How "BIPP" Unveiled Sophie's Vision of Hyperpop | New British Canon

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[@gabe_s_videos]

Sophie's death was really devastating. Not to wax poetic, but fact that it was caused by something as simple as tripping and falling really reminds me how fragile human life really is.

[@gabe_s_videos]

@KomodoDragon I’m pretty sure what killed her was still the fact that she tripped and fell.

[@gabe_s_videos]

@KomodoDragon I wasn't there and I didn't know her personally, so I couldn't say for certain. But for whatever reason she did it, leaning over a balcony is just a dangerous thing to do and it really doesn't matter why you were up there if you fell off: you die anyway.

[@vxxiii4160]

Not to mention it's absolutely unpredictable when your time is going to be. Just as Sophie, the father of an acquaintance of mine one died just died because he tripped in the shower. Hell, some people just plain die because they fell off bed in the morning. We're fragile af

[@gabe_s_videos]

@@vxxiii4160 yup. We are but jars of clay.

[@pedrodelgado6214]

😂

[@wattthefaqameye1146]

I'm just now realizing how utterly devastated Charli xcx must have been by SOPHIE's passing given how much she found her self in SOPHIE'S production and how well they worked together

[@rainbowkittycat627]

Definitely so now cuz So I was devastating!

[@orgyonmyown]

And today is her 35th birthday! Happy birthday SOPHIE and keep resting in peace, Queen! We love and miss you! ❤

[@teethgrinder83]

Oh was it? This isn't my kind of music but I really respect the uniqueness and forward thinking of it. Edit-I'm just 3yrs older at 38 and late Dec 2019 I fell off a wall going a shortcut home and smashed my legs, nearly died because of the swelling and had to get a huge skin graft, 2 blood transfusions and metal pinned to my bone-my point being life can be a fragile thing and luck can play such a large part. Hope SOPHIE is resting in piece

[@FernStone]

[@addisonfaith4749]

May she Rest In Peace

[@teethgrinder83]

@@Hieroph4nt nope-just SOPHIE. From what I gathered in the vid SOPHIE didn't want to be identified either way, just as an artist called SOPHIE so please stop being awkward

[@teethgrinder83]

@@Hieroph4nt but you didn't correct them, all you said was "him" which would also be wrong even by your own admission since you just said you only refer to SOPHIE as "them". What I'm getting at is if you leave comments that just say "him" it makes it seem like your one of those people who think that biology and gender are one and the same, for example someone born a male biologically should always be called "him" regardless of their own feelings on their gender. I don't want to get into an argument or anything but if you do refer to SOPHIE as "them" usually it's strange you said "him" in this thread that's all. Enjoy the rest of your day

[@osito060308]

Sophie “Oil of every Pearl un-insides” is by far one the best albums of the 2010s and IS the future of Pop way way ahead of its time a Masterpiece.

[@tovi3280]

2010s??

[@Linkplay9]

Woman world wide was great too but definitely not as Experimental as Sophie's album. They both deserved a Grammy 😂

[@osito060308]

@@Linkplay9 completely agree although i think the grammys are BS and are more a populiaury awards than anything else

[@madreviolo]

@@tovi3280 yes

[@tovi3280]

@@madreviolo ok why tf did I think it was 2020s pls forgive my stupidity lol

[@gxrlboi]

It's so sad we never got to see her reach her full potential. I'm certain she was on the edge of blowing up :(

[@pipesoyogx]

i really do believe she got to her full potential, Oil was a magnum opus

[@myrtle1234]

This channel has educated and converted me to appreciation of many of the profiled artists. However, this was a nothing burger, cheap, simplistic, and empty. Different doesn’t equal significant.

[@alex39786]

@@myrtle1234 ok. Anyway

[@mjrleaguesweetie]

@@myrtle1234 corny

[@babymilksnatcher]

@@myrtle1234 pretentious

[@joshhale9355]

RIP SOPHIE. Truly someone who deserves the status of “icon” for being one of the main faces of this new generation of pop music.

[@mr.onethirtyeight5088]

We throw around the word icon way too too much. No offense but I've never even heard of this artist before I watched this video.

[@xavilefevre4710]

@@mr.onethirtyeight5088 just listen to Oil of Every Pearl's un-insides and you'll get it. charts and popularity doesn't mean someone hasn't deeply effected the music scene and will for years to come.

[@wendigobass]

@@mr.onethirtyeight5088 it's ok to admit you're out of the loop

[@thedudemeisteragain]

As a fan of industrial metal, metal, experimental electronic artists, when i first heard Sophie's album, i noticed all these elements of my favorite genre's in Sophie's music, there are so many layers. i was instantly hooked, i was shocked when i heard about Sophie's passing. We lost a genius thatvday.

[@Bradley_Lute]

Sophie's death hits me hard. 34 and at the absolute peak of her artistry... RIP Sophie. It's Okay To Cry.

[@guilhermeukyo]

Same here. What hurts me the most is that I will never meet another artist as talented as SOPHIE, because there were only one SOPHIE and she was truly, truly, truly unique.

[@kozmikoblivion]

FACESHOPPING was IT for me. It encapsulates everything I love about music.

[@scottv1781]

The first time I heard SOPHIE was their tune Lemonade way back in 2014. I had to pull my car over and text the radio station (2SER Sydney) to get a track I.D because I’d never heard anything like it before. It was both instantly recognisable and impossible to pin down … as someone else has said of their music “it was like seeing a new colour for the first time.” Been a fan ever since and so glad I had the chance to see them play live. RIP to the epitome of the word artist ❤️

[@andreja9425]

just so you know she goes by she/her not they/them but everything you said is true

[@yuri2604]

@@andreja9425 actually, as far as I know, SOPHIE didn't cared for pronouns, and was at ease being referenced by she/her or they/them.

[@andreja9425]

@Yuri Silva Thanks for letting me know, I just get defensive about it cuz I’ve seen a lot of people use they/them when they don’t want to be seen as openly transphobic but also don’t want to validate trans people by using their correct pronouns and it always bothers me a bit

[@mardzipan]

“Immaterial” was the first song I heard of SOPHIE. It was unlike anything I’d heard before. It seemed joyful? Euphoric? And then when you broke down the lyrics in the video I can see why that is exactly what SOPHIE was trying to convey. We lost an amazing artist this year. RIP SOPHIE.

[@jon-paulfilkins7820]

Never clicked with SOPHIE, that sonic language is so strange and new I can't get my old head around it. But so glad artists like SOPHIE can exist. It is tragic that they can't see the love and affection that is growing for them.

[@atlsdnh2798]

Thank you for sharing the fact you don't click with SOPHIE's music while respecting her ; it's not everyone's case unfortunately. ❤️

[@nicholasromig5506]

I had heard a couple Sophie songs before she died. I downloaded Oil Of Every... after the accident and was just in tears by the end of track one. What a literal, actual future genius. she deserved a much, much longer career of challenging norms.

[@TheTriangleOffense47]

Its crazy to think Bipp came out almost 10 years ago, she really reached into the future when she made that. Im so sad she is no longer with us bro, I don’t even think I could fathom what music she would’ve blessed us with. Still an Icon regardless

[@berke2336]

I had to come back after Charli's Brat took over the charts. That album and this entire movement finally getting the love it deserves, is all thanks to BIPP. She will be remembered as one of the most influential producers in the digital age.

[@birdlikebirds]

Ugh you’re making me cry… Sophie’s death affected me more than I can possibly explain. I had always admired her and her music ever since I heard Yeah Right… but I didn’t consider the otherworldliness of her sounds and lyrics. Really her entire philosophy. I know people like to call it HyperPop but I think of Sophie as Utopia music. She really created entire worlds of amazing sounds. I can listen to Bipp 15 times in a row in one sitting. It’s just a world I want to be in. After her death I began to look at my life and wants and desires through Sophie’s philosophy and made some really life-defining decisions. I don’t know if I ever could have done that without the encouragement I felt from her music. She means so much and I really appreciate this video essay for honoring her legacy.

[@DIRTY-MERLIN]

[@daniellebalouise9596]

Thank you for making this. Sophie's passing felt entirely unreal. I've been through a lot of bad times in my life - I was the person who swore they'd be dead by 27. I've gone through many stages, largely of self development and realizations about the world and how I exist within this world. All the growth and learning never feels enough though, and I still feel like I am barely at the edge of my infantile learnings. There are certain things I can't really change, things that I've had to learn to live with because I cannot control them. Sophie made me feel things that no one else was or has, but they were things that were deep inside of me. She touched me in a way that fortified me and made me feel a strength that felt like it did not come from outside of me, but like it was connecting to a bright power inside me. I do not know Sophie as a person, but I feel very connected to her. I even feel some sort of old magic that got lost as the world showed itself to me. The loss of Sophie is so large - she was a very special person in a world where more can shine their light than they ever did in the past. I know I am just a rando, but I just don't know how to see anything but a huge stunning hole where she used to be. And it feels affirming to hear others who worked with her felt the same special something that came from Sophie. There was so much more to be seen by her. An unquantifiable loss. I only hope Sophie is somewhere where she gets to shine in all her glory. Peaceful and glowing in all the wonder she had inside.

[@shamblepants1450]

I really had no idea who SOPHIE was, but I had heard about that terrible accident in January. Now, after seeing this video about SOPHIE, I covered my eyes and cried. I can't explain how sad this makes me feel. Such a talented and beautiful person.

[@yipyipitsme123]

what a great video and a special tribute to Sophie, a complete legend, on her birthday. thank you. I do have to add perspective though, although Sophie never stressed where she came from, the effect it had on her music is obvious. genres of europop and happy hardcore were (and are in the nostalgic sense) massive in Scotland. everyone ended up making their own songs or remixing songs that would be passed around phones through Bluetooth. these remixes usually consisted of a heavy drum being added and the voice pitched right up, almost uncomfortably so. Sophie's music speaks to that. Like I said, this was an amazing video. I just definitely see this as a major influence for her, even if she never mentioned it explicitly herself.

[@yipyipitsme123]

@@neverafrown6308 Sophie used she/her pronouns too! don't believe she was too fussed

[@neverafrown6308]

@@yipyipitsme123 oh shit sorry

[@samonim5187]

Happy hardcore, nightcore, and all those high pitched-up sped-up tunes.y

[@MA_GE08]

She was actually born in Northampton and later moved to London! So I don't really know her correlation to Glasgow or Scotland for that matter lmao

[@yipyipitsme123]

@@MA_GE08 this isn't true lol ? she's born and raised in Glasgow.

[@Notchickeightlittle]

crazy he called Charlie´s music bratty two years before brat coming out he really got them (Charlie and Sophie)

[@kingdodongo4126]

yes incredible video

[@anyways1715]

charli

[@alexxbrookss]

This video just brought forth my feelings of sadness now that Sophie is no longer with us. She was a visionary, who will never be replicated, and will never be replaced. Music will never be the same.

[@neverafrown6308]

They*

[@ChaoticGoodThings]

This video is criminally under observed. SOPHIE put her print across music in the US and changed things up for the better! I will always cherish stumbling across product in the corners of the internet when it was all that you could get your hands on. Somewhere SOPHIE will always be making music and inspiring us to be as bold and true as we know that we are deep down.

[@cordelia5391]

Thank you so much for this. Oil of Every Pearl’s Un-Insides is my favourite album, and it helped me come out as trans and realise my true self. May SOPHIE’s legacy live on

[@emptycinema]

Aww

[@jeffersonderrickson5371]

Powerful

[@cakredi4132]

If you're a K-Pop fan, you knew you heard SOPHIE's influence on some of the productions. Especially on its Cute/Quirky Concept.

[@babymilksnatcher]

didn't she work with Itzy?

[@lorenzob5569]

@@babymilksnatcher yes she did

[@kingdomcommerce8490]

Aespa’s new song literally sounds like it was produced like her. God I miss her

[@OfficialROZWBRAZEL]

I wish that collab with Kyary Pamyu Pamyu worked out. 😢

[@xingqiu1809]

@@kingdomcommerce8490 ikr and the savage ep photoshoot also had björk influence to it

[@willlivermore5412]

Rest in peace to a legend, still hurts to know she's gone. Took me a few sittings to get through this video.

[@jvliapassos]

love the charli/uffie comparison, i wish they collaborated more often specially now that uffie's back on releasing stuff

[@Littlestraincloud]

Hearing everyone who worked with her--from Charli to Vince Staples get choked up talking about her and how she challenged them as artists... she was a one of a kind talent who elevated the medium and changed the lives of her collaborators.

[@EvanWerewolf]

Gone too soon, always be missed and loved Her mark on music is undeniable R.I.P. Icon

[@johnkistler3467]

I remember Faceshopping wouldn't stop showing up on my Spotify so I listened to it and was immediately obsessed. Not many artists can say they've done what no one has done before. Rest in peace.

[@GatesOfElysia]

Another banger as always, you're really showing everyone how it's done. RIP Sophie. I particularly like the attention paid at the start to the influence of 90s/00s club/rave music on her style because it's a feature of her music that I think is often overlooked by (American) critics who aren't familiar with the particular idiosyncracies of that time and place. I distinctly remember even in the early 00s having 'rave remixes' of songs on my phone that sounded like some odd fusion of what we now call hyperpop and nightcore.

[@bean4513]

right!! the song 'paradise' on the vroom vroom ep reminds me so much of late 90s happy hardcore optimism

[@GatesOfElysia]

@@bean4513 YES!!!

[@simo_soo]

wow i did not know that about autechre being the only people sophie wanted to be remixed by. that being one of sophie's last releases is so beautiful omg

[@LunaCorbden]

I forgot that I share a birthday with SOPHIE and I just happened to watch this video today. I’m sad that she’s gone all over again and happy that she lived. Rest in Power you beautiful divine goddess, and happy birthday. 🥲

[@hotaruhime]

Sophie's music was so unique and ahead of her time, I can't help but wonder what she would have done next. She is gone too soon but her legacy will live on. Forever one of the greats of electronic music.

[@thewittyusername]

Imagine talking about the lasting legacy of someone gone not even a year. Just goes to show the level of talent

[@NICUofficial]

this is an extraordinary documentary that has really sent me down a beautiful rabbit hole thank you for making it and even more, thanks to all the artists mentioned directly or tangentially I'm so honored to be even one tiny link in the giant chain of human music, it's just so cool and amazing what we've accomplished sonically and emotionally as a species

[@gabe_s_videos]

I'm admittedly not a huge fan of hyperpop, so it's no surprise that "It's Ok To Cry" is my favorite SOPHIE song, but it's also just one of my favorite songs of the last decade period! Every time I hear it, I feel like a frightened child being comforted by an adult I trust.

[@theaquadollsmusic]

bittersweet watching this video. all of these songs and artists are so near and dear to my heart and SOPHIE's legacy will be neverending!! im so blessed i got to see SOPHIE a bunch of times at shows, they were some of the best i ever seen. all the love we miss you SOPHIE

[@_Killkor]

I'm not surprised Sophie made an exception for Autechre remixes. The great recognizes the great.

[@m.o.n.d.e.g.r.e.e.n]

we're well known in various pre-colonial cultures to be highly involved in ceremony and music. it's a neurological thing and we are re-finding this now with musicians like Arca and Guttersnipe

[@johncooper4874]

THANK YOU SO MUCH. Sophie was and is such a gem in music. People will look back and consider her one of the greatest in electronic music.

[@medulasa1]

Minor correction: Kyary Pamyu Pamyu's "PonPonPon" actually was released in July 2011!

[@gibletcream]

I don't think I have ever been more excited listening to a song than listening to Bipp for the first time. My favourite song of all time. Thank you and I love you

[@rickm8720]

sophie's music and influence brings so much joy to my life. Losing sophie was not like anything I've felt before

[@Becausing]

Until the night Sophie fell from the Earth, I hadn't felt so torn apart by the passing of someone I didn't know since Lee (Alexander) McQueen. I miss her so much.

[@angerolsen5303]

Always excited to see you post. This though...makes me tear up. Thank u for what you do. RIP Sophie.

[@cbp1357]

Vroom Vroom is still one of my favorite bops. LONG before I knew who Sophie is. I'm so sad that she's gone.

[@pipesoyogx]

HAPPY BIRTHDAY SOPHIE AN ICON

[@GhostOfAmsterdam69]

Still as devastated as the day I first heard of her passing. Rest in power queen, we all miss you so much

[@Vitorrrr]

beautifully written and edited video. thank you so much for this. the only info i didn't know before watching this video was the autechre bit, but to look back can bring so much comfort.

[@-_elijah_-]

I dont know why but when you mentioned the autechre remix i got so emotional i never realised she said that about them! I’m going to miss her so much, and id never met her…

[@elloingo]

The music video for Pony Boy rewrote some circuits in my brain and unlocked my next form

[@jeb1691]

I really hate I found her music after her death. But I am glad I found it at all though.

[@sawgypuss7592]

Her death was heartbreaking, almost a beautiful way to go out. Her music will impact music in the next decades, i cant even begin to imagine what music would be like in 20 years if she was still alive.

[@Luketaylor9729]

Honestly such an important icon of our times. RIP

[@Novalarke]

The important point came at the end, regarding the *content* of Sophie's work, which was something distinct from her form. Yeah, the bassy 808s, skittery synths, helium vocals etc. were how we knew the music, she evolved through this and died too young to really push it to the next level. Is the "future" even a tenable idea any more (viz. Vaporwave (Vektroid, Cat Corp, St. Pepsi, etc.), Hypnagogic pop (Nicely, Pink, Ferraro, etc.) , and Nostalgia (Boards of Canada, Tycho, Bonobo) all by way of Mark Fisher and Simon Reynolds? And if so, ***is the future necessarily electronic?*** Is it necessarily Euro-American? That's the challenge of Sophie - to begin imagining a musical future, pop or otherwise. On the other hand is it a really useful discussion to imagine a "future" for "pop" music in the face of global environmental disaster? Isn't pop music just part of the problem, viz. Decomposition by Durkin? That's what I like about Sophie's work - she opened up more questions than answers.

[@babymilksnatcher]

"is the future even tenable anymore ?" If everyone thought this way in the past, no one would have ever heard of electronic music outside of a few engineers in contemporary music spheres, because that period from late 60's to early 80's were the peak of Cold war and the paranoia around Nuclear Holocaust. But some people rightfully believed that a future was still possible and gave us dub, electronica, disco, synthpop. It's not a surprise that concrete music only came to blossom after the trauma of the First World War : electronic music is here to transcend despair, and this explains also why this music style has been forefronted by working class, Trans, and Black musicians since the 60's.

[@Novalarke]

@@babymilksnatcher - Electronic music came out of a history of Modernism and theories of progress, which in turn came out of 18th century European philosophies that developed "modernity" which evolved transactionally with industrialisation. Our ability to appreciate electronic music AS music is likewise conditioned by this modernist impulse, starting with the era of common practice in the early 1600s and ending with high modernism in the early 20th. That was a process of increased chromaticism and complexity and dissonance. You can pretty much draw a line from JJ Fux to A Scriabin et al. This set up an auditory space of acceptance for dissonance. In the late 19th century there were also Orchestrions - mechanical orchestras - being built, and other machines that made music (music boxes). It wasn't a great leap to take the machine carte blanche as a music device, and this, not really coincidentally, was taken to the front by the Futurists, and was explicitly expounded in a Futurist Manifesto by L Russolo, "The Art of Noises". The problem with the Futurists was that they were basically fascists. In fact ion the Futurist Manifesto by Marinetti, it says: "9. We want to glorify war - the only cure for the world - militarism, patriotism, the destructive gesture of the anarchists, the beautiful ideas which kill, and contempt for women. 10. We want to demolish museums and libraries, fight morality, feminism, and all opportunist and utilitarian cowardice." Russolo was also a fascist and supporter of Mussolini. As to how it went from 18th c. "enlightenment" to abject fascism is a different discussion. See: Adorno and Horkheimer in "Dialectics of Enlightenment." That said, the Modernist worldview was one based in a notion of futurity. It is this Futurity that came under attack in the 1990s, explicitly with Fukuyama's (not correct, but interesting) declaration of the "End of History" that really put the Neoliberal agenda into high-gear. For if the Present (liberal capitalism) is the highest state possible in human society, then the Future is discounted and foreclosed. This leaves only the present to feed off the past in a decidedly PostModern cultural phase. I wrote about this back in the early 2000s where the Post-PostModern has arrived as an endless repetition of "Contemporary". And that's where we are today. Electronic Music (Which I've been making since 1986) is both a creator and creature of notions of Futurity. This sense of a "Future" is important, for sure, however, we are in a point in civilisation where the possibility of a Future is increasingly tenuous, or, as Mark Fisher (whom I urge you to read) has been Slowly Cancelled. Industrial civilisation based in commodity capitalism, of which electronic music (with the space program, car culture, etc.) is a pinnacle example, has clearly failed, and is not likely to exist for very much longer (maybe to the next century, but not much beyond). How we imagine a New Future is difficult and problematic as it is both necessary and important. And electronic music can be of use - it is the folk music of the 21st century. It's why I've been doing it for all these decades. Cheers!

[@babymilksnatcher]

@@Novalarke the thing is, for a vast majority of music lovers, electronic music is a popular music genre, and this channel speaks about popular music genres, particularly British popular music genres. Popular music has always existed and will always exist ; only the forms and the commercialisation have changed through the centuries. So, very little to do with the academic undertones of experimental electronic music like futurism. I'd like to note that Italian futurists are wrongfully credited as the pioneers of electronic music. Concrete music was created in France, Minimalism was a surprisingly diverse American music movement, and the German/Russian avant-gardes played a bigger role in shaping the basics of electroacoustic experimentation than Italian fascists. And of course, there were Jamaican dub, and music score composers, which broke free from the academic context and paved the way for electronic instrumentalization to break into the mainstream. My sources are all in French and have sadly not been translated into English yet, but the works of Jean-Yves Leloup and Alexandre Augrand did a pretty good job in honoring these forgotten pioneers of popular electronic music.

[@Adrianovaz2007]

@@Novalarke ah fucking hell I had no idea Russolo was a Mussolini supporter, that sucks.

[@Novalarke]

@@babymilksnatcher - musique concrete was actually first done by the Egyptian, Halim El Dabh, in 1944 on a Wire Recorder. He went on to work with Ussachevsky and others at the Princeton/Columbia center in NYC. But because he's muslim and brown, his contribution has been largely erased from the canon (which is frequently racist and sexist in its composition), which is deeply unfortunate. You are correct in that the sourcing and development of Electronic Music is a varied and complex web of cultural influences and technological development! Cheers!

[@ohhaithere2010]

I miss Sophie so much. Sophie was just starting. She had so far to go. But Sophie is immaterial now.

[@samuellaakso7012]

I'm not really a Pop-guy. Honestly most of the music in this video does not hit me. But the Bipp. Bipp is something else. It has moved permanently in my head ever since I heard it and I fullheartedly welcome it. It's a freaking masterpiece of a song. Really great and informative video for someone who has no much knowledge of the subject! 👏🏻

[@nellkellino-miller7673]

Same. bipp and faceshopping are the only work of Sophie's I'm super interested in, but she was a pioneer. That shit is always hit and miss until it settles into the collective consciousness.

[@rubensoliveiraferreira]

Sophie was a genuine artist. Forever in our hearts

[@Ringowasprettygood]

Easily one of the most tragic losses in recent history for the lost potential. We got so much out of her and she had so much more to give

[@kennethrussell1158]

I like how you bring the history of certain music genres/ music styles and songs of today and the past.

[@nostromofidanza1502]

I'll forever remeber the day, when I read about Sophie's passing, listening to Whole New World in the train. Even weeks after I couldn't grasp and really believed it. She had so much to give to this world.

[@pamelagaleano3620]

finally!!!! i've always hoped that u did a bubblegum bass video and u definetly delivered. I ended up crying 🥺💖💐🧚‍♀️

[@dontbefatuousjeffrey2494]

Thank you so much for this overview. Intelligent, understanding, respectful... and reminding us of the beauty and sheer aural pleasure of SOPHIE and SOPHIE's music. I think this is your best video yet

[@velvetchiharu]

Everyone gushing about Sophie but only because you’ve done such an excellent, excellent job with this video. Enlightening analysis of SOPHIE’s work picking out and explaining all the defining elements and references. Wonderful, thank you so much for this amazing work ❤️ learned so much from you contextualizing the work.

[@emilyjane7027]

RIP SOPHIE. The actual GOAT.

[@kingmaker3038]

13:42 this song's beat are INSANE despite the lyrics, the voice arrangement are dope

[@AmberZarate]

thankful I experienced this all in real time and was able to see Sophie two times. RIP angel.

[@joeyq3269]

bipp was the first sophie song I remember hearing. It changed my brain chemistry, I listened to it for weeks.

[@CodesFR]

Thank you sm for uploading this vid. I learned a lot and keep learning from different people, it really means a lot to me. Thank you!💓

[@danielaxc2900]

I said it before and I'll say it again, SOPHIE was going to shape the future of music in a big way and now we have to live in a world where that isn't the case. It's a God damn tragedy. RIP

[@petabulmer7345]

Thankyou so much for this amazing tribute to an artist who gave me so much with her music. I will never hear anything like Sophie created again. I will always be grateful for her music, and I will always miss her.

[@hyperballadbradx6486]

Whenever Pitchfork gets a name drop, I wretch.

[@MarinaAndTheDevil]

I don’t think mainstream audiences realise just how much influence Sophie had on the entirety of pop music

[@ryanmellor2238]

There's so much to go at with a deep dive on the beautiful South, absolutely iconic

[@n0kturna1]

Thank u 4 choosing 2 pay homage 2 Sophie, 1 of the few around I was expecting so much from in the future

[@andsmeist]

crying. i’m so moved by this. i was taken on a journey, remembering how i felt when i heard BIPP and LEMONADE for the first time. WE MISS U SO MUCH SOPHIE.

[@Milkthief]

There is just a ton of musicians that most people won't even hear about, it's great to learn about things like this! It would also be great to learn more about Godflesh or Killing Joke, two very influential but under the radar British bands!

[@atlsdnh2798]

SOPHIE will always be remembered and her legacy will continue to live on through future music, that's undoubtable. Still not over her passing.

[@JimJackD]

I remember hearing BIPP in 2013 on FBI radio and saying out loud to myself “what is that?”. As a dubstep/grime and pop lover it was really weird but greatly satisfying to hear the two sounds mashed together. Little did I know it was the birth Hyperpop.

[@RoseaNebulaLaeta]

This video means a lot, I only got into SOPHIE after her passing but I miss her a lot

[@aperson9556]

Great vid - just went down an hour long KZbin wormhole of her music. 1. Autechre’s remix made me cry. I am grateful she got to hear it before she passed. 2. Thank you for the list of extra artists to listen to.

[@CherrySprings]

I just want to say I really appreciate and noticed how you mentioned that SOPHIE preferred not to use gendered or non-binary pronouns and showed up by not using any pronouns to refer to SOPHIE throughout the video.

[@rvle.35mm]

Saw her live at Laneway years ago, really good set. A rare gem in the pop world. RIP SOPHIE

[@hiddentrack]

How time flies, I still have the original single (along with 'elle') that I bought from eMusic, I love her ever since. R.I.P Sophie.

[@rhumour2]

Great video. FYI: It is Benga, who SOPHIE speaks to on Radio 1 at 5mins23secs, not Skream. Skream & Benga hosted BBC Radio 1 shows together.

[@christianhilario8735]

Perfect timing for her birthday. I miss her so much

[@lunar_lorelei]

genuinely awesome to see some brief clips of my live vid of "Immaterial" in a vid from a channel i'm subbed to! appreciate you devoting a video to the incredible SOPHIE. RIP.

[@jadefrias6562]

Thank you SOPHIE, for sharing your art. Rest in peace angel. 💜

[@BlacksmithBets]

Can you do a video about how Chumbawumba wrote tubthumping just to prove that anyone could write a chart topping hit when challenged in an interview by a journalist asking 'ok if it's that easy why don't you do it then?' To which they replied that ok they would, just to prove their point that pop music was so simple to do successfully that even a punk band like them could top the charts.

[@grain_death]

SOPHIE passing away still hurts. i don't think ill get over it

[@DerekPower]

I managed to get the Autechre remix of BIPP on 12”. It’s a mark of respect where a project known for making musical sound design remixes it that is both true to the original and still its own thing. It’s also interesting that this came out the same year as Oneohtrix Point Never’s R + 7. For me in retrospect, that was the album that planted the seed for me to get into the vapour+ scene after being in a personal music hiatus. I pointed this as an example of being forward-sounding whilst using elements that could evoke a nebulous past. Personally, I like music that can straddle time in that way. All of that said, music is about making choices and I’m interested in what choices could be made to make something interesting.

[@imcaradelucia]

I cry every time I think about how I will never hear any new music from her ever again

[@cringetrender]

Only a minute and a half into the video and it’s a PERFECT indication of how one can refer to a person without the use of ANY pronouns and still make sense. Thank you for doing SOPHIE such justice, I’ll be sharing this not only as a great video about music but a great video about language and gender. 💖

[@oli_yah]

Yes! Thank you for doing a SOPHIE essay! ❤️

[@chrishowson3243]

You just BLEW my mind. I loved “Hey QT” when I was in college and never quite understood what it was or where it went. Then years later I fell in love with Sophie (late) when pitchfork named her debut one of the best albums of 2018. Thanks to this video I know now I loved Sophie was before I knew I loved them!

[@tonydivaconstructfm4987]

this video is amazing, the legacy of SOPHIE lives on through us forever💕

[@Sagalusss]

Sophie is the future. people so far ahead never die.

[@GoreSpattered]

amazing, sophie will live forever

[@lexp6099]

Thanks so much for this. I'd only learned about SOPHIE about a year before she died. But as a fan of both, losing her has hurt far worse than losing Bowie. We were just starting to listen to what she had to say and then she was gone.