Sophia Stel, born in Victoria, British Columbia, and shaped by her years in Vancouver, found an enthusiastic fan base with her 2024 debut EP “Object Permanence,” a vulnerable collection of genre-bending songs fueled by her alto voice. You may know her name from ‘I'll Take It’, which became the soundtrack on TikTok for everything from brutally honest relationship advice to #hopecore friendship content. In 2026, Mura Masa released an edit. She knows how to follow her intuition and go against the flow of online trends, setting trends rather than following them.