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EDITORIAL > REMEMBERING SOPHIE TWO YEARS ON FROM HER PASSING

REMEMBERING

SOPHIE TWO

YEARS ON FROM

HER PASSING

BY: ELLIE MULLINS PC: OIL OF EVERY PEARL’S UN-INSIDES ALBUM COVER

n 30 January, two years ago, the music world lost SOPHIE, one
of the most important visionary talents, and a true pioneer of
electronic and experimental pop music. Although it already has
been two years, the industry (electronic, commercial and beyond) is
still feeling the hole that she left and we’re looking back on a legacy
Othat she left behind.

PRODUCING FOR SOME OF THE BIGGEST
COMMERCIAL STARS CAREER HIGHS

Shaping the world and leaving her mark on all corners of the scene with her Although a career that was cut too short, she managed to achieve some incredible things,
unmatched knowledge of sound design and distinct samples, this led her to produc- including the following to highlight just a few):
ing for everyone from Madonna to to Charli XCX. Not just this, she also has credits
for the likes of Kanye West, Lady Gaga, Vince Staples, Kim Petras and many others. • GRAMMY NOMINATION: In 2018, SOPHIE’s only studio album ‘Oil of Every Pearl’s Un-Insides’ was
In terms of electronic music, in addition to Charli XCX and Lady Gaga, she had also nominated for a Grammy in the dance/electronic album category, marking her as one of the
been linked with Flume, Cashmere Cat, Skream and Pete Tong. first transgender artists to be nominated in this category.

HER DISTINCT STYLE • COLLABORATING WITH LOUIS VUITTON: For the closing of Paris Fashion Week 2019, SOPHIE
teamed up with the fashion powerhouse to be included within the backdrop of their closing
Before SOPHIE, you couldn’t find a style of music that was in any way similar to hers (and
show, where the models walked to her iconic track ‘It’s Okay To Cry.’
today, even though her sound is replicated and drawn from, it could never compare).
Bursting onto the scene with this fresh, bubbly and elastic sound, armed with her synthe-
• COMING OUT: In 2017, after years of hiding her appearance and who she was, obscured in dark
siser, she took the bold creative choice to refrain from using anyone else’s samples aside
lighting and shadows during live performances and DJ sets, she not only showed her face to the
from vocals and built up her very own go-to samples completely on her own.
world fully but also came out as a transgender woman in her first music video for ‘It’s Okay To Cry,’
breaking down barriers and boundaries for the transgender community.

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