Sophie Trans Icon

As her team sadly announced, producer and musician SOPHIE Trans Icon died accidentally on Saturday, January 30, 2021, in Athens. The 34-year-old Scottish woman had worked with Madonna as Lady Gaga and was nominated for the Grammy Awards.

SOPHIE, trans icon, brilliant Grammy nominated musician known for her singular style, has died accidentally at the age of 34. According to a statement from her team, the Scottish artist died in an accident around 4 a.m. in Athens, Greece.

Singer SOPHIE, icon of the trans community, died this Saturday, January 30 around 4 a.m. in Athens in an accident. She was only 34 years old.

The bad news continues in this month of January 2021. This Saturday, January 30, the singer SOPHIE, aged only 34, died in Athens in an accident which occurred around 4 am. The sad information was announced by the team of the singer from Scotland in a statement. “It is with infinite sadness that we must inform you of the death of the musician and producer SOPHIE, who died this morning around 4 a.m. in Athens, where the artist lived before suffering this sudden accident. period we ask you to respect the privacy of her family. We would also like to ask her fans to treat this private event with sensitivity. SOPHIE was the pioneer of a new sound, one of the most influential artists of the last decade . Not only for his ingenious productions, but also for having so strongly disseminated his message. An icon of liberation, “said his team.

“A visionary”

Born in 1986 in Glasgow, Scotland, SOPHIE was a musician, singer, producer and DJ. She has notably collaborated with Madonna, Charli XCX, Kim Petras, MØ, Cashmere Cat and Rihanna.

Discovered by the public and acclaimed by the specialized press thanks to her singles Bipp and Lemonade, released in 2013 and 2014, she released in 2018 her first album, entitled Oil of Every Pearl’s Un-Insides. An opus which allowed him to win a nomination at the Grammy Awards in the category “Best dance / electronic album”.

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“SOPHIE was a stellar producer”

Nominated for the Grammy Awards, SOPHIE had worked with Madonna and Lady Gaga. In 2018 in the columns of Billboard, she explained the importance of claiming your gender. “To be trans is to take control in order to align your body with your soul, so that they no longer fight and struggle to survive. On this Earth, we can get closer to our true essence without the pressure. social of having to fulfill a certain traditional role based on one’s gender, ”SOPHIE said.

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