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Sophie’s Self-Titled Posthumous LP Arrives: Stream It Now

The final collection, "SOPHIE," is stacked with collaborations with close friends.

SOPHIE

SOPHIE

Charlotte Wales

The music of Sophie lives on through her self-titled final album, which surprised dropped late Wednesday.

Released through Future Classic and Transgressive, the posthumous SOPHIE collection is stacked with collaborations with close friends, and houses previously-released cuts “Reason Why” (featuring Kim Petras & BC Kingdom), “Berlin Nightmare” featuring Evita Manji, “One More Time” ft. Popstar, “Exhilarate” ft. Bibi Bourelly, and “My Forever” ft. Cecile Believe.


Hannah Diamond worked with Sophie on the album track “Always and Forever,” recorded in London during the 2020 lockdown. “It ended up being the last ever day that I saw her in person,” Diamond remarks.

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Sophie, an important figure in underground pop and dance music, died the following year, at the age of 34.

“Our beautiful Sophie passed away this morning after a terrible accident,” read a statement at the time, issued by Future Classic. “True to her spirituality she had climbed up to watch the full moon and accidentally slipped and fell.”

Born and raised in Glasgow, Scotland, Sophie Xeon inherited an interest in dance and electronic music from their father, and started recording their own music at a young age. In the early ’10s, they struck up an association with a few artists on the PC Music label, soon to be at the experimental pop vanguard, and released their debut single “Nothing More to Say” in 2013.

Over the next decade, Sophie appeared on and helmed a slew of recordings, including 2017’s “It’s Okay to Cry,” ultimately named by Billboard as one of the best songs of the year.

Following Sophie’s passing, pop cult favorite Rina Sawayama remembered the late artist as “the sweetest – an icon and a visionary,” adding, “the world and our community has lost a beautiful soul.”

SOPHIE is released as a double vinyl, with each side representing a different section of the album. The wax comes in standard black as well as translucent neon pink, clear, and silver and is available to order here.

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Stream SOPHIE in full below.

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