When you first hear the music of emergent pop sensation Vancouver and Toronto-based Ella MNOP, you might find yourself wondering why you should be taking life advice from someone who isn’t even going to turn 12 until October. Well, for starters, she’s one the youngest artists to ever have an original song aired on FM radio. (Mix 96.7 in her native Windsor, Ontario, gets the honors, trivia hounds.) For another thing, she’s already racked up numerous awards and performed before millions of rapt listeners. Oh, and she’s fluent in multiple languages, including French, and she’s currently learning Italian. Feeling inadequate yet?

But Ella doesn’t want you to feel bad; she just wants you to have a well-rounded and realistic approach to your own day-to-day reality. On her breakout single, - the 1.4 million-viewed “L’s with the W’s,” she makes a compelling case that savoring one’s triumphs depends upon learning how to lose with dignity. That same thoughtful approach to life now extends to her acting career.