From Brat summer’s world domination to new releases by the likes of Katy Perry and Jade Thirlwall, it’s clear that SOPHIE’s future-pop sound (and aesthetic) is more relevant than ever. Now, two more tracks off the late musician’s album have been released this week. “Berlin Nightmare” featuring Evita Manji, and “One More Time” featuring Popstar, follow on from the BC Kingdom and Kim Petras-starring track “Reason Why” which came out earlier this month.
The atmospheric tracks make up the first wave of releases on SOPHIE‘s eponymous, final album, which arrives on September 27 via Transgressive Records and Future Classic. Despite sounding as if they could’ve been recorded yesterday, each track was near completion in the years before the artist’s passing three years ago, and finished by the producer Benny Long, a close friend and collaborator.
Speaking about the forthcoming album in a statement, SOPHIE’s family wrote: “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’.”
“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,” the statement continues.
“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.”
“Sophie gave all of herself to her music. It’s here that she can always be found.”
Pre-order the album here, and listen to the tracks below.