Sophia Stel has announced her debut album. Born in Victoria, B.C. and shaped by her years in Vancouver, the artist and producer first caught our attention with her 2024 debut EP Object Permanence, where vulnerable songwriting met an instinctive, genreless approach to electronic pop. She followed it last year with How to Win At Solitaire, while her hazy, self directed visuals and increasingly singular sound earned her support from names including A.G. Cook, Troye Sivan and Robyn.
Her first full length is called The Greatest Album Of All Time, which is a pretty fun title for album number one, and it arrives October 16 through A24 Music. Stel produced the record herself, and the songs released so far suggest she is leaning further into the tension that already made her earlier work interesting: big, emotional club music on one side, quieter and more inward looking writing on the other. “Bitches Talk Shit”, “Molly In the Club” and “Now I’ve Got A Lot You Know” have each shown a slightly different version of that world, moving between rave euphoria, intimacy and a certain detached coolness. “The album is about believing in yourself and believing in love and is dedicated to my brothers Luke and Royce,” Stel says.
The brand new single, “I Do”, also plays on that contrast. The track has the rush of trance music, but Stel sings through it with a much softer presence, her voice processed and weightless rather than pushed to the front. Directed by Stel’s close friend Scarlet Ross, the accompanying video takes a similarly restrained approach. Stel wanders around New York, stopping by the Diamond District and casually looking at jewellery rather than giving us the obvious club fantasy the song could easily invite. In conclusion: “I Do” is a banger. Watch the video below, or stream the song in our Best Songs of 2026 playlist.
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