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Sofie Royer is a Californian born, Austrian-Iranian multi instrumentalist and producer. She was classically trained in composition and concert violin at the Conservatory of Vienna, and has played both violin and viola professionally in the Vienna Young Philharmonics and the Vienna Academic Philharmonics. Her latest record, Young-Girl Forever, released in November 2024 on Stones Throw Records, has been lauded by The Guardian: “her new wave style hits harder than ever on an excellent album, making Royer one of Europe’s most perplexingly overlooked pop stars, with appealing vocals and old-money glamour”. She has performed live on BBC 6 Music, France Culture / Radio France, Radio Nova, Deutschlandfunk, German national TV morning talk show ZDF’s “Morgen Magazin Cafe”, and most recently a KEXP live session.
Most recently, she has both scored and acted in Audrey Diwan’s adaptation of French cult film, Emmanuelle (2024), alongside Naomi Watts, and garnered nominations for Best Pop Album at the Libera Awards in NYC in June, as well as being nominated for Best Production and Best Pop/Rock Artist at the Austrian Amadeus Music Awards.
Sofie has opened for Lana del Rey at L’Olympia in Paris, Air at the Philharmonie in Paris, LCD Soundsystem. She has collaborated with Toro Y Moi, Lewis OfMan, Eli Keszler, Keinemusik &ME and Kavinsky.
Most recently, she has both scored and acted in Audrey Diwan’s adaptation of French cult film, Emmanuelle (2024), alongside Naomi Watts, and garnered nominations for Best Pop Album at the Libera Awards in NYC in June, as well as being nominated for Best Production and Best Pop/Rock Artist at the Austrian Amadeus Music Awards.
Sofie has opened for Lana del Rey at L’Olympia in Paris, Air at the Philharmonie in Paris, LCD Soundsystem. She has collaborated with Toro Y Moi, Lewis OfMan, Eli Keszler, Keinemusik &ME and Kavinsky.
She has worked on bespoke live performances and/or DJ sets with several brands including but not limited to Cartier, Chanel, Hermes, Gucci, Longchamp, Ralph Lauren, Prada.
Her work in music began when she started interning at Stones Throw Records, an independent music label based in Los Angeles, and was subsequently hired as digital manager, a role which expanded to A&R duties; she has brought several artists to the label. Her foundations in DJing began at a Stones Throw hosted night called 56, which took place at the now defunct Mr T’s Bowl in Highland Park. There she connected with Boiler Room TV, when they scheduled their first West Coast broadcast in 2012, and she was booked to open for Dam-Funk, J Rocc and Peanut Butter Wolf. She quickly became responsible for the Los Angeles outpost, curating and hosting shows, later expanding her role within the company to business development, merchandise and creative direction, a move that saw her moving to New York and London. She has had radioshow residencies on East Village Radio, NTS, Rinse FM Paris, and ORF’s FM4.
Her airplay includes KCRW, KEXP, KTBG, WPMG, WUNC, WXPN, KECG, KTUX, KALX, Radio Boise, Sirius XMU, BBC 6 Music (Steve Lamacq, Iggy Pop, Cerys Matthews, Huey Morgan and New Music Fix), Radio X, Radio Soho, NTS, FIP, OE1, BR2 Munich, NDR Blue, BRUZZ, PBS and many more. Her digital highlights include support from Spotify in Germany and France, as well as international features in New in Alternative, New in Pop, New in Rock, Indie Pop, Lorem, New Music Daily, and Spotify’s Best Songs of 2024.
Additionally, an excerpt of contributed string performances, and/or arrangement/composition: ORF1, Volksoper, Konzerthaus Wien, Musikverein Wien, Junge Philharmonie Wien, Wiener Akademische Philharmonie, Linda Sharrock’s Abyssity of the Grounds, Knxwledge & Anderson Paak’s NxWorries, Mndsgn’s Body Wash, several Teebs releases (Brainfeeder), Jonwayne’s Rap Album Two, film scores for Jasmin Baumgartner’s Robin’s Hood; Lorenz Uhl, Artischoke, and mineral water company Vöslauer’s spring 2023 campaign song.
Her airplay includes KCRW, KEXP, KTBG, WPMG, WUNC, WXPN, KECG, KTUX, KALX, Radio Boise, Sirius XMU, BBC 6 Music (Steve Lamacq, Iggy Pop, Cerys Matthews, Huey Morgan and New Music Fix), Radio X, Radio Soho, NTS, FIP, OE1, BR2 Munich, NDR Blue, BRUZZ, PBS and many more. Her digital highlights include support from Spotify in Germany and France, as well as international features in New in Alternative, New in Pop, New in Rock, Indie Pop, Lorem, New Music Daily, and Spotify’s Best Songs of 2024.
Additionally, an excerpt of contributed string performances, and/or arrangement/composition: ORF1, Volksoper, Konzerthaus Wien, Musikverein Wien, Junge Philharmonie Wien, Wiener Akademische Philharmonie, Linda Sharrock’s Abyssity of the Grounds, Knxwledge & Anderson Paak’s NxWorries, Mndsgn’s Body Wash, several Teebs releases (Brainfeeder), Jonwayne’s Rap Album Two, film scores for Jasmin Baumgartner’s Robin’s Hood; Lorenz Uhl, Artischoke, and mineral water company Vöslauer’s spring 2023 campaign song.