SOPHIE’s highly anticipated sophomore album is set to release this fall. Scheduled for a September 27 debut, the self-titled album will be the only posthumous release from the artist’s team.
Benny Long Guides SOPHIE’s Posthumous Album: A Tribute to Her Legacy
Following her genre-defying 2018 debut, “OIL OF EVERY PEARL’S UN-INSIDES”, and her 2015 singles compilation, “PRODUCT”, this new project has been helmed by SOPHIE’s longtime studio manager, collaborator, and friend, Benny Long. Long, who worked on mastering, production, and mixing for her debut, had spent years with SOPHIE developing the concept and production for this album before her tragic death in 2021.
SOPHIE’s Artistic Vision: Sharing Her Music After Tragic Loss
“Sophie didn’t often speak publicly of her private life, preferring to put everything she wanted to articulate in her music,” Long said. “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.”
Exploring SOPHIE’s Musical Journey: A Unique Sound World
“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.”
The lead single from the SOPHIE LP, “Reason Why,” featuring BC Kingdom and Kim Petras, has been released alongside this announcement.
Listen to “Reason Why” on all streaming platforms now. SOPHIE is set to release via Transgressive and Future Classic on September 27.
