Mia Rodriguez | |
Birth Date: | 14 July 2002 |
Birth Place: | Sydney, Australia |
Genre: | Alternative pop, dance-pop, electropop, alternative R&B |
Instrument: | Vocals |
Years Active: | 2019–present |
Label: | City Pop Atlantic Records |
Mia Rodriguez is an Australian pop music singer-songwriter.[1] She started her career posting covers and other content on TikTok, and started releasing music in 2019.
Rodriguez was signed with Michael Chugg's label City Pop Records in late 2019.[2] She issued her first single, "Emotion", in December of that year, as the label's first release.[2] [3] The music video had over 850,000 views on YouTube. Her next single, "Psycho", was released in April 2020.[4] Its music video had over 6,000,000 views on YouTube by the end of the year. She also made her live debut with a performance supporting Sydney-based duo, Lime Cordiale, in April.[5]
Her third single, "Beautiful & Bittersweet" (stylised in all-caps), was released in August 2020,[6] alongside a lyric video.[7] It was produced by Dave Hammer (Lime Cordiale).[6] Greta Brereton of NME Australia reported that the artist had 2 million subscribers on TikTok.[6] The music video was released two months later in October 2020.[8] At the 2020 ARIA Music Awards, held as a virtual ceremony, the singer was a presenter.[9] [10]
Rodriguez was brought up in Western Sydney. She is openly pansexual and suffered bullying in her childhood and teenage years as a result of her sexuality and eccentric personality.[11]
Artist: | Mia Rodriguez |
Singles: | 9 |
Music Videos: | 5 |
Year | Charts--> | Album |
---|---|---|
"Emotion" | 2019 | rowspan="9" |
"Psycho" | 2020 | |
"Beautiful & Bittersweet" | ||
"Billion Dollar Bitch" | 2021 | |
"Shut Up"[12] | 2022 | |
"Superglue" | ||
"I Luv U" | ||
"Ride" | 2024 | |
"Running 4 My Life"[13] |
Title | Year | Director(s) |
---|---|---|
"Emotion" | 2019 | Josh Harris |
"Psycho" | 2020 | |
"Beautiful & Bittersweet" | Macario De Souza | |
"Billion Dollar Bitch" | 2021 | Josh Harris |
"Shut Up" | 2022 | |
"I Luv U" |
The J Awards are an annual series of Australian music awards that were established by the Australian Broadcasting Corporation's youth-focused radio station Triple J. They commenced in 2005.|-| J Awards of 2020[14] [15] | Mia Rodriguez| Unearthed Artist of the Year| |-
The Rolling Stone Australia Awards are awarded annually in January or February by the Australian edition of Rolling Stone magazine for outstanding contributions to popular culture in the previous year.[16]
|-| 2021[17] | Mia Rodriguez| Best New Artist| |-