Sofish, a Guadalajara-born singer-songwriter, uses her nickname and personal history to shape her music. Her childhood friend recommended Ray Bradbury’s The Illustrated Man, and after her friend’s sudden death, other people later recommended the book as well. Sofish reframes Bradbury’s tattoo-to-dystopia concept by treating her own tattoos as markers of a life well-lived rather than warnings of tragedy. In her self-published debut album Femme Illustrée, she presents nine tracks set in a celestial club filled with love, lust, and longing. She alternates between Spanish and French while combining French house and moombahton. She aims to create vulnerable, profound songs that still make people dance, even wanting a mosh pit.
"My best friend from middle school gave me the nickname Sofish. I always felt like a bit of a misfit and so did my best friend, Fer. We both absolutely loved reading. She passed away practically overnight due to an aneurysm."
"But in my universe, perhaps the stories don't end in tragedy. Now in her self-published debut album, Femme Illustrée, the 25-year-old francophile puts a spin on Bradbury's idea, embracing her own tattoos - or rather, love's wounds - not as a warning of future disillusionment but rather as markers of a life well-lived."
"Throughout nine tracks, the Guadalajara-born singer-songwriter transports listeners to a celestial club inundated with love, lust and longing. Shifting between Spanish and French, Sofish delivers a heavy pump of French house music and a funky flow of moombahton, a subgenre that combines Dutch house music and reggaeton."
"I always try to make vulnerable, profound songs, but also songs that make people dance. I want a mosh pit!"
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