpotifyYouTube Music (search)Tracklist · 1 track1Closer3:27" and "Gameboy×GAMEBOY8 December 2021 · SingleSpotifyYouTube Music (search)Tracklist · 1 track1GAMEBOY2:11". On January 26, 2022, LaRosa released the single "Therapy×Therapy26 January 2022 · SingleSpotifyYouTube Music (search)Tracklist · 1 track1Therapy2:18". The next month, she released the single "Haunted×HAUNTED24 February 2022 · SingleSpotifyYouTube Music (search)Tracklist · 1 track1HAUNTED2:18", the lead single from her debut EP, I'm Watching You. The song was released alongside her first music video, which served as the first part of a three part series which together form a short film. The EP's second single, "Help", was released on April 15, 2022. I'm Watching You was released on June 24, alongside a short film written and co-directed by LaRosa herself. Another single, "Heartbeat×HEARTBEAT26 August 2022 · SingleSpotifyYouTube Music (search)Tracklist · 1 track1HEARTBEAT2:05" was released on August 26. LaRosa also co-wrote three songs from label-mate Ari Abdul's EP, Fallen Angel. On October 28, LaRosa released the single "I'm Yours", which became her breakthrough song after going viral on TikTok. It was released alongside a sped up version of the song and the music video released on November 11. On December 13, it was announced that she would be the opening act for Nessa Barrett's Young Forever Tour.

2023–present: Commercial success of "Favorite", Raven, and Promising Young Woman

On March 24, 2023, LaRosa released her second extended play, You Fear the God That Loves You. On September 13, she released the song "Older×older15 September 2023 · SingleSpotifyYouTube Music (search)Tracklist · 2 tracks1older2:182older sped up2:05". In January 2024, Ari Abdul announced that she would perform God's Watching Tour with LaRosa. On March 29, she released the single "Favorite×favorite29 March 2024 · SingleSpotifyYouTube Music (search)Tracklist · 4 tracks1favorite2:142favorite sped up2:033favorite (english)2:144favorite sped up (english)2:03". Before its official release, it gained more than 400 million views from the content which some users had created in social media. LaRosa announced Heaven Doesn't Wait Tour in April, starting at Glassgow, UK on October 21 and concluding at Köle, DE on November 7. On June 7, she released the music video for "Favorite". In September, LaRosa announced additional Australian set for Heaven Doesn't Wait Tour, set to begin in February 2025.

She announced her debut studio album, Raven×Raven18 April 2025 · Studio albumSpotifyYouTube Music (search)Tracklist · 14 tracks1Famous2:582Good Girl2:053Pretty Boy2:034Girl of Your Dreams2:315Cry for You2:226Home2:167Hope It Hurts2:298See You Again3:269Good for You2:3510Favorite2:1311Muse2:2512Destroy Myself for You2:2313Piece of My Life2:5314Burning2:20, on February 14, 2025, the same day she released the single "Home". She also performed the tour, titled Psychopomp Tour, from April 18 at the Observatory North Park to May 23 at Belasco Theatre. She later released her single "Cry for You×Cry for You21 March 2025 · SingleSpotifyYouTube Music (search)Tracklist · 1 track1Cry for You2:23" on March 21, 2025, and announced that Raven would be released on April 18, 2025. On July 25, she released "My Girl×My Girl25 July 2025 · SingleSpotifyYouTube Music (search)Tracklist · 1 track1My Girl2:57". In the summer of 2025, she performed on the main stage of both the Governors Ball in New York City, and Sziget Festival in Budapest, Hungary. In 2026, it was announced that LaRosa would support American singer Madison Beer's tour, the Locket Tour, from May 11 to May 31. She will perform on its European and UK tour. She also released her single "Hallucination×Hallucination1 May 2026 · SingleSpotifyYouTube Music (search)Tracklist · 1 track1Hallucination3:23" and announced a new EP called Promising Young Woman×Promising Young Woman5 June 2026 · EPSpotifyYouTube Music (search)Tracklist · 6 tracks1The Things That I Would Do To Be Enough For You2:472Hallucination3:233Hate Myself For Loving You3:034Every Life3:195Porcelain2:486Claw Marks2:51. Same year, it was announced that Larosa will be an opener for English singer Artemas, in his upcoming tour, Lovecore tour. In June, she released her EP, Promising Young Woman. She also co-wrote "Still" by Karol G which was released in August along with Karol, Bruno Mars, Sasha Alex Sloan, and her brother, Thomas LaRosa.

Artistry

LaRosa wrote the treatments and co-directed each visual for her debut EP, I'm Watching You. The music video for "I'm Yours" was written and directed by LaRosa herself. Her music has been described as being alt-pop, dark pop, and electropop.

Headlining

God's Watching Tour (with Ari Abdul) (2024)
Heaven Doesn't Wait Tour (2024–2025)
Psychopomp Tour (2025)
Dollparts Tour (2026)

Supporting act

Young Forever Tour (Nessa Barrett) (2023)
The Locket Tour (Madison Beer) (2026)
Hades: The Sacrifice Tour (Melanie Martinez) (2026)