Isabella Rodríguez Rivera (born 30 November 1993), known professionally as Isabella Lovestory, is a Honduran pop and reggaeton singer based in Montreal, Canada. Her music has been described as perreo-pop.
Lovestory released her debut single, "Humo", in 2019. She gained further recognition in 2020 with the release of her single "Mariposa". She released her first full-length studio album Amor Hardcore in 2022, followed by her sophomore album Vanity in 2025. Lovestory has collaborated with many other artists such as Shygirl, Mura Masa, and La Goony Chonga.
Early life and education Lovestory was born Isabella Rodríguez Rivera on 30 November 1993 in Tegucigalpa, Honduras. Her mother, Wendy Rivera, is an architect, and her father, Hector Rodriguez, was a radio show host; she has one younger brother named Andrès. She immigrated to the United States with her family at the age of 13 due to her mother's job, settling in Virginia, which she described as a culture shock. She moved to Montreal, Canada at the age of 17. She studied fine arts at Concordia University, but found its rules and structures dissatisfying and dropped out to become a musician. She initially started recording in 2018 with a song dedicated to her cat.
Career Lovestory 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. She commented that Lovestory is a persona, and enjoys exaggerating her personality and having fun through the character. 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."
In 2022, Lovestory was featured on SoundCloud's First on SoundCloud 2022 program, which is "an artist discovery program designed to break the next generation of superstars". 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. The album was received well with critics, receiving a score of 7.2/10 from Pitchfork, the album was also ranked at 21st in the "50 Best Spanish-Language Albums of 2022" by Rolling Stone and was longlisted for the 2023 Polaris Music Prize."2023 Polaris Music Prize long list: Feist, Jessie Reyez and more". CBC Music, 13 June 2023. She also performed at the Pop Montreal festival later on in this year.
2022 also saw Lovestory 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". She also collaborated with Mura Masa for a song on his demon time album, titled tonto, which they performed at Coachella together in 2023.
In 2023, Lovestory embarked on the Laticonica Tour with support from collaborator and boyfriend Kamixlo. The tour would be across 13 different countries over 24 dates. To support the tour, she released the single Latina. In July 2023, she played at the Festival d'été de Québec where she opened for Pitbull. In December 2023, she released "Fuetazo" featuring Villano Antillano in December 2023. The song was featured on Pitchfork weekly selects playlist.
2024 saw Rodríguez embark on a European tour, the Plastic Fantasy Tour, was announced in May of this year and would see Lovestory play festivals such as CDMX Festival and MELT Festival in Germany. 2024 saw Lovestory release three singles, "Botoxxx", "VIP" and "Puchica", which was described as fun and carefree by Isabella herself. The latter two singles released this year would appear on Rodríguez’s second studio album.
In 2025, Lovestory announced her second studio album, Vanity, which was released on 27 June 2025. The album was preceded by six singles, "VIP", "Puchica", "Putita Boutique" with Taichu, "Telenovela", which was named Track of The Day by SoundCloud on April 28 of that year, Gorgeous and "Eurotrash". In a press release, Rodríguez described Vanity by saying "Thematically, this album explores fragility, how easily a mirror shatters, but it also explores the indestructible and eternal essence of beauty. I don’t mind when things break, I like to collect the pieces and create something new." The album has been received well by music critics, with critics noting Vanity's expansive range of genres and Isabella's lyricism. The album also placed 23 on Pitchfork’s Best Pop Albums list for the year. Alongside playing LadyLand festival on June 28, 2025, alongside FKA twigs and Pabllo Vittar, Lovestory would embark on the Vanity World Tour which saw her play shows in the United States, Canada, Europe and Latin America.
Vanity received a Juno Award nomination in the new Latin Music Recording of the Year category at the Juno Awards of 2026.Natalie Harmsen, Melody Lau, Holly Gordon and Kelsey Adams, "Here are all the 2026 Juno nominees". CBC Music, March 28, 2026.
Discography Studio albums + List of studio albums, with selected details Title Details Amor Hardcore Released: 5 October 2022 Label: none (self-released) Formats: LP, digital download, streaming Vanity Released: 27 June 2025 Label: none (self-released), Giant Music Formats: LP, Digital download, streaming
Mixtapes + List of mixtapes, with selected details Title Details Juguete Released: 29 May 2018 Label: none (self-released) Formats: Digital download, streaming Remix Mixtape Released: 6 May 2021 Label: none (self-released) Formats: Digital download, streaming Vanity Remix Mixtape Released: 23 September 2026 Label: none (self-released), Giant Music Formats: Digital download, streaming
Extended plays + List of extended plays, with selected details Title Details Humo Released: 14 February 2019 Label: TWIN Records Formats: Digital download, streaming Mariposa Released: 16 October 2020 Label: none (self-released) Formats: Digital download, streaming
Singles As lead artist + List of singles as lead artist, showing year released, and originating album Title Year Album "Humo" 2019 Humo "1 Time Thing" "JETAIME" 2020 "Golosa" Mariposa "Kitten Heel" "Mariposa" "Whiskey & Coca-Cola" "Aló" 2021 rowspan="3" "Vuelta" "Tranki" "Cherry Bomb" 2022Amor Hardcore "Fashion Freak" "Sexo Amor Dinero" "Exibisionista" "Latina" 2023 rowspan="3" "Fuetazo" "Botoxxx" 2024 "VIP"Vanity "Puchica" "Putita Boutique" 2025 "Telenovela" "Gorgeous" "Eurotrash"
As featured artist + List of singles as a featured artist, showing year released, and originating album Title Year Album "Sunnyside" 2018 "Castasrofe" 2019 Ilimitado "Entra In Me" 2021 Summer In Sexilla "O Sea, Si Te Quiero" Sentimientos Encontrados "Fuego" 2022 "Tonto" demon time "Bad Vibes" PALMISTRY "Glamorous"2024SPIRAL "Besos Robados" 2025i was put on this earth "True Religion"Club Shy Room 2
Promotional singles +List of promotional singles, showing year released, and originating album Title Year Album "Sunflower" 2023 The Sunflower Covers (From and Inspired by the Motion Picture "Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse")
Music videos + List of music videos, showing year released, and director Title Year Director(s) "Humo" 2019 Pepi Ginsberg "1 Time Thing" Chicken "JETAIME" 2020 "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" "Tranki" "Cherry Bomb" 2022 "Fashion Freak" "Sexo Amor Dinero" MOSHPXT "Exibisionista" Samuel Ibram "Keratina" Isabella Lovestory "Gateo" MOSHPXT "Latina" 2023 Hugo Matula & Isabella Lovestory "Fuetazo" JMP & Isabella Lovestory "Botoxxx" 2024 Ariel Poupart "VIP"Chicken & Isabella Lovestory "Puchica"Isabella Lovestory "Putita Boutique" 2025Isabella Lovestory & Colter Fellows "Telenovela"Charlotte Rutherford "Gorgeous"Jim Alexander "Vanity"Tohé Commaret "Eurotrash"Victoria Davidoff "Tu Te Vas"2026Claire Barrow "Gorgeous (Remix)"Hana Watanabe
See also Latin American Canadians Music of Honduras
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