Miquela has been played on NTS shows including The Do!! You!!! Breakfast Show w/ Charlie Bones, with Palunaia first played on 14 December 2015.

Miquela Sousa, or Lil Miquela (born April 24, 2001) is a robotic/Artificial Intelligence musician created by Trevor McFedries and Sara DeCou. She is from Los Angeles, California, US. She began her career in 2016 as an Instagram profile. The account details a fictional narrative which presents Miquela as a CGI character and model in conflict with other digital projects, while marketing a variety of brands, primarily in fashion. By April 2018, the account had amassed more than a million followers. As of April 2020, she has over 2.1 million followers.

The use of Miquela as a virtual musician has been compared to Gorillaz and Hatsune Miku. In August 2017, Miquela released her first single, "Not Mine".

Miquela has released several singles since her debut with "Not Mine", including "You Should Be Alone", "Over You", “Right Back” and a collaboration with Baauer titled "Hate Me". She released two new singles on 31 July called "Money" and "Sleeping In".

She released her singles "Speak Up" and "Machine" in 2020.