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For the comedian and singer, see Sophie Tucker.

Sofi Tukker
Sofi Tukker (Credit: Shervin Lainez)
Sofi Tukker (Credit: Shervin Lainez)
Background information
OriginNew York City, New York, United States[1]
Genres
Years active2014–present
Labels
Members
  • Sophie Hawley-Weld
  • Tucker Halpern
Websitesofitukker.com

Sofi Tukker (stylized in all caps) is a German American musical duo based in New York consisting of Sophie Hawley-Weld (German) and Tucker Halpern (American). The band is perhaps best known for its song "Best Friend", which was featured in a commercial during Apple's unveiling of the iPhone X, as well as their 2017 Grammy nominated song "Drinkee". In December 2018 their album Treehouse was nominated for a Grammy for Best Dance/Electronic Album.[4]

History

Hawley-Weld was born on May 17, 1992 in Frankfurt,[5] (Germany), and grew up in rural Canada. She then attended United World College of the Adriatic, a boarding school in Duino, Italy.

Halpern was born on December 26, 1989 in Brookline, Massachusetts. Growing up, Halpern had a passion for basketball but did not pursue this and continued to learn music.

Halpern and Hawley-Weld first met at Brown University in 2014 at an art gallery, where Hawley-Weld was performing and Halpern approached her, here they began writing and performing songs together.[6]

Sofi Tukker released an EP, Soft Animals on July 8, 2016.[7] The EP includes "Drinkee", "Matadora", "Awoo",[8] "Déjà Vu Affair", "Moon Tattoo", and "Hey Lion".[3] The title comes from a Mary Oliver poem ("You only have to let the soft animal of your body love what it loves").

Their song "Drinkee" from the Soft Animals EP was nominated for a 2017 Grammy for Best Dance Recording.[9] "Drinkee" is adapted from a poem written by the Brazilian poet, Chacal, sung sensually amidst cowbells, bongos, electric guitars and deep driving bass. Their song "Drinkee" is featured in The Incredible Jessica James.[10]

Their song "Johny" is featured in EA Sports' FIFA 17,[11] and was adapted from a poem by Brazilian poet Paulo Leminski.[12]

Their 2017 song "Best Friend" was played during the iPhone X full commercial reveal at the Apple Event on September 12, 2017.[13] It is also included in the football game FIFA 18, the second straight year that a song of theirs has been included on the soundtrack of FIFA.[14] It is also playing in the club scene in the 2018 movie "Ocean's Eight."

The clean version of their song "Batshit", titled "That's It (I'm Crazy)", was featured in a TV commercial for Apple promoting their special edition iPhone 8 RED smartphone in 2018.[15]

On June 28, 2018, they collaborated with Italian DJ Benny Benassi for the single "Everybody Needs A Kiss"[16] and on September 14, 2018 they released a remix of "Energia" with Brazilian singer Pabllo Vittar.[17]

Their song "Swing" is featured in EA Sports' FIFA 20[18] and Need for Speed Heat.[19]

Their song "Good Time Girl" was used in the opening credits of the TV series The New Pope, which premiered in 2020 as a sequel to The Young Pope.

On April 24, 2020, Australian radio station Triple J premiered a new song created by the duo titled "When The Rona's Over", as part of a COVID-19 self-isolation musical challenge nicknamed Quarantune[20].

Reception

Paste Magazine described the band's release as "an insatiable dance collection of jungle-pop songs with many well-executed nods towards Brazilian instruments, poets and to the national language, Portuguese". The magazine's review referred to the "carefully conceptualized 'Matadora'" as "the album's show-stopper".[21]

Slant Magazine said of their album Treehouse, "the songs on Sofi Tukker's Treehouse are alternately playful and sincere, intimate and global." "Though Sofi Tukker's mélange of disparate sounds and influences—bossa-nova rhythms, cowbells, castanets, and spaghetti-western guitars—lends Treehouse an air of worldly sophistication, Hawley-Weld and Halpern never take themselves or their music too seriously. But that doesn't mean we shouldn't."[22]

Discography

Studio albums

List of studio albums
Title Details Peak chart positions
US
Dance
[23] 		BEL
(FL)
[24] 		CAN
[25] 		NZ
Heat.
[26]
Treehouse
  • Released: April 13, 2018
  • Label: Ultra Music
  • Formats: Digital download, CD
 5 66 54 9

Extended plays

List of extended plays
Title Details Peak
US

Dance

[23]

Soft Animals 14
Dancing on the People —

Singles

As lead artist

Title Year Peak chart positions Certifications Album
US
[29] 		US Alt.
[30] 		US Dance
[31] 		AUS
[32] 		BEL (FL)
[33] 		CAN
[34] 		FRA
Down.
[35] 		ITA
[36] 		NZ
Hot
[37] 		SWE
Heat.
[38]
"Drinkee" 2016 — — — 42 — — — 43 — — Soft Animals
"Hey Lion"[39] — — — — — — — — — —
"Awoo"[40] — — — — — — — — — —
"Matadora"[41] — — — — — — — — — —
"Déjà Vu Affair"[42] — — — — — — — — — —
"Johny"[43] 2017 — — — — — — — — — — Treehouse
"Greed"[44] — — — — — — — — — — Non-album single
"Fuck They"[45] — — — — — — — — — — Treehouse
"Best Friend"
(featuring Nervo, The Knocks and Alisa Ueno)[46] 		81 15 5 — 10 61 86 — — —
"Energia"[49] — — — — — — — — — —
"Baby I'm a Queen"[50] 2018 — — — — — — — — — —
"Batshit"[51] — — 22 — — — 47 — — —
"That's It (I'm Crazy)"[53] — — 16 — — — 67 — — — Non-album singles
"Energia (Parte 2)"[54]
(with Pabllo Vittar) 		— — — — — — — — — —
"Benadryl" — — — — — — — — — — Treehouse
"Mi Rumba"[55]
(with Zhu) 		2019 — — — — — — — — — — Non-album single
"Fantasy"[56] — — — — — — — — — — Dancing on the People
"Playa Grande"[57]
(with Bomba Estéreo) 		— — — — — — — — — —
"Swing"[58]
(solo or featuring Allday)[59] 		— — — — — — — — — —
"Purple Hat"[60] — — 15 23
[61] 		— — — — 32 9
"—" denotes a recording that did not chart or was not released.

As featured artist

Remixes

Grammy Awards

Year Nominee / work Award Result
2017 "Drinkee" Best Dance Recording Nominated[64]
2019 Treehouse Best Dance/Electronic Album Nominated[65]

See also

References

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  63. ^ "No Stress (feat. Eric Carter) [Sofi Tukker Remix] – Single by Laurent Wolf on Apple Music". iTunes Store. Retrieved December 5, 2019.
  64. ^ "Complete List of Nominees for the 2017 Grammys". Retrieved February 18, 2019.
  65. ^ "61st Grammy Awards: Complete Nominees and Winners List". December 7, 2018. Retrieved February 18, 2019.

External links

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