Sophie

Like many producers, avant-dance artist Sophie’s initial days were shrouded in mystique: hypersaccharine singles like “Bipp” and live shows veering on veritable performance art—faux soda advertisements included—bespoke not only a keen ear for radio pop sensibilities, but also an anti-capitalist critique of the form. Skip to 2017 and the producer’s new music video, “It’s Okay to Cry,” features her face front and center as she sings behind fantastical digitally rendered landscapes, demolishing those prior smoke screens in a dramatic display of vulnerability. Just as she did in 2013, Sophie is poised to transform contemporary electronic music, and she knows it: The upcoming debut is titled Whole New World.