Anglo-French avant-garde Electronic Pop artist Julia-Sophie releases her debut solo album forgive too slow on the 27th of July through Audio Antihero. Today we are debuting her new single ‘wishful thinking’ that’s out tomorrow, bubbling with a tapestry of blinking synths and beats, Sophie’s lucid delivery in the verses is sensitive, like someone whispering words in your ear as things fall around you. Yet it also has embers of light at the end of the tunnell as it’s melody breaks into bedroom pop mode half way through, it’s a evocative song that ripples with the creeping disappointment and the finality of heartbreak.
The weird and winding journey to this debut has included experiences as an international major label artist with Little Fish (“I didn’t care enough about being famous to survive all the sh*t that was being thrown at me.”), recording film scores as a member of Candy Says, motherhood, and much more. Her solo work sees her exploring a darker and more experimental Electronic Pop sound which she combines with hauntingly vulnerable lyrics which are informed by past breakdowns, relationships, motherhood, grief and self-discovery. This upcoming debut album also features vocals from Noah Yorke, and will be accompanied by launch shows in Oxford and London (with Maria Uzor), in addition to a performance at Riverside Festival and an in-store performance at Truck Music.
The album is about relationships and what happens when we “forgive too slow” and can’t break out of patterns from the past. The songs narrate her story of self-destruction (“numb”), love (“falling”), and loss (“telephone”). By the end, embers are still burning and there is no telling if Julia-Sophie has found peace, but we do get a sense that she has gotten closer to the core of her being and is finally living authentically.
She says: “my journey with music has been weird and long. I think people assumed that the music I made was exactly what I intended to make, when it’s always just been me trying to figure it out. Being a solo artist has allowed me to really find myself and show who I am in all my messy states.” – Julia-Sophie
