Isabella Lovestory
Isabella Lovestory | |
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 Lovestory in 2020 | |
| Background information | |
| Birth name | Isabella Rodríguez Rivera |
| Born | 30 November 1993 Tegucigalpa, Honduras |
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| Years active | 2018–present |
| Labels | Twin Records Giant Music |
| Website | isabellalovestory |
Isabella Rodríguez Rivera (born 30 November 1993), known professionally as Isabella Lovestory, is a Honduran pop and reggaeton singer based in Montreal, Canada.[1][2][3] Her music has been described as perreo-pop.[4]
In 2020 she gained recognition with the release of her single Mariposa,[5] and has also released Amor Hardcore, her first full-length studio album, in 2022.[6] Rodríguez has also collaborated alongside Shygirl, Mura Masa and La Goony Chonga.
Early life and education
[edit]Lovestory was born as Isabella Rodriguez in Tegucigalpa, Honduras.[1] Her father was a radio DJ. She moved to the United States state of Virginia with her family at the age of 13,[7] which she described as a culture shock, before moving to Montreal a few years later. She enrolled in art school, but found its rules and structures dissatisfying.[1] She initially started recording music for her cat, first recording in 2018.[1]
Career
[edit]Rodriguez began releasing DJ mixes and songs on her SoundCloud account before eventually releasing her debut mixtape, Juguete, in 2018. Following Juguete, she released two more extended plays, Humo in 2019 and Mariposa in 2020. Following success and praise from these releases, in 2021 she released three more singles, Aló, Vuelta, and Tranki, respectively. Later that year, a second mixtape consisting of remixes from the latter EPs was released, which featured remixes from collaborators Kamixlo, Club Eat and Drumloop.
Lovestory's music reflects themes of self-expression and women's empowerment.[8][9] She commented that Lovestory is a persona, and enjoys exaggerating her personality and having fun through the character.[9] Lovestory's character embraces her own sexual objectification and commented: "Mocking men is fun. Mocking what society views as degrading to women is fun, because nobody gets to decide what a woman's true desires are."[2]
In 2022, Rodriguez was featured on SoundCloud's First on Soundcloud 2022 program, which is "an artist discovery program designed to break the next generation of superstars".[10] Later that year, she released her debut album Amor Hardcore, which was proceeded by singles Cherry Bomb, Fashion Freak, Sexo Amor Dinero and Exibisionista. The album saw collaborations from Six Sex and Ms Nina, and featured production from her main collaborator Chicken, alongside Kamixlo and Nick Léon. The album was recognized in various music and culture publications.[7][11][12][13] The album was received well with critics, receiving a score of 7.2/10 from Pitchfork,[14] the album was also ranked at 21st in the "50 Best Spanish-Language Albums of 2022" by Rolling Stone[15] and was longlisted for the 2023 Polaris Music Prize.[16] She also performed at the Pop Montreal festival[6] later on in this year.
2022 also saw Rodriguez produce, write and provide vocals for K-Pop girl group LE SSERAFIM, on their song ANTIFRAGILE. The song incorporated Reggaeton and Neoperreo styles which Isabella has become known for. When announcing she had collaborated with LE SSERAFIM on the track she stated that she was "extremely happy" and that "dreams come true".[17]She also collaborated with Mura Masa for a song on his demon time album, titled tonto, which they performed at Coachella together in 2023.[18]
In 2023, Rodriguez embarked on the Laticonica Tour with support from collaborator and boyfriend Kamixlo. The tour would be across 13 different countries over 24 dates.[19]To support the tour, she released the single Latina.[20] In July 2023, she played at the Festival d'été de Québec where she opened for Pitbull.[citation needed] In December 2023, she released "Fuetazo" featuring Villano Antillano in December 2023.[21] The song was featured on Pitchfork's weekly selects playlist.[22]
From 2024 onwards, Rodriguez has began to tease her second album. A European tour, the Plastic Fantasy Tour,[23] was announced in May of this year and would see Rodriguez play festivals such as CDMX Festival and MELT Festival in Germany. 2024 saw Rodriguez release three singles, Botoxxx, VIP and Puchica, the latter of which was described[24] as fun and carefree by Isabella herself. 2025 has seen Rodriguez release two singles, Putita Boutique with Taichu, and Telenovela, which was named Track of The Day by Soundcloud on April 28th of that year.[25] Rodriguez is set to play LadyLand festival on June 28th 2025, alongside FKA twigs and Pabllo Vittar[26]
Discography
[edit]Studio albums
[edit]| Title | Details |
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| Amor Hardcore |
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Mixtapes
[edit]| Title | Details |
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| Juguete |
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| Remix Mixtape |
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Extended plays
[edit]| Title | Details |
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| Humo |
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| Mariposa |
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Singles
[edit]As lead artist
[edit]| Title | Year | Album |
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| "Humo" | 2019 | Humo |
| "1 Time Thing" | ||
| "JETAIME" | 2020 | Non-album single |
| "Golosa" | Mariposa | |
| "Kitten Heel" | ||
| "Mariposa" | ||
| "Whiskey & Coca Cola" | ||
| "Aló" | 2021 | Non-album single |
| "Vuelta" | ||
| "Tranki" | ||
| "Cherry Bomb" | 2022 | Amor Hardcore |
| "Fashion Freak" | ||
| "Sexo Amor Dinero" | ||
| "Exibisionista" | ||
| "Latina" | 2023 | Non-album single |
| "Fuetazo" (featuring Villano Antillano) | ||
| "Botoxxx" | 2024 | TBA |
| "VIP" | ||
| "Puchica" | ||
| "Putita Boutique" (featuring Taichu) |
2025 | |
| "Telenovela" |
As featured artist
[edit]| Title | Year | Album |
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| "Sunnyside" (Coco & Clair Clair featuring Isabella Lovestory & Paul Maxwell) |
2018 | Non-album single |
| "Castasrofe"
(Florentino featuring Isabella Lovestory) |
2019 | Ilimitado |
| "Entra In Me"
(CECILIA featuring Isabella Lovestory) |
2021 | Summer In Sexilla |
| "O Sea, Si Te Quiero" (Nicola Cruz featuring Isabella Lovestory) |
Sentimientos Encontrados | |
| "Fuego" (Florentino, Isabella Lovestory & Mc Buzzz featuring Mc Baby Perigosa) |
2022 | Non-album single |
| "Tonto" (Mura Masa featuring Isabella Lovestory) |
demon time | |
| "Bad Vibes" (Palmistry, Bladee, Isabella Lovestory) |
PALMISTRY | |
| "Glamorous" (Brooke Candy featuring Isabella Lovestory & Urias) |
2024 | SPIRAL |
| "Besos Robados" (DJ Python featuring Isabella Lovestory) |
2025 | i was put on this earth |
| "True Religion" (Shygirl featuring Isabella Lovestory & PinkPantheress) |
Club Shy Room 2 |
Promotional singles
[edit]| Title | Year | Album |
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| "Sunflower" | 2023 | The Sunflower Covers (From and Inspired by the Motion Picture "Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse") |
Music videos
[edit]| Title | Year | Director(s) |
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| "Humo" | 2019 | Pepi Ginsberg |
| "1 Time Thing" | Chicken | |
| "JETAIME" | 2020 | Chicken |
| "Golosa" | Tyler Cunningham | |
| "Kitten Heel" | Isabella Lovestory & Shahan Assadourian | |
| "Mariposa" | Chicken, Finnbar Porteous, Heji Shin & Isabella Lovestory | |
| "Whiskey & Coca Cola" | Isabella Lovestory & Chicken | |
| "Aló" | 2021 | Isabella Lovestory |
| "Vuelta" | Isabella Lovestory | |
| "Tranki" | Isabella Lovestory | |
| "Cherry Bomb" | 2022 | Isabella Lovestory |
| "Fashion Freak" | Isabella Lovestory | |
| "Sexo Amor Dinero" | MOSHPXT | |
| "Exibisionista" | Samuel Ibram | |
| "Keratina" | Isabella Lovestory | |
| "Gateo" (featuring Ms Nina) |
MOSHPXT | |
| "Latina" | 2023 | Hugo Matula & Isabella Lovestory |
| "Fuetazo" (featuring Villano Antillano) |
JMP & Isabella Lovestory | |
| "Botoxxx" | 2024 | Ariel Poupart |
| "VIP" | Chicken & Isabella Lovestory | |
| "Puchica" | Isabella Lovestory | |
| "Putita Boutique" | 2025 | Isabella Lovestory & Colter Fellows |
| "Telenovela" | Charlotte Rutherford |
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ a b c d Flores, Verónica Bayetti (24 October 2022). "Isabella Lovestory: The Pleasure Principle". Crack. Retrieved 18 November 2022.
- ^ a b Hayn, Bryan (20 May 2020). "Watch Isabella Lovestory's video for new perreo-pop single 'Golosa'". The Fader. Retrieved 18 November 2022.
- ^ "Enter the World of Isabella Lovestory". Notion. 12 August 2022. Retrieved 18 November 2022.
- ^ Darville, Jordan (17 October 2022). "Song You Need: Isabella Lovestory's sizzling and menacing 'Tacon' will give you whiplash". The Fader. Retrieved 18 November 2022.
- ^ Wang, Steffanee. "Isabella Lovestory Is The Reggaeton Popstar Taking All Your Fantasies To The Extreme". Nylon. Nylon. Retrieved 7 May 2025.
- ^ a b Pavakos, Louis (6 October 2022). "Reggaeton Pop Artist Isabella Lovestory Drops Debut Amor Hardcore". Complex Canada. Retrieved 18 November 2022.
- ^ a b Yalcinkaya, Günseli (2 September 2022). "Isabella Lovestory is a certified fashion freak". Dazed. Retrieved 18 November 2022.
- ^ Novogratz, Narciso (23 August 2022). "An Odyssey Through Isabella Lovestory's Sonic Universe". Latina. Retrieved 18 November 2022.
- ^ a b "Isabella Lovestory Is The Reggaeton Popstar Taking All Your Fantasies To The Extreme". Nylon. Retrieved 18 November 2022.
- ^ "First on SoundCloud 2022". YouTube. SoundCloud. Retrieved 7 May 2025.
- ^ "Isabella Lovestory - 'Exibisionista' · Single Review ⟋ RA". Resident Advisor. Retrieved 17 November 2022.
- ^ McCafferty, Kenna (10 October 2022). "Isabella Lovestory Wants to Seduce the World". Paper. Retrieved 18 November 2022.
- ^ "12 New Songs to Listen to This Week From Isabella Lovestory to Feid". Remezcla. Retrieved 18 November 2022.
- ^ Minsoo Kim, Joshua. "Isabella Lovestory: Amor Hardcore Album Review". Pitchfork. Pitchfork. Retrieved 7 May 2025.
- ^ "The 50 Best Spanish-Language Albums of 2022". Rolling Stone. 16 December 2022. Retrieved 14 December 2023.
- ^ "2023 Polaris Music Prize long list: Feist, Jessie Reyez and more". CBC Music, 13 June 2023.
- ^ "✿isabella lovestory✿ (@scarylovestory) / X". X. Retrieved 7 May 2025.
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- ^ "✿isabella lovestory✿ (@scarylovestory) / X". X. Retrieved 7 May 2025.
- ^ Hatfield, Amanda. "Isabella Lovestory shares new single "Latina," announces spring tour with Kamixlo". Brooklyn Vegan. Retrieved 7 May 2025.
- ^ Mier, Tomás (6 December 2023). "Isabella Lovestory and Villano Antillano Are Mermaids Who 'Don't Follow Any Rules' on 'Fuetazo'". Rolling Stone. Retrieved 14 December 2023.
- ^ "11 Songs You Should Listen to Now: This Week's Pitchfork Selects Playlist". Pitchfork. 11 December 2023. Retrieved 14 December 2023.
- ^ "✿isabella lovestory✿ (@scarylovestory) / X". X.
- ^ Murray, Robin. "Isabella Lovestory Sizzles With 'Puchica'". Clash. Clash Music. Retrieved 7 May 2025.
- ^ "SoundCloud on X: TRACK OF THE DAY: @scarylovestory - Telenovela". X. Retrieved 7 May 2025.
- ^ "LadyLand Festival". LadyLand Festival. LadyLand Festival. Retrieved 7 May 2025.