Listen to ‘Berlin Nightmare’, the latest posthumous single from SOPHIE
The self-titled album from the late icon arrives later this year.
By Nick Reilly
A new posthumous new single from SOPHIE called ‘Berlin Nightmare’ has been released. You can listen to it in full below.
The song, which also features musician and vocalist Evita Manji, will appear on SOPHIE’s anticipated second album which will be posthumously released later this year.
The album is due out on September 27 via Transgressive and Future Classic, and will be the first music shared since the death of the beloved producer in January of 2021.
‘Berlin Nightmare’, which you can listen to in full below, follows on directly from ‘Reason Why’, the first track from the album which featured Kim Petras.
A statement from SOPHIE’s family said: “When we, Sophie’s family, took our first steps towards bringing this project to fruition we contacted the dear friends with whom she envisioned the album. We wrote, “We have been finding comfort in the music Sophie left us, it is a gift that we truly cherish as we try to find a way forward, with Sophie forever at the centre of our worlds.”
“Sophie didn’t often speak publicly of her private life, preferring to put everything she wanted to articulate in her music. It feels only 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.”
It added: “This album has always told the story of Sophie’s musical journey, a cacophony of skill and creative vision eclipsing time and genre. Her unique sound world moves at an emotional level, encouraging the listener to intuitively embrace the ever-evolving landscape of light and dark, soft and hard, to the end of self-love and joyful self-acceptance. Emphasising contradictions of sound and material, Sophie’s work supersedes the pure aural to create the dimension she dreamed of.
“Now, it holds another poignant meaning, it tells a life story, from mysterious unknown, through wild clublands, to euphoric immateriality. Sophie gave all of herself to her music. It’s here that she can always be found.”