“You’re Only as Hot as the Energy You Put Out”: Sophia La Corte Blends Faith, Fame and Female Autonomy

…I just vibe. I go with the flow. It’s all mindset. Everything is a mindset. If you’re hot, you just know it. And if you don’t feel like it, then you’ve got to think you’re hot until you know it…

I had the pleasure of talking with Sophia La Corte. Sophia, a New York-based digital creator, actress, and emerging pop artist, has carved out a distinct space in Gen Z culture through a blend of social media influence, artistic ambition, and a strong personal brand. With over one million followers and 60 million likes on TikTok, La Corte’s ascent reflects the growing power of digital platforms in launching multifaceted entertainment careers.

Born and raised in New Jersey, La Corte moved to New York City at 18, a transition that marked the beginning of her adult independence and entry into the creative arts. She studied acting at the Lee Strasberg Theatre & Film Institute, where she spent two years immersed in the Method tradition, an experience that helped shape her performance style both online and in more traditional acting spaces. Though she originally found her way into theater by chance in high school, she later pursued it formally, minoring in theater at college before the COVID-19 pandemic shifted her focus.

It was during the pandemic that La Corte, like many of her peers, turned to digital platforms. TikTok, in particular, became both her outlet and launching pad. Her content — ranging from beauty tutorials and “get ready with me” videos to commentary and lip-syncing — quickly found an audience drawn to her vivid aesthetic and assertive, often candid persona. With bright red hair and a confident, unscripted delivery, La Corte gained traction not only for her look but for the energy she projected, one she describes as unapologetically self-possessed.

La Corte’s rapid growth on TikTok led to collaborations with major fashion and beauty brands including Coach, DSW, Lancôme, and Redken. These partnerships have positioned her at the intersection of digital influence and traditional consumer marketing, an increasingly common trajectory for online creators with significant reach. She also co-hosted the podcast Out of Touch alongside celebrity hairstylist and entrepreneur Brad Mondo, engaging in unfiltered discussions about internet culture, personal growth, and beauty standards.

While social media brought her visibility, La Corte has increasingly turned her focus to music, an avenue she describes as more personal and creatively fulfilling. In March 2025, she released “SUPERSTR,” a dance-pop single influenced by early-2000s icons like Paris Hilton and contemporary social media-born musicians such as Addison Rae. The single features breathy vocals and electronic beats, hinting at the nostalgic pop landscape La Corte seeks to occupy. She has announced additional singles planned for release in the summer, including a track titled “On Your Knees,” which she describes as an anthem of female autonomy and power.

Despite her growing visibility, La Corte maintains that her artistic output is grounded in personal enjoyment and authenticity. Her creative process often involves spontaneous collaboration with friends in studio settings, where she values the freedom to experiment without pressure. This low-key, DIY approach, she suggests, is where she feels most creatively alive. “It becomes a song, or multiple songs, or some kind of art that lives forever,” she said in a recent interview.

Her approach to both public life and performance is similarly rooted in mindset over perfection. She’s candid about the realities of her profession — from unexpected mishaps, like showing up to a film set without makeup, to learning lessons about confidence and resilience. “You’re only as hot as the energy you put out,” she quipped, summarizing her belief that beauty and presence are ultimately tied to self-perception and attitude.

La Corte has also expressed a desire to further pursue acting opportunities, including stage work and short films. Among her aspirations is a role in the upcoming Netflix adaptation of the Twisted book series by Ana Huang, where she hopes to play Jules, a character she sees as a natural fit. “She’s a hot redhead,” La Corte noted, openly manifesting the role as one of her current professional goals. She also cited a dream of one day playing a Bond girl — an ambition indicative of her blend of confidence and playful self-awareness.

While the visibility of digital fame can bring intense scrutiny, La Corte appears largely unbothered by the pressures that often accompany online success. She credits her faith — she was raised Catholic and continues to identify with the religion — as part of her grounding, but she’s also pragmatic about public perception. “No one actually cares about my outfit that much,” she said. “It just doesn’t really matter.”

As a self-described advocate for mental and physical self-care, La Corte promotes moderation in lifestyle habits, and speaks openly about the risks of glamorizing substance use. She emphasizes sleep, movement, and mindfulness as her foundational routines, along with a broader message of self-trust and inner validation. “The world is going to meet you where you are,” she said, describing her philosophy on confidence and personal energy.

La Corte’s work continues to span multiple formats — music, podcasting, acting, and social media — forming a portfolio that defies traditional categorization. As she looks ahead, her goals are both ambitious and personal: deeper creative fulfillment, a strong artistic presence, and continued connection with the audience that helped launch her. Success, she says, is measured less by awards or metrics than by happiness and authenticity. “I love my family, I’m close with them, and I get to go to the studio and act,” she said. “Success is more about what you’re feeling and how you’re feeling.”

With her eye on larger platforms but her feet still firmly planted in the digital world, La Corte represents a hybrid model of celebrity — shaped by algorithms, but sustained by voice, vision, and verve.

Yitzi: Sophia, it’s a delight and an honor to meet you. Before we dive in deep, our readers would love to learn about your personal origin story. Can you share with us a story of your childhood and how you grew up?

Sophia: Amazing meeting you as well. Yes, I grew up in Jersey and moved to New York when I was 18. My family is super close — I love them and I’m still really close with them. I was raised Catholic and I’m still Catholic. When I moved here, the world felt so different from what I grew up in. Now, I love New York and just roll with it. So yeah, nothing too exciting, but that’s my story.

Yitzi: Can you tell us the story of what brought you to this successful career?

Sophia: Honestly, COVID started, and I’ve always kind of loved theater. I did theater in high school by accident, actually — I just found myself in a theater class and started hanging out with the theater kids a bit. Then, when I got to college, I minored in theater. When COVID happened, we all kind of dropped out of school. I think that was just our thing, that generation. Then TikTok and social media kind of landed in my lap, and it gave me the time to do music and act. I do a lot of music mostly, and I act in short films, on stage with my friends, and in some music videos. I’ve been in a few, which is so much fun. Life is great right now.

Yitzi: Amazing. You probably have some great stories from different parts of your career. Can you share with our readers one or two stories that stand out in your mind from your professional life?

Sophia: Yeah, of course. Mainly just going to the studio with my friends and being able to create random things with random people, based on whatever we’re feeling that day. It becomes a song, or multiple songs, or some kind of art that lives forever — at least for us, and hopefully for a lot of people if we publish it. That’s the most exciting part of my job. We all get to be in a room with our friends and make something that can live forever.

Yitzi: It’s been said that sometimes our mistakes can be our greatest teachers. Do you have a story about a funny mistake you made when you were first starting — either in acting, music, or as a beauty expert — and the lesson you learned from it?

Sophia: Yeah, one time I got on set and assumed there would be a makeup artist for some reason, so I showed up without any makeup. But there was no makeup artist. I ended up kind of looking like a little boy, which is fine — but not for that shoot. I had to order makeup and just roll with it. It was a little short film, so I don’t think it’s ever going anywhere, but hopefully you guys never see it.

Yitzi: You couldn’t do the makeup yourself?

Sophia: I did end up doing it myself, but I only had random things with me. I used my lip liner as eyeliner, and it was all kind of sloppy and messy. But it’s all about confidence. You’re only as hot as the energy you put out. So the makeup really doesn’t matter at the end of the day.

Yitzi: That’s a great line. Never heard that before. “You’re only as hot as the energy you put out.” That’s great. Did you invent that?

Sophia: Yeah, I think I just did. Right now, yeah.

Yitzi: Right now? That’s great. (Laughs) We love hearing stories where someone a bit further ahead opens a door or creates an opportunity that changes another person’s career trajectory. Do you have a story where someone did that for you, or where you did that for someone else?

Sophia: Not really, but kind of. I don’t feel like I’m at the point in my career where someone’s officially given me the stamp of approval yet. I think I still have a lot more to do and a few more songs to release. Hopefully, that moment will come. But I do have people I’m obsessed with who’ve followed me, and that feels like a stamp of approval in its own way. Julia Fox followed me on TikTok, and I don’t even know if it was an accident or what, but to me, that felt like I’m winning. I’m succeeding. I’m doing something right. The people I want to attract are finding me, and that feels amazing. Even though I’ve never talked to her or met her, just knowing that she sees me a little bit is such a good feeling.

Yitzi: Great. What has been the most challenging project you’ve taken on so far, and why?

Sophia: I feel like everything is challenging in its own way — except I love this job so much. I love walking into the studio, walking on set, being with my friends who are writers and producing their own short films. I love going to acting classes. It’s all hard work. I don’t want to read plays from the 1800s, memorize lines, and become some random character — it’s definitely challenging. But at the end of the day, it’s so fun for me that it doesn’t matter. I truly love doing this. I love making music and I love acting. So honestly, I can’t complain.

Yitzi: That’s great. Okay, Sophia, you have so much impressive work. Can you share with our readers the exciting projects you’re working on now or what you’ll be working on in the near future?

Sophia: Yeah, exciting! I’m going to be releasing a song called On Your Knees in about a month. I don’t have an exact date yet, but yeah, it’s called On Your Knees and I love it. That’s usually my goal — to make something I truly love. Once it’s released, people can have their own opinions and attach their own meanings to it. But right now, I love it, and my friends who are working on it with me love it too.

Yitzi: Just without hearing the lyrics, is it about proposing — like getting on one knee for marriage?

Sophia: Ooh, yeah, sure. But it’s more about being a strong woman. That’s where I am in my life right now — just a strong, independent woman. If you want something from me, or you want me, then you’re going to have to get on your knees and beg for it. And if you deserve it, maybe I’ll give it to you — and maybe I won’t.

Yitzi: If you could take all your music — the lyrics, the sound — put it all into a bucket and blend it up, what would be the overall message, vibe, or energy that comes from that mixture?

Sophia: From my music? Great question. The released and unreleased stuff — all of it right now feels like who I am at this moment. I feel like I’m just that girl and you can’t mess with me. My mindset is untouchable. So, I think it’s really for women — or men, or anyone — who might be going through something, or maybe not, but just need a reminder that they’re that person. This is your life. No one else’s. You’re the main character in your own movie, and nothing else really matters. You just have to rock with it.

Yitzi: This is our signature question. You’ve been blessed with a lot of success now. Looking back to when you first started acting or making videos, you must have learned a lot. Can you share five things that you’ve learned now that you wish you knew when you first started?

Sophia:

1. Don’t be afraid of anything. I think I was scared — maybe of other people’s opinions or something — but there was really nothing to fear.
2. I’d also say it’s all about energy. Whatever energy you put out is what people are going to perceive, and it’s the energy you’ll get back from them. If you think you don’t look good that day, or you think your music sucks, or whatever it is, that’s what people will pick up on. I don’t do that anymore.
3. Also, just be yourself. Everyone says it, but it’s true. You’re going to attract the people you want around you when you’re genuinely yourself. You don’t need everyone’s attention. You don’t need to be friends with everyone — and not everyone wants to be friends with you. Just be yourself, and the right group of people will find you.
4. Another thing is, fewer friends are better. You don’t have to be friends with everyone. If you have a few really good friends, that’s what matters most. The earlier you realize that you’re only going to have one or two truly good friends in your life, the easier it’ll be. A lot of people are going to betray you, and honestly, that’s a great lesson to learn.
5. And for the fifth one… maybe less spray tan is more. (Laughs)

Yitzi: Can you share with the readers the self-care routines that you do to help your body, mind, and heart thrive?

Sophia: Mentally, self-care is everything. I believe in God, I’m Catholic, but I think whatever helps you mentally — whether it’s astrology, psychics, whatever it is — it doesn’t matter. If it helps you be yourself and get through the day, that’s what counts. That’s always been something important in my life, and I feel really lucky for that.

As for maintenance, you’ve got to get those steps in, go to Pilates, eat right. And honestly, just go to bed early. You don’t have to be out until 3:00 AM every night. You might be able to, but seriously — just go to bed.

That’s my self-care.

Yitzi: Being someone who millions of people are looking at must come with enormous mental stress, where you feel like everyone is judging you. How do you deal with the mental health pressures of being so visible?

Sophia: I love this question. I get it all the time. Honestly, I don’t really have to deal with it — it doesn’t bother me. I don’t think like that. I feel honored that people enjoy what I make and enjoy watching me. That’s what my job is. I want to make people feel something, whether that’s good or bad, through my music and my work. I also love bringing other people’s visions to life through acting.

I don’t get rattled by anything. It just doesn’t affect me. I also believe God made everyone equal. Whenever I see someone, I think, we’re all just living here for the first time. It’s really not that big of a deal. No one actually cares about my outfit that much, or my hair. It just doesn’t really matter.

Yitzi: Can you share your top three non-intuitive beauty tips that you think everyone needs to know?

Sophia: I don’t know… I just vibe. I go with the flow. It’s all mindset. Everything is a mindset. If you’re hot, you just know it. And if you don’t feel like it, then you’ve got to think you’re hot until you know it.

Yitzi: Do you think anybody in the world can be attractive just by manifesting that with their mind?

Sophia: Yeah, 100%. The world is going to meet you where you are. Just believe something, and it’s true. Everything is true in your own mind — it’s your mind, no one else’s. You can think whatever you want. I could think the world is flat, and if you don’t, that’s your world, not mine. I don’t care.

Yitzi: What does success look like for you now?

Sophia: I feel like I’ve always been pretty happy, and I think happiness is success for me. I love my family, I’m close with them, and I get to go to the studio and act. Success is more about what you’re feeling and how you’re feeling. I’d love to be at the Grammys and the Oscars and in future films, but at the same time, if I’m not happy when I’m there, then that’s not success to me.

Yitzi: This is our aspirational question. Sophia, because of your great work and the platform you’ve built, you’re a person of enormous influence. If you could put out an idea or inspire a movement that would bring the most good to the most people, what would that be?

Sophia: Oh my gosh, thank you. Probably — and I feel like I’m going to sound like a mom now — but probably just to be really careful with drugs and alcohol. I think people are starting to make it seem like it’s this cool thing. And yeah, it is fun, and I love drinking. I’ve never done a drug, but it’s really dangerous. Everyone has someone who’s lost a friend or someone close to addiction, and it’s not cute. It’s not. So yeah, just be careful when you’re playing around with that stuff. It’s not fun. We really shouldn’t be doing that.

Yitzi: This is what we call our matchmaker question, and it actually works a lot of the time. We’re very blessed that prominent leaders in entertainment and business read this column, and maybe we could help connect you. Is there a person in the world — or in the U.S. — with whom you’d like to have a coffee, a power lunch, or collaborate with? Because we can tag them. You and I, we could tag them and maybe make it happen.

Sophia: Okay, okay. This is very important. We have to think. I have like a million people, but I guess right now… okay, so there’s this book called the Twisted series, and I’m manifesting and praying that I get cast in the Netflix series. It’s going to be a series soon, and I want to play the character Jules. She’s a hot redhead, and I’m hoping Netflix sees me and lets me audition. So I’d love to get in a room with whoever is casting that TV series.

And also, Julia Fox — just to hang out with her.

Yitzi: Is there anybody in particular at Netflix? Any specific name we could try to ping?

Sophia: The author of the book is Ana Huang. She’s the icon, the true legend.

Yitzi: Okay, great. So we’re going to try our best to get their attention. And even if they don’t respond, it’ll be out there permanently in internet ink.

Sophia: Right. The world heard us. The world heard us, and that’s what matters. I believe it’s in there now — it’s in the universe.

Yitzi: Sophia, how can our readers continue to follow your work? How can they watch or purchase your music and support any of your projects?

Sophia: Just look up my name, Sophia Lacorte. Instagram, Spotify, all the music platforms — it’s all there. Listen to my music if you want. If you don’t like it, that’s okay. If you love it, that’s great too. Either one.

Yitzi: Sophia, it’s been so delightful to meet you. I wish you continued success and good health, and I hope we can do this again next year.

Sophia: Yes, I would literally love to. This was so much fun. Thank you guys so much for having me. I’m honored.

Yitzi: It’s been my pleasure, and I really hope they do cast you in the series.

Sophia: Thank you. Thank you. Yeah, I hope they cast me. I’ve been manifesting all the roles. My dream role is to be a Bond girl, and I’m like, you have to really believe it and then the world will meet you there.

Yitzi: I could see it. I could see it. I wish you an amazing day. I look forward to sharing this with you and with our readers. Wishing you continued success.

Sophia: Thank you so, so much. It was amazing meeting you.