Sophia Somajo | |
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| Birth name | Sophia Somajo Venai |
| Also known as | Soso |
| Born | (1985-01-02)January 2, 1985 (age 40)[1][2] Stockholm,Sweden |
| Genres | Pop[3] |
| Occupation(s) | singer,songwriter |
| Instrument | Vocals |
| Years active | 2007-present |
| Labels | Do It Yourself Bitch Productions |
| Website | www |
Sophia Somajo Venai (born 2 January 1985), also known asSoso,[4] is aSwedish songwriter, singer and musician ofHungarian descent.[5] She has released two albums and twoextended plays, and worked with music producerMax Martin as a songwriter under her name and a number of pseudonyms.
Somajo releasedThe Laptop Diaries, her first album, in 2008. The album's musical style has led critics to compare her with singerRobyn.[6]
In 2011, Somajo released the song "Wristcutters Inc.", featuringPelle Almqvist fromThe Hives, then intended to be thelead single from her major-label debut album.[7] After leaving a record deal with her record label in 2012, Somajo started her own label, named Do It Yourself Bitch Productions, and releasedT.T.I.D.S.D.I.E.U.I.C (That Time I Dug So Deep I Ended Up in China), her second album. The album was made available for free download via file sharing websiteThe Pirate Bay.[4] Somajo wrote, recorded and produced the album in her living room. Michael Cragg ofThe Guardian described it as "a brilliant, brutal and often baffling album that deserves wider attention for its raw and uncompromising dissection of a brain on overdrive."[4] In 2013, Somajo released the song "Low" to celebrateStockholm Pride.[8]
Somajo releasedFreudian Slip, anextended play, in 2017. It was her first album where she has worked with outside producers, including Patrik Berger, Michel Flygare and Tobias Jimson.[6][2][9]
In 2018, Somajo released her cover ofTina Turner's song "Private Dancer", the first new music fromFreudian Slip II, her upcoming second EP.[3] Later that year, Somajo was featured as the vocalist in Norwegian DJAlan Walker's song "Diamond Heart".[10] Kat Bein ofBillboard compared her vocals in "Diamond Heart" to those of singerSia's.[10]
Somajo has written songs under her name for Swedish artists Robyn andStyle of Eye, and under a number of pseudonyms forBritney Spears,Christina Aguilera,Backstreet Boys,Alesso,Adam Lambert, and other artists.[6] One of the pseudonyms she has used isTiffany Amber. She described her use of pseudonyms as a way to manage expectations with her own music. In a 2018 interview withPopjustice, Somajo recalled being expected to work as a singer with teams of male songwriters and music producers. She noted producerMax Martin as an exception to that trend, who saw her as equivalent to male producers and gave her a chance to write and produce music. She described women musicians in pop music as shaped by songwriters writing from a male perspective, saying that "in popular culture when women relate to women, they’re actually relating to women as interpreted by men".[3]
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