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SOPHIE has been paid tribute by Google Doodle to coincide with what would’ve been her birthday today (September 17).
The hyperpop pioneer and PC Music affiliate (full name Sophie Xeon) tragically passed away on January 30, 2021 aged 34 following her accidental fall from a three storey building in Athens.
Now, the musician has been honoured by Google Doodle with a short video for her 38th birthday. Soundtracked by ‘Immaterial’, taken from her debut album ‘Oil Of Every Pearl’s Un-Insides‘, the clip depicts various portraits of SOPHIE and her Monomachine, the synthesiser she used to make her inimitable and evocative sounds from.
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.”
Take a look at the video below:
Recently, the eponymous posthumous album for the producer was announced in June this year. It will be released September 27 via Transgressive Records and Future Classic, with the help of her brother and long-time studio manager Benny Long.
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 concluded: “Sophie gave all of herself to her music. It’s here that she can always be found.”
So far, four singles from the record have been previewed, including ‘Reason Why (ft. Kim Petras)’, ‘Berlin Nightmare (ft. Evita Manji)’, ‘One More Time‘ and ‘Exhilarate (ft. Bibi Bourelly)’.
In other news, Sade will release her first new music in years as part of new transgender awareness compilation project alongside a SOPHIE cover courtesy of Moses Sumney.
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Ariana Grande is bringing some Wicked good makeup items to fans with her upcoming R.E.M. Beauty collection, which is inspired by the upcoming film adaptation of the Broadway musical in which Grande portrays Glinda the Good Witch.
“I pulled inspiration for the collection from the stage show, the movie, and the books,” Grande told Vogue in a new interview of the collection. “I am very much a nerd who likes to document things, like my fittings and hair and makeup tests.”
The nine-piece collection includes eyeshadow palettes, metallic matte lipstick, lip stains and even a pH adaptive lip oil that changes colors depending on the wearer. All the colors have names that are “all very specifically and Wicked-ly Ozian,” she explained to the publication.
Grande also opened up about transforming into the beloved blonde character for the film, where she stars opposite Cynthia Erivo’s Elphaba the Wicked Witch. “We wanted to pay homage to the gorgeous Glindas who have come before me while also creating our own version,” she said, referencing Billie Burke in 1939’s The Wizard of Oz and Kristin Chenoweth in the first stage rendition of Wicked.
“My pop persona is such a characterized version on its own. Beauty really helped me deconstruct that person and find Glinda,” she added. “I just wanted to live in the DNA and mindset of the character. Now I love the color pink and it feels like part of me. I think it’s something I’ll be forever intertwined with in a very special way.”
The first part of the Jon M. Chu-directed adaptation of Wicked arrives in theaters on November 22, while the R.E.M. Beauty Wicked collection is set for release on October 1.
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