Sophie photoshoot

When I ask if there were any obscure references that inspired her debut album, SOPHIE goes off on a series of tangents. “I’ve always liked Willy Wonka, but people already know that,” she tells me, motioning to her signature wavy ginger bob. “I was just reading a lot of books about octopus brains, like, the consciousness of octopi...the other book was Sapiens, do you know about that? And also books by this author Martine Rothblatt who writes about artificial intelligence, transhumanism and…

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Sophie covers the 2018 Pride issue of _Paper_ magazine. The Glasgow-born LA-based producer, DJ and artist, who identifies as transgender, is shot by Jason Altaan in a spread promoting her album _Oil Of every Pearl’s Un-Insides._

For years, pop producer SOPHIE was simply known as a name behind major-label acts like Charli XCX, Vince Staples and even Madonna. But earlier this year, with the release of her single “It’s Okay to Cry,” the artist reintroduced herself as a musical force, showing her unobstructed face on camera for the first time.

Sophie covers the 2018 Pride issue of _Paper_ magazine. The Glasgow-born LA-based producer, DJ and artist, who identifies as transgender, is shot by Jason Altaan in a spread promoting her album _Oil Of every Pearl’s Un-Insides._

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