Stela Cole

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Explosive, elegant, and larger-than-life, Stela Cole’s music radiates the kind of unbridled confidence that leaves a long-lasting impact. But for the Georgia-bred singer/songwriter, the bold energy of her immaculately composed pop comes from years of fighting for her vision and refusing to compromise the elaborate depth of her artistry.   On songs like her hypnotic new single “Rhapsody in Pink”—a sublimely swaggering twist on Gershwin—Cole reveals the wild expanse of inspirations that have informed her musicality: Motown girl groups, big band jazz from the roaring ’20s, the hyper-inventive hip-hop of artists like Outkast, iconic pop queens like Fergie. Growing up south of Atlanta, Cole took up piano at age seven but devoted much of her childhood and adolescence to her role as a soccer player. When a brutal back injury ended her athletic career, the then-16-year-old turned to music as a coping mechanism. “I’d go down to the piano in our basement and just play until about three in the morning,” she recalls. “Eventually I started writing my own songs, and music changed my life in the best way possible.”   Cole is now working on her debut album, and hopes to inspire empowerment and authenticity through her unparalleled, cinematic sound. “No one ever makes a huge impact by replicating something that’s already been done before, so I’m going to keep my head down and keep creating what feels good to me.”