Hyperpop pioneer SOPHIE has been honored with a Google Doodle for her 38th birthday (September 17).
The Google Doodle is accompanied by a short clip soundtracked by “Immaterial” from Oil Of Every Pearl's Un-Insidesher only studio album released in 2019 and inspired by her most iconic look and an Elektron Monomachine used for her inimitable vocal style. Watch the clip below.
SOPHIE – real name Sophie Xeon – died in January 2021 after accidentally falling from a three-storey building in Athens, Greece. He was 34.
Captioning the video, Google wrote: “This Doodle video celebrates the birthday of Scottish musician, producer and DJ Sophie Xeon, who is remembered for her acclaimed experimental pop and electronic music.” Previous recipients of a Doodle on the search engine include Luther Vandross, Tito Puente and others.
Next week (September 27), a posthumous album SOPHIA to be released on Transgressive and Future Classic. The work was almost complete on record before her death and was completed by close collaborators, including Benny Long, who has mastered, mixed and produced the credits to his name on previous SOPHIE releases.
Four singles have been released from the album so far, most recently “Exhilarate” featuring Bibi Bourelly and “Reason Why” featuring Kim Petras BC Kingdom.
Following her death, tributes poured in from across the music world, including Rihanna, Vince Staples, Sam Smith and more. Earlier this year, the Charli xcx Brat includes the song “So I”, written in response to the grief Charli felt after her death. The pair worked closely together on some of Charli's previous material, including Vroom Vroom 2017 EPs and mixtapes Pop 1 and Pop 2.
Among other things, SOPHIE has produced with Madonna, Shygirl and MØ during her career.
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