The Girl Who Rapped “Super Bass” on Ellen at 8 Just Became a Mom of Three, and Her Baby Girl’s Name Is Making Everyone Smile
If you remember the tiny girl with the pink tutu who rapped Nicki Minaj’s “Super Bass” on The Ellen DeGeneres Show back in 2011, prepare to feel old. Sophia Grace Brownlee is now 23 years old, and on Friday she shared news that melted the internet: she has officially become a mom of three.
The British influencer, who went viral at age eight alongside her cousin Rosie McClelland, took to Instagram on October 16 to reveal that she had welcomed a baby girl named Ariella Bleu on October 4. The announcement came with a set of sweet first photos that had fans and celebrity friends flooding the comments within minutes.
The Instagram announcement that stopped the scroll
In the photos, Sophia Grace is seen holding her newborn daughter, who is dressed in a white onesie printed with little flowers. Behind them sit pink and white balloons, one of which carries the baby’s name. She captioned the post simply: “ariella bleu 04/10/26,” followed by a seashell and two heart emojis.
The name immediately became the talk of the post. Unique and soft, it follows the pattern of her older children’s names. Sophia Grace is already mom to son River, who is 3, and daughter Athena Rose, who is 21 months old. Three kids under four, and the proud mom could not look happier.
Among the first to comment was her cousin Rosie, the same girl who danced beside her on that famous Ellen stage fifteen years ago. “She’s so gorgeous,” Rosie wrote, adding heart emojis. The full-circle moment did not go unnoticed by longtime fans who watched the two grow up on YouTube after their breakout moment.
A “scary experience” during this pregnancy
This pregnancy had not been without its frightening moments. Back in July, Sophia Grace went quiet on social media for a week, which worried her followers. When she returned, she explained on Instagram Stories that she had gone through something terrifying.
“Hey guys, wanted to give a heads up for being not so active over the past week,” she wrote at the time. “I had a really scary experience that has never happened to me in any of my other pregnancy’s but luckily the baby is okay and everything is stable for now, I will do a story time soon.”
She never gave details of what happened, and the photos of a healthy baby Ariella suggest everything worked out in the end. Still, the July scare made Friday’s happy announcement feel even sweeter to the fans who had been following along.
She had first shared the pregnancy news on June 14 with an adorable TikTok video. Wearing an ethereal white dress, she led her two older children into a garden and showed them the ultrasound of their future sibling. “We are so excited to meet you,” she captioned the clip, which she shared with her 1.5 million Instagram followers.
From viral child star to mom of three
It is hard to overstate just how famous Sophia Grace was at her peak. In 2011, the eight-year-old from Essex appeared on Ellen in a tutu and tiara and performed a pitch-perfect rap of “Super Bass,” while Rosie danced along beside her. The clip became one of the defining viral moments of the early 2010s and turned both girls into instant celebrities.
Ellen loved them so much she brought them back repeatedly, and Sophia Grace even got her own red carpet segment interviewing stars at awards shows. While many viral child stars fade away, Sophia Grace quietly built a stable adult life and a loyal social media following, all while staying remarkably normal.
Unlike most celebrity pregnancies, hers have always been low-key affairs announced on her own terms. She welcomed her son River in March 2023 and her daughter Athena in December 2024, and now baby Ariella makes it three.
Keeping the father of her children private
One thing Sophia Grace has consistently refused to share is the identity of her partner, the father of her children. In a 2022 interview with E! News after announcing her first pregnancy, she explained exactly why she wanted to keep that part of her life to herself.
“Because I have always been in the spotlight, I feel like I want something just to keep to myself,” she said. “Just something that I can keep private and that I can just enjoy myself and not have to share it with everyone.”
She added that she would be happy to introduce him publicly one day, but only when he is confident enough to step into the spotlight himself. “But I feel like when he’s confident enough to be in them, then maybe we could do that and it’ll be really fun,” she said.
At the time of that interview, the couple had been together for more than two years. She has held firm to that boundary ever since, and her fans have largely respected it.
What Sophia Grace says about becoming a mom so young
At 23 with three children, Sophia Grace is often asked about having kids young. On the “Private Story” podcast back in February, she spoke about it with striking maturity.
“I was quite young when I had River. I was 19, which I do feel like is quite young,” she admitted. “I don’t regret, like, doing anything because I’m quite happy with where I am now. When I had Athena, I was 21, which is a bit more older.”
“It’s obviously young to have kids, but I don’t really think there’s a right age to have kids as long as you’re ready and you’re mature enough, that’s all that matters,” she added.
She also acknowledged the role her childhood career played in making young motherhood possible. Because of her earnings from her early fame, she felt financially stable enough to start a family. “If I wasn’t, like, I would have been struggling a lot,” she said. “So, yeah, I’m blessed to have been in that situation.”
What comes next
With baby Ariella home and healthy, Sophia Grace enters a brand-new chapter: motherhood times three, all before turning 24. Her journey from the little girl rapping on daytime TV to a grounded young mom of three has been one of the more wholesome arcs of any viral child star.
Fans will no doubt be waiting for that promised July “story time” about the scary pregnancy moment, and for more glimpses of little Ariella Bleu. If her older siblings’ childhoods are any indication, this baby girl is growing up surrounded by a whole lot of love.
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