Sofie Royer

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Sofie Royer
Origin Vienna, Austria
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Years active2016–present
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Website sofie.info

Sofie Fatouretchi Royer, aka Sofie Royer, is an Austrian artist and musician signed to Stones Throw. [3] She was born in California to Iranian and Austrian parents. [4]

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Sofie Royer was a student of violin and viola at the Vienna Conservatoire before breaking away from the institution to live between New York, London and Los Angeles, while she held a key role at Boiler Room in creative direction and business development, [5] and was an NTS Radio resident DJ. [6] During her time in Los Angeles, she worked at Stones Throw and brought artists including Mndsgn and Stimulator Jones to the label, as well as releasing her compilation Sofie's SOS Tape in 2016. [7]

In 2020, Sofie Royer released her self-produced debut album Cult Survivor on Stones Throw, [8] a collection of leftfield pop songs inspired by chanson, heartbreak and life’s overwhelming decisions. In 2022, Sofie announced her second album for Stones Throw, Harlequin, with the single “Feeling Bad Forsyth Street”. [9] The album blends Sofie's nostalgia for early aughts reality television and American mall punk subculture, with her passion for her native city’s Vienna opera, ballet traditions and medieval performances. [10] For the release, she collaborated on two music videos with Eugene Kotlyarenko who directed the satirical black comedy film Spree (film). [11] Harlequin was released on 23 September 2022. [12]

In 2022, Sofie Royer featured on Toro y Moi’s album Mahal, [13] and has previously collaborated with other musicians including MISS WORLD, [14] Onoe Caponoe, [15] &ME and others.

In addition to her work in music, Sofie also studies Philosophy, Psychology and English at the Universitaet Wien, as well as painting at the University of Applied Arts. [16] As an active artist, she has exhibited her work at L Art Galerie in Salzburg [17] and at Pina in Vienna.

Discography

Singles

List of Singles
TitleAlbum details
99 Glimpses [18]
  • Released: 3 December 2019
  • Label: Stones Throw
  • Format: Digital download
Asleep [19]
  • Released: 22 April 2020
  • Label: Stones Throw
  • Format: Digital download
Try to Reach Me [20]
  • Released: 18 May 2020
  • Label: Stones Throw
  • Format: Digital download
Guest
  • Released: 24 June 2020
  • Label: Stones Throw
  • Format: Digital download
In The Park
  • Released: 14 August 2020
  • Label: Public Possession
  • Format: Digital download
Melody(with Peanut Butter Wolf and MISS WORLD)
  • Released: 15 December 2020
  • Label: Stones Throw
  • Format: Digital download
Leave(with Speckman)
  • Released: 28 July 2021
  • Label: Public Possession
  • Format: Digital download
Schweden Espresso [21]
  • Released: 3 May 2022
  • Label: Stones Throw
  • Format: Digital download
Baker Miller Pink [22]
  • Released: 22 June 2022
  • Label: Stones Throw
  • Format: Digital download
Feeling Bad Forsyth Street [23]
  • Released: 26 July 2022
  • Label: Stones Throw
  • Format: Digital download
Cheerleader (Club Mix)(with Speckman)
  • Released: 16 August 2022
  • Label: Public Possession
  • Format: Digital download
Mio
  • Released: 10 May 2023
  • Label: Stones Throw
  • Format: Digital download
Paris is burning [24] (with Alexander Dexter Jones)
  • Released: 19 March 2024
  • Label: Stones Throw
  • Format: Digital download

Albums

TitleAlbum details
Sofie's SOS Tape [25]
  • Released: 16 December 2016
  • Label: Stones Throw
  • Format: Digital download | Vinyl
Cult Survivor [26]
  • Released: 26 June 2020
  • Label: Stones Throw
  • Format: Digital download | Vinyl
Harlequin [27]
  • Released: 23 September 2022
  • Label: Stones Throw
  • Format: Digital download | Vinyl

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  21. ↑ "SOFIE ROYER returns with new single + video Schweden Espresso ahead of playing The Great Escape". PCN Magazine. 4 May 2022. Retrieved 23 September 2022.
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