Penelope Scott is a 25-year-old American singer-songwriter. She has self-produced and self-released all of her music. Scott started making songs while taking a music production class in college. She first gained popularity when the song “Sweet Hibiscus Tea,” from her debut album, Junkyard 2, went viral in May 2020. In late 2020, Her music found a larger audience on the short-form video-sharing app TikTok. Scott is best known for "Rät", a song about disappointment with idols, specifically Elon Musk. Her song "Cigarette Ahegao" was removed from TikTok due to its lyrics. In November 2020 she appeared on Rolling Stone's Breakthrough 25, which showcases artists with large gains in streaming numbers. Her song Rät appeared in the Top 40 of Billboard’s Hot Rock & Alternative Songs. Billboard said about her music, "Sonically, it’s like being inside of a videogame; lyrically, it’s like scrolling a Tumblr meme page of an edgy teenage girl." She recently released two EPs, Mysteries for Rats and Girl's Night.