SOPHIE honored with Google Doodle on her birthday

Hyperpop pioneer SOPHIE was honoured with a Google Doodle on her 38th birthday (September 17).

The Google Doodle is accompanied by a short clip with the soundtrack “Immaterial” by Oil from the invisible inside of every pearlher only studio album released in 2019, and is inspired by her most iconic look and an Elektron Monomachine used for her inimitable singing style. Watch the clip below.

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SOPHIE – real name Sophie Xeon – passed away in January 2021 after an unfortunate fall from a three-story building in Athens, Greece. She was 34.

In the caption for the video, Google wrote, “This video Doodle 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 more.

A posthumous album will be released next week (September 27) SOPHIE will be released on Transgressive and Future Classic. Work on the record was nearly complete before her death and was finished by close collaborators including Benny Long, who has mastering, mixing and production credits on previous SOPHIE releases.

Four singles have been released from the record so far, the most recent being “Exhilarate” featuring Bibi Bourelly and “Reason Why” featuring Kim Petras BC Kingdom.

Tributes were paid to her across the music world following her death, including Rihanna, Vince Staples, Sam Smith and more. Earlier this year, Charli xcx released Little Brother includes the song “So I”, written in response to the grief Charli felt following her death. The pair worked closely together on some of Charli’s earlier material, including Vroom Vroom 2017 EP and mixtapes Pop-1 And Pop-2.

SOPHIE has also worked as a production assistant for Madonna, Shygirl and MØ during her career.

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