Sophie, the Grammy-chosen Scottish video jockey, manufacturer and recording artist who had actually dealt with the similarity Madonna and Charli XCX, has actually passed away following a mishap in the Greek capital of Athens. She was 34.
The artist, whose complete name was Sophie Xeon, passed away in the early hours of Saturday early morning, according to a declaration from U.K. label Transgressive.
“Tragically, our beautiful Sophie passed away this morning after a terrible accident,” the declaration stated. “True to her spirituality she had actually climbed to enjoy the moon and mistakenly slipped and fell.”
Sophie, who was born in Glasgow, started launching music in 2013 and dealt with Vince Staples along with Charli XCX and Madonna.
She initially utilized her own image and vocals for the October 2017 single “It’s Okay To Cry.” The recording led the way for Sophie’s launching album, “Oil of Every Pearl’s Un-Insides.” Released in June 2018, it got a Grammy election for finest dance/electronic album.
With her Grammy election, Sophie made history as both among the very first freely transgender artists to be chosen in the dance/electronic music classification and among 3 freely transgender ladies to ever be chosen for a Grammy, according to Paper Magazine.
Tributes have actually gathered from throughout the LGBT neighborhood along with from numerous others in the music market for an artist extensively thought about among the most pioneering in the music market.
French singer/songwriter Christine and the Queens explained Sophie as a “stellar producer, a visionary, a reference,” who rebelled versus “the narrow, normative society by being an absolute triumph, both as an artist and as a woman.”
She included: “We need to honor and respect her memory and legacy. Cherish the pioneers.”
Grammy-winning author, manufacturer, arranger and guitar player Nile Rodgers shared his acknowledgements in Twitter and applauding the young artist.
“#RestInPower SOPHIE! You was among the most ingenious, vibrant, and warm individuals I had the satisfaction of dealing with at 2019,” the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame conscript tweeted.
