A self-titled posthumous album from SOPHIE is set to be released later this year and it will be the final project we hear from SOPHIE. The record is set to be released on the 27th of September via Future Classic and Transgressive records. The album marks the second full-length LP from the beloved Scottish producer, and the first and only release since her tragic death in 2021.
This will be the follow up to her acclaimed debut in 2018, ‘Oil of Every Pearl’s Un-Insides’ and according to her family was close to completion when SOPHIE passed away in 2021 and has been completed by the Scottish artist’s family and close friends and close collaborators such as her studio manager and co-producer Benny Long. The first preview of the project was released on the 24th of June and is titled ‘Reason Why’, and it features Kim Petras and BC Kingdom and was produced by Benny Long.
In a statement SOPHIE’s family has said that “When we, Sophie’s family, took our first steps towards bringing this project to fruition we contacted the dear friends with whom she envisioned the album. We wrote, “We have been finding comfort in the music Sophie left us, it is a gift that we truly cherish as we try to find a way forward, with Sophie forever at the centre of our worlds.”
They continued telling us that “Sophie didn’t often speak publicly of her private life, preferring to put everything she wanted to articulate in her music. It feels only right to share with the world the music she hoped to release, in the belief that we can all connect with her in this, the form she loved most.”
They also said that “This album has always told the story of Sophie’s musical journey, a cacophony of skill and creative vision eclipsing time and genre.” and that this work emphasises “contradictions of sound and material, Sophie’s work supersedes the pure aural to create the dimension she dreamed of.”
They concluded that “Sophie gave all of herself to her music. It’s here that she can always be found.”
A message from SOPHIE’s family. pic.twitter.com/j1N0PHH9F4
— MSMSMSM_FOREVER (@msmsmsm_forever) June 24, 2024
SOPHIE was 34 when she died in a tragic accident when she fell from a hotel rooftop in Athens, Greece in January 2021.
Born in Glasgow, SOPHIE initially rose to prominence as a producer as part of the pop production team PC Music. She worked with superstars including Madonna, Diplo, Petras and Charli XCX. She found her own audience with her debut single ‘Nothing More to Say’, which she released in 2013 and followed up with ‘Bipp’ and ‘Lemonade’. She released her debut album, ‘Oil of Every Pearl’s Un-insides’ to critical acclaim in 2018 and this saw her nominated for the Grammy for best dance/electronic album. As well as this she has credits as a writer and producer in various hits, including Madonna’s ‘Bitch’ and Charli XCX’s ‘Vroom Vroom’. ‘So I’ from Charli XCX’s latest album ‘Brat’ was dedicated to the Scottish producer and how XCX saw SOPHIE as a guiding light
