Rising Stars: Meet Sophia Roselle of Nashville

Today we’d like to introduce you to Sophia Roselle.

Hi sophia, thanks for joining us today. We’d love for you to start by introducing yourself.
Growing up in Seattle, surrounded by the salty blue-green mist drifting off the Puget Sound, music has always been a defining force in my life. At just three years old, I was already dancing and singing my heart out to Abba, twirling in my blue princess dress and jewel studded star shaped sunglasses. But those moments were not just fun– they were a much needed release from the constant turbulence, instability, and conflict I faced in a turbulent home environment. As a result, I struggled with PTSD and various mental health challenges throughout my childhood and teenage years. During my lowest moments, I felt completely hopeless—terrified that I would never feel like myself again, that I’d never go on to live a successful and happy life. The only thing keeping me going was music. Through everything, singing and songwriting became my refuge, offering me peace amid the chaos of the world and the anxiety that weighed so heavily on me.

I also found community and belonging in video creation. I used to vlog around the house and film singing and dancing videos, and was engulfed in the world of content creation as I began watching my favorite artists on YouTube and following my favorite YouTubers– I loved the YouTubers I watched and artists I listened to so much because they provided such amazing communities, and their art helped me get through the hardest periods of time in my life.

At 16, I began taking songwriting seriously, which eventually led me to major in songwriting at Belmont University. To this day, it remains one of the best decisions I’ve ever made. Studying at Belmont gave me a deep understanding of the music industry and invaluable opportunities to collaborate with professionals in the field. More than that, my time there shaped who I am today—I met my best friends and found the people I love creating music with.

Can you talk to us a bit about the challenges and lessons you’ve learned along the way. Looking back would you say it’s been easy or smooth in retrospect?
As many other artists so often acknowledge, the journey of an artist has been far from easy. When I first applied to Belmont, multiple people including family members didn’t believe in my abilities. To be fair, I had a long road of hard work and improvement ahead of me if I wanted to be successful. Evidently, I was rejected from both the commercial voice program and the songwriting program at Belmont. I remember sitting down at my desk with tears in my eyes, distraught over the possibility that I wasn’t good enough. I decided that couldn’t be a possibility, and started taking music theory lessons, teaching myself piano and guitar, writing more often, and doing everything I possibly could to improve. I ended up re-auditioning for the songwriting program a year after all of my hard work, and I got accepted! I think a big part of a career in music is learning how to accept and learn from failure, and get back up again. I’m trying to fall in love with the journey, not just the end goal.

Another huge challenge for me has been time management. After graduating Belmont, I started to schedule at least three co-writes a week and two studio sessions a week so I could finish recording five different songs at once, while at the same time filming, editing, and posting on social media as often as possible, networking, and playing shows. Additionally, I began hosting Tik Tok live sessions for at least two hours almost every single night. It felt, and sometimes still feels, like I will never get to the end of my to do list – and in reality I won’t! I’ve learned – and must frequently relearn – that I can only do so many things at once, and instead of overloading myself, try to focus on my top three priorities, and take each day at a time. I’m still learning how to manage my time in a healthy way, and will have to readjust as I start to apply for different content creation jobs, but everything is worth it if I positively impact at least one person. At the end of the day, I want to be a reminder for people struggling or trying to achieve what might seem impossible that they should never give up, and always keep going. All of the hardships that come with this career are worth it if I’m able to make a positive impact on even just a few people’s lives.

Alright, so let’s switch gears a bit and talk business. What should we know about your work?
I make pop music but right now I’m kind of experimenting with different types of pop and how I can bring other genres into the pop I do. My biggest musical influences are Taylor Swift, Abba, and Fleetwood Mac, but I also love Sabrina Carpenter, Olivia Rodrigo, and Madison Beer. I recently released my debut single, Boy in My Bed, and I am so incredibly grateful to all of the people who have listened to and shared it. It’s been really cool to see how this song has already created a little community and group of fans who are excited about future releases. Since I grew up finding community and peace in artists online and YouTubers, I have a really unique connection with and understanding of how to create communities online with my artistry, and am constantly coming up with unique ideas surrounding content creation. I truly can not explain how incredibly happy it makes me to see that some of my supporters have become friends with each other and are creating their own relationships.. I guess part of the reason why it makes me feel so emotional is because my internet friends who I met through YouTubers or artists I loved when I was in highschool, have been so amazing and I’m still friends with them to this day. It’s especially cool because I see a lot of them interact with each other in my TikTok lives, which is something I’m really passionate about! I love playing music and chatting on livestream and directly engaging with people, and recently I’ve started to have a lot of success- one of my lives had 182,000 views and 4 million likes in the span of an hour! I am so dedicated to connecting with people and am incredibly passionate about the healing and uniting affects music can have on people, so seeing it already start to happen has made me really proud of the music and content I’m putting out there. I can’t wait to share what else I’ve been writing, and am determined to create music and art that makes people feel heard and less alone, and that creates safe communities for people to connect with one another!

Contact Info:

• Website: https://linktr.ee/SophiaRoselle
• Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/sophiaroselle_/
• Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/@sophiaroselle
• Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/artist/0uoVqpDTL8K93qVsZZWfog
• Other: https://www.tiktok.com/@sophiaroselle