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Samuel Long is a London-based electronic music producer who works under the stage name Sophie (stylised as SOPHIE). He came to prominence in 2013 with his single "Bipp"/"Elle" and released "Lemonade"/"Hard" the following year. He has worked closely with artists from the PC Music label and produced for acts including Charli XCX, Liz, Le1f, QT, Madonna and Namie Amuro. Sophie's music is a high-pitched, cute take on pop music, with attention to synthesising the sounds of various textures. ==History== Sophie was in a band named Motherland (Sabine Gottfried, Matthew Lutz-Kinoy and Marcella Dvsi) and later collaborated with his bandmate Matthew Lutz-Kinoy on a series of performance works. In 2011 he scored the short film ''Dear Mr/Mrs'' by Dutch team Freudenthal/Verhagen. Sophie became involved with artists on the PC Music label after encountering Dux Kidz, a project between A. G. Cook and Danny L Harle. He released his debut single "Nothing More to Say" in February 2013. Its follow-up "Bipp"/"Elle" was released on Numbers later that year.〔 "Bipp" drew attention from music critics for omitting a traditional drum beat to prominently feature a bouncy bassline. The song received attention from music critics, topping ''XLR8R''s year-end list and placing 17 on Pitchfork Media's. Pitchfork later ranked "Bipp" 56 on its list of the best tracks from 2010–2014. B-side "Elle" features a more powerful drum beat, drawing comparisons to TNGHT and Rustie.〔 In mid 2014, Sophie collaborated with Japanese pop singer Kyary Pamyu Pamyu. His next two singles came in August 2014. Numbers released "Lemonade"/"Hard" as a 12" single. "Lemonade" alternates between stuttered chants and a pop chorus with "bubblegum hardcore stabs". "Hard", whose melody is built from plucked strings, is dominated by a bass-heavy rhythm section. Its vocals are by PC Music artist GFOTY. Both tracks appeared on the ''Billboard'' Twitter Real-Time charts. "Lemonade" and "Hard" placed 68th and 91st respectively on the 2014 Pazz & Jop critics poll. "Lemonade" was in the top ten of year-end singles lists by ''The Washington Post'', ''Resident Advisor'', and ''Complex''; "Hard" was in the top ten on lists by ''Dazed'' and ''Dummy''. Pitchfork ranked "Lemonade"/"Hard" at 21 on its list of the best songs of 2014. "Lemonade" appeared in a 2015 commercial for McDonald's. "Hey QT" was a collaboration with A. G. Cook and pop singer QT. The project included an energy drink called the QT Energy Elixir, and at the singer's request, "Hey QT" repeats the drink's name for product placement. In March 2015, Charli XCX announced a collaboration with Sophie. It was later revealed the pair had worked on multiple songs for her upcoming studio album. In September 2015, SOPHIE's debut album ''Product'' was made available for preorder. The eight tracks listed were the four Numbers singles from 2013 and 2014, as well as four new tracks: "Msmsmsm", "Vyzee", "L.O.V.E.", and "Just Like We Never Said Goodbye". "Msmsmsm" was released on 29 September, and released ''Just Like We Never Said Goodbye'' on 15 October. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Sophie (musician)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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