Posthumous second album from SOPHIE confirmed for September
The revelation comes alongside new single 'Reason Why' featuring Kim Petras and BC Kingdom
A posthumous album from SOPHIE is set to be released on September 27 via Future Classic and Transgressive.
'SOPHIE' marks the second full-length album from the Scottish electronic pioneer, and the first following her tragic death in 2021.
According to a press statement from SOPHIE's family, the record had been "close to completion" before she died and has been "lovingly finalised" by friends and family.
“Sophie didn’t often speak publicly of her private life, preferring to put everything she wanted to articulate in her music," the statement reads. "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.
“Now, it holds another poignant meaning, it tells a life story, from mysterious unknown, through wild clublands, to euphoric immateriality," they continue. “Sophie gave all of herself to her music. It’s here that she can always be found.”
The revelation follows a cryptic message on YouTube and social media last Friday (June 21), hinting at an announcement regarding the late Scottish musician for today (Monday 24) at 6:30PM BST.
While details around the record are set to be released "in due course," fans can listen to the first single from 'SOPHIE' on Spotify and Apple Music now, with the track due to premiere on YouTube in around an hour's time.
Listen to SOPHIE's new single 'Reason Why' featuring Kim Petras and BC Kingdom via Spotify below, or set an alert for the premiere on YouTube here.
You can read the full statement from SOPHIE's friends and family below:
“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 center of our worlds.’
“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.
“This album has always told the story of Sophie’s musical journey, a cacophony of skill and creative vision, eclipsing time and genre. Her unique sound world moves at an emotional level, encouraging the listener to intuitively embrace the ever-evolving landscape of light and dark, soft and hard, to the end of self-love and joyful self-acceptance. Emphasizing contradictions of sound and material, Sophie’s work supersedes the pure aural to create the dimension she dreamed of.
“Now, it holds another poignant meaning, it tells a life story, from mysterious unknown, through wild clublands, to euphoric immateriality.
“Sophie gave all of herself to her music. It’s here that she can always be found.”
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