Pretty Boy (Isabel LaRosa song)
{{Infobox song
| name = Pretty Boy
| cover = Pretty Boy (Isabel LaRosa song).jpeg
| type = single
| artist = Isabel LaRosa
| album = Raven
| released = {{Start date|2024|8|16}}
| genre =
| length = {{Duration|m=2|s=03}}
| label =
- RCA
- Slumbo Labs
| writer =
- Isabel LaRosa
- Thomas LaRosa
| producer =
- Thomas LaRosa
- Lucas Sim
| prev_title = Favorite
| prev_year = 2024
| next_title = Muse
| next_year = 2024
| misc = {{External music video|header=Audio video|{{YouTube|kI7a0ilqtFQ|"Pretty Boy"}}}}
}}
"Pretty Boy" is a song released by Cuban-American singer and songwriter Isabel LaRosa on August 16, 2024, through RCA Records and Slumbo Labs. It is the second single from her debut studio album, Raven.{{cite web |url=https://music.apple.com/us/album/pretty-boy-single/1761653949 |title=Pretty Boy - Single by Isabel LaRosa |website=Apple Music |date=August 16, 2024 |access-date=April 18, 2025 }}{{Cite web |date=August 16, 2024 |title=ALT-POP SENSATION ISABEL LAROSA RELEASES NEW SINGLE “PRETTY BOY” |url=https://www.rcarecords.com/news/alt-pop-sensation-isabel-larosa-releases-new-single-pretty-boy/ |access-date=March 23, 2025 |website=RCA Records}}
Background and promotion
Before the song's official release, a viral clip of circulated on social media and had over 24K creates on TikTok.
Ones to Watch described Pretty Boy as a dark, intoxicating song about obsession and infatuation.{{Cite web |last=Rincon |first=Alessandra |date=August 16, 2024 |title=Isabel LaRosa Concocts a Dark, Intoxicating Obsession in "Pretty Boy" |url=https://www.onestowatch.com/en/blog/isabel-larosa-pretty-boy |access-date=March 23, 2025 |website=Ones to Watch}} The lyrics of the song describes LaRosa's desire to be possessive over the person she loves.{{Cite magazine |last=Gehlich |first=Clare |date=August 19, 2024 |title=Isabel LaRosa's new single “Pretty Boy” captures the thrill and destruction of love |url=https://www.melodicmag.com/2024/08/19/isabel-larosas-new-single-pretty-boy-captures-the-thrill-and-destruction-of-love/ |access-date=March 23, 2025 |magazine=Melodic Magazine}} Clash described the song as an electropop song where LaRosa pleads for a second chance with her lost lover.{{Cite magazine |last=Kabenge |first=Natalia |date=August 19, 2024 |title=Isabel LaRosa's 'Pretty Boy' Seals Her Rise |url=https://www.clashmusic.com/reviews/isabel-larosas-pretty-boy-seals-her-rise/ |access-date=March 23, 2025 |magazine=Clash}}