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I like what you’re doing Sophie and the Giants, you’re making a habit of making hits…..” – Jack Saunders / BBC Radio 1
“Punk-edged indie song writing with lashings of synths” – Clash
“Sophie and the Giants are swiftly carving out a reputation for themselves as purveyors of millennial power-pop with a rock bite.” – Gigwise
“They’re Ready for a giant leap forward” – Daily Star
Sheffield based alt-pop stars, Sophie and the Giants have returned with their impassioned new single ‘Don’t Ask Me To Change’, out now on EMI Records.
The song is an atmospheric, hook-laden synth anthem. Sophie’s crystalline vocal soars over a bedrock of tom-tom drums, augmented backing vocals and a driving bassline to create a defiant anthem of personal autonomy.
“I wrote this song at a time when I was at a crossroads and examining my relationships with people” Sophies explains. “Every time I discovered something new about myself, I’d feel the compulsion to repress it slightly and minimise my true self to avoid being judged or losing people. I wrote ‘Don’t Ask Me To Change’ when I finally decided “fuck that”, because if they really loved me I wouldn’t have to make those compromises.”
The band recently performed a stunning set for Mahogany Sessions at the Albion rooms in Margate. You can watch the beautiful stripped back performances here
‘Don’t Ask Me To Change’ follows their recent single ‘Right Now’, and their mega-hit collaboration with Purple Dsco Machine, Hypnotized. Clocking up 4-times platinum status in Italy, platinum in Poland & gold across a further 7 countries in Europe,’ Hypnotiozed’ has been streamed a staggering 200 million times, the video viewed 65 million times on YouTube, and it hit 2 in the European Airplay Charts. In the UK it was championed by the likes of Annie Mac, Jack Saunders and MistaJam.
For Sophie, the experience of becoming a bona fide pop star in Europe while being in the middle of a lockdown was a surreal one. One minute she’s in her flat in Sheffield, the next she’s landing in Italy to perform for Power Hits Estate 2020 in an empty Coliseum.
“To have had that success with ‘Hypnotized’ during a standstill year has been a blessing for us” Sophie says. “We also hope it’s given people some positivity during a difficult time, just like it has for us. We are so grateful for all the love we have received and excited for what’s coming next.”
From their adoptive hometown of Sheffield the band have been refining their intense, life-affirming sound which has already won fans at Radio with support from BBC Introducing, Radio 1 & Radio X. In 2019 the band were invited to play Radio 1’s Big Weekend, as well as delivering storming sets at Glastonbury and Reading festivals.
The band will play a special UK exclusive show at London’s Lafayette venue this September, and they recently announced they’ll be heading out on a full European tour in 2022.
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Tour Dates
27th Sept 2021 – Lafayette – London
30th March 2022 – Luxor – Cologne, Germany
2nd April 2022 – Melkweg Oz – Amsterdam, Netherlands
3rd April 2022 – Gruenspan – Hamburg, Germany
4th April 2022 – Hole 44 – Berlin, Germany
5th April 2022 – Grelle Forelle – Vienna, Austria
7th April 2022 – Ampere – Munich, Germany
8th April 2022 – Plaza – Zurich, Switzerland
9th April 2022 – Magazzini Generalli – Milan, Italy
11th April 2022 – Bikini – Barcelona, Spain
12th April – Copenico – Madrid, Spain
14th April 2022 – Les Etoilles – Paris, France
