Mia Rodriguez is an Australian pop music singer-songwriter. She started her career posting covers and other content on

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, and started releasing music in 2019.

Career

Rodriguez was signed with

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's label City Pop Records in late 2019. She issued her first single, "Emotion", in December of that year, as the label's first release. The music video had over 850,000 views on

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. Her next single, "Psycho", was released in April 2020. 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,

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, in April. Her third single, "Beautiful & Bittersweet" (stylised in

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), was released in August 2020, alongside a lyric video. It was produced by Dave Hammer (Lime Cordiale). Greta Brereton of ''

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'' reported that the artist had 2 million subscribers on

. The music video was released two months later in October 2020. At the

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, held as a virtual ceremony, the singer was a presenter.

Personal life

Rodriguez was brought up in

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. She is openly

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and suffered bullying in her childhood and teenage years as a result of her sexuality and eccentric personality.

Discography

Singles

Videography

Awards and nominations

J Awards

The

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are an annual series of Australian music awards that were established by the

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's youth-focused radio station

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. They commenced in 2005. , - ,

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, Mia Rodriguez , Unearthed Artist of the Year , , -

Rolling Stone Australia Awards

The

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are awarded annually in January or February by the Australian edition of ''

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'' magazine for outstanding contributions to popular culture in the previous year. , - , 2021 , Mia Rodriguez , Best New Artist , , -

References

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