Hyper pop pioneer Sophie Xeon was honoured with a Google Doodle on Tuesday for what would have been her 38th birthday. The Scottish DJ and producer, who died aged 34 in 2021, is remembered for her “acclaimed experimental pop and electronic music” - the search engine has said . The Google Doodle is a montage of cartoon drawing clips set to Immaterial, a song from her first album Oil of Every Pearl’s Un-Insides.
Sophie’s tribute can be found on the homepage of Google and is visible in the UK as well as parts of Europe and South America for September 17. Here is what made Sophie special. Sophie was critically regarded as a pioneer in pop sounds, with terms such as experimental pop, hyperpop, electronic pop and dance pop being applied to her production style.
She released one studio album in her lifetime, Oil of Every Pearl’s Un-Insides in 2018 which came on the back of the 2015 compilation release, Product. A posthumous LP, SOPHIE, featuring previously unreleased music, will be released on September 27. Sophie is also well known for producing work for other artists, including work on Madonna’s Rebel Heart album and, particularly, for Charli XCX’s Vroom Vroom and Number 1 Angel EPs.
She was nominated for a Grammy in 2019 for Oil of Every Pearl’s Un-Insides for Best Dance/Electronic Album. “Music and the future were always at the centre of Sophie’s world,” a Google statement reads. “While touring her own sets, as well as starting to produce pop music for ot.