“The Final SOPHIE Album Release” featuring Kim Petras announced after tans icon’s tragic death

Sophie Xeon, trans musician and producer, passed away at 34 in 2021 after slipping climbing to view the full moon.

SOPHIE's record label is putting out new music from the late artist. The posthumous album, titled "SOPHIE," includes a track featuring Kim Petras.

Sophie Xeon, a pioneering trans musician and producer, tragically passed away at 34 in 2021 after slipping while climbing to view the full moon.

SOPHIE's record label, Transgressive, and management company, Future Classic, have revealed that new music is forthcoming in the form of her first and final posthumous album. This new album was produced by the late artist and Benny Long.

According to a press release, the artist was nearly finished with her upcoming album before her tragic passing. This posthumous project has been called "the final SOPHIE album release."

The new album will feature the collaborative track "Reason Why" by SOPHIE, BC Kingdom, and Kim Petras, which was released on June 24.

On the release date of the new single, Kim Petras announced it on Instagram, sharing the album art from the upcoming album, titled "SOPHIE."

 

 

 

 

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“Reason Why is out now!!! @msmsmsm_forever @bckingdom”

“Soph you’re still changing music!!! I’m so happy to have this piece of you with me, I love you forever,” she penned. “Love u @bckingdom.”

On the same day, SOPHIE's label announced on Instagram that “it only feels 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”.

They added, “Sophie gave all of herself to her music. It’s here that she can always be found.”

 

 

 

 

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SOPHIE's final album, the Grammy Award-nominated "Oil of Every Pearl's Un-Insides," was released in 2018. However, very little new music has been released since her passing.

In the year of her tragic death, Unsound Festival released a compilation titled "Intermission," which included a collaboration between Jlin and the late artist called "JSLOIPNHIE."

Before her passing, SOPHIE collaborated with and composed music for artists such as Charli XCX, Madonna, Petras, Lady Gaga, and others.

SOPHIE’s new album SOPHIE is out on 27 September. “Reason Why” by SOPHIE featuring Kim Petras and BC Kingdom is out now.