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\n\tThe music of Sophie<\/a> lives on through her self-titled final album, which surprised dropped late Wednesday. <\/p>\n \n\tReleased through Future Classic and Transgressive, the posthumous SOPHIE<\/em> collection is stacked with collaborations with close friends, and houses previously-released cuts \u201cReason Why\u201d (featuring Kim Petras & BC Kingdom), \u201cBerlin Nightmare\u201d featuring Evita Manji, \u201cOne More Time\u201d ft. Popstar, \u201cExhilarate\u201d ft. Bibi Bourelly, and \u201cMy Forever\u201d ft. Cecile Believe.<\/p>\n \n\tHannah Diamond worked with Sophie on the album track \u201cAlways and Forever,\u201d recorded in London during the 2020 lockdown. \u201cIt ended up being the last ever day that I saw her in person,\u201d Diamond remarks. <\/p>\n \n\tSophie, an important figure in underground pop and dance music, died the following year<\/a>, at the age of 34. <\/p>\n \n\t\u201cOur beautiful Sophie passed away this morning after a terrible accident,\u201d read a statement at the time, issued by Future Classic. \u201cTrue to her spirituality she had climbed up to watch the full moon and accidentally slipped and fell.\u201d <\/p>\n \n\tBorn and raised in Glasgow, Scotland, Sophie Xeon inherited an interest in dance and electronic music from their father, and started recording their own music at a young age. In the early \u201910s, they struck up an association with a few artists on the PC Music label, soon to be at the experimental pop vanguard, and released their debut single \u201cNothing More to Say\u201d in 2013. <\/p>\n \n\tOver the next decade, Sophie appeared on and helmed a slew of recordings, including 2017\u2019s \u201cIt\u2019s Okay to Cry,\u201d ultimately named by\u00a0Billboard<\/em><\/a>\u00a0as one of the best songs of the year.<\/p>\n \n\tFollowing Sophie\u2019s passing, pop cult favorite Rina Sawayama remembered the late<\/a> <\/a>artist<\/a> as \u201cthe sweetest \u2013 an icon and a visionary,\u201d adding, \u201cthe world and our community has lost a beautiful soul.\u201d<\/p>\n \n\tSOPHIE<\/em> is released as a double vinyl, with each side representing a different section of the album. The wax comes in standard black as well as translucent neon pink, clear, and silver and is available to order here<\/a>.<\/p>\n \n\tStream SOPHIE <\/em>in full below.<\/p>\n