Soko: It feels like looking inside of your brain!ĪMBY: It is a little bit like that. Laid out on the coffee table are my notes, a sheet of paper, which probably appear to anyone other than myself like a chaotic jumble of nonsense! We enter a quiet room, and while I adjust into interview mode, Soko’s energy calms, as she curiously susses me out. Whirling around the room with hellos, her attention soon becomes directed back to me, when informed I have come to interview her. A short time later, the mood of the room changes, as the flamboyant musician arrives, she thinks I am a new employee and politely introduces herself with two elaborat kisses on each cheek. Arriving reasonably early, I positioned myself at an empty desk and patiently awaited her arrival. Her music has also lent itself to films such as Spike Jonze’s short film Mourir Auprès De Toi and feature film Her!Īhead of the release of Soko’s much anticipated second album, My Dreams Dictate My Reality, I travelled to Paris to meet Soko at her french based record label, Because Music. Throughout her musical career, Soko has supported musicians such as Foster the People, Pete Doherty and Kate Nash, and has sold out many european venues. After taking a musical hiatus, Soko later followed up with I Thought I was Alien in 2012, which featured the song -made popular by the viral video First Kiss- ‘We Might Be Dead by Tomorrow’. Turning instead to music at 19, Soko soon found success in 2007 with the release of her quirky, passive aggressive song ‘I’ll Kill Her’, a single taken from her five track EP Not Sokute. Soko, who currently resides in LA, is a french born musician, who left home at 16 to become an actress. Her delicately, introspective debut LP I Thought I was an Alien popped up in a YouTube search for ‘full albums’, and further encouraged an afternoon of nostalgic musings! I first became aware of Soko’s music whilst unpacking, after having moved for third time last year.

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