Sophie and the Giants

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Sophie and the Giants
Origin Sheffield, United Kingdom
Genres Dance pop
Years active2015–present
Labels EMI Records
Members
  • Sophie Scott (singer)
Website www.sophieandthegiants.com

Sophie and the Giants, also abbreviated as SATG, [1] is an English music artist founded in Sheffield [2] in 2015. [3]

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History

Formation and early years (2015–2018)

The group was founded by singer Sophie Scott: at first, the only goal of the band was just to practise music with the help of amateur musician friends, [1] but in the spring of 2017 [4] Scott decided to involve drummer Chris Hill, bassist Bailey Stapledon and guitarist Toby Holmes, who were three fellow students at the Guildford Music College at the time, [5] [6] to "take this more seriously and be like a proper band". [1]

They later moved to Sheffield, where they started playing at gigs, mixing cover versions of Supertramp and Chris Isaak with original songs. [4] April 2018 saw the release of their first single, Monsters, followed by the Adolescence EP in October, which included the songs Bulldog, Space Girl and Waste My Air. [7]

Success (2019–present)

SATG started 2019 by playing for BBC Radio Sheffield on 12 January; [8] on 15 March, they released the new single The Light, [4] which was chosen by Codemasters for the trailer of the then-forthcoming racing game Grid. [9] The song was also used by Vodafone for advertising in Germany. [10]

In early June, Antonia Pooles replaced Stapledon. [4] Later that summer, the band played at the Reading and Leeds Festivals [11] and at Glastonbury Festival. [12] [13] A new single, Break the Silence, was released in August, [4] followed by Runaway in November, [14] and in December SATG played again for BBC Radio Sheffield, this time live from Maida Vale Studios. [15]

In early 2020, SATG worked with German DJ Purple Disco Machine on the song Hypnotized , which was released on 8 April, [16] and the sound of which was heavily inspired by the italo disco music genre. [17] Hypnotized was very successful across Europe where it was awarded three platinum records; [18] it was followed by the new single Right Now, released in February 2021. [19] [18] Sophie and the Giants collaborated with Italian singer Michele Bravi on the song "Falene" with Sophie singing in Italian. The song was released on 18 June by Universal Music. [20]

In 2022 Sophie became a solo artist and completed a EU tour with DJ Dan Fraser. SATG then went on to release We Own The Night as a solo artist, followed by DNA ft. MEARSY and Paradise ft. Purple Disco Machine.

Members

Current line-up

Former members

Discography

EP

Singles

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