Sorisa is Toronto's 16-year-old breakout.
At 16, the Toronto artist went from a SoundCloud handle to Atlantic Records, Rolling Loud and a sold-out Lee's Palace — and DGTL was shooting his first-ever set before the world caught on.
Facts verified via Billboard Canada, CBC and the artist's discography (as of July 2026). His free Lee's Palace headline show filled the 500-capacity room within ten minutes (Nov 2025).
Sorisa is 16, still in high school, and already the name Toronto's underground says first. In barely a year, the electropop artist went from uploading songs to SoundCloud in his bedroom to signing with Atlantic Records, making his Rolling Loud debut, and headlining a free Lee's Palace show that filled the 500-person venue in ten minutes.
He didn't arrive with a machine behind him. Sorisa — a name pulled from the Spanish sonrisa, 'smile,' with the 'n' taken out, a reminder to 'not forget who you are' — built the moment himself: a run of colourful, buzzing, EDM-laced pop singles under the old handle brokeboyhappy, then a rebrand in September 2025 that lined up with the song that changed everything, 'U Look So Good In Fall.' It went viral on TikTok, and the labels came calling.
The sound: hyperpop energy, pop hooks, Toronto attitude
Billboard Canada, which named him a 2026 Artist to Watch, calls Sorisa 'equal parts addicting, colourful and electrifying' — niche rap and hip-hop blended with hyperpop and EDM-style beats, in the lineage of Nate Sib and 2hollis. It's music built for the exact place it broke: short-form video, where a hook has three seconds to land. And he's kept the pace relentless — more than twenty releases since 2024, two EPs (98/99 and the Atlantic debut I Love Colours), and a new single, 'Melody I Can Finish,' as recently as May 2026.
From a SoundCloud handle to Atlantic Records, Rolling Loud and a sold-out Lee's Palace — in barely a year, at sixteen.
— The DGTL Influence viewDGTL was in the room before the world caught up
DGTL first photographed Sorisa on September 23, 2025, at Lee's Palace — his first-ever time on that stage, a night headlined by rage artist Dom Corleo with Freem and others on the bill. Toronto creators Yves and Wake Taylor were in the crowd; DGTL shot them too. Weeks later, Sorisa returned to the same venue as the headliner and sold it out in ten minutes. The archive from that first night — Sorisa mid-set, the room, the faces who showed up early — is the kind of documentation that only exists because someone was paying attention before the algorithm was.
- A verified breakout: Atlantic Records, The Feldman Agency, and a 2026 Billboard Canada Artist to Watch nod — at 16.
- Built for the platform he broke on — 'U Look So Good In Fall' went viral on TikTok before the deal.
- Proof of demand, not hype: a free Lee's Palace headline show that filled the 500-cap venue in ten minutes.
- A festival artist already — Rolling Loud Orlando 2026, on a lineup with Playboi Carti and Don Toliver.
The trajectory from here is steep: a mini-tour through Toronto's Mod Club and New York's Mercury Theatre, and a First Class Fest slot at Sobeys Stadium booked for August 2026. For a brand or a room looking for the next Toronto name before it's obvious, Sorisa is the case study in what early looks like — and DGTL has the frames to prove it was there.
Sorisa, in frames — the Lee's Palace archive
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