Sofi Tukker

Sofi Tukker (stylized in all caps) are an American musical duo based in Florida consisting of Sophie Hawley-Weld and Tucker Halpern. They are best known for their songs "Drinkee", "Best Friend", and "Purple Hat". "Best Friend" was featured in a commercial during Apple's unveiling of the iPhone X, while "Drinkee" was nominated for a Grammy at the 2017 Grammy Awards. In December 2018, their album Treehouse was nominated for a Grammy for Best Dance/Electronic Album.[4]

For the comedian and singer, see Sophie Tucker.

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

History

Hawley-Weld was born on May 17, 1992 in Frankfurt,[5] Germany, and grew up in rural Canada[6] and Atlanta.[7] She then attended United World College of the Adriatic, a UWC in Duino, Italy.

Halpern was born on December 26, 1989 in Brookline, Massachusetts. Growing up, he was a high level basketball player who was recruited by major division 1 basketball schools, ending up at Brown University where he played three years and was the captain for 1 year. Due to an illness, he changed his career, started DJing and fell in love with making music.[8]

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.[9]

Sofi Tukker released an EP, Soft Animals on July 8, 2016.[10] The EP includes "Drinkee", "Matadora", "Awoo",[11] "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.[12] "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.[13]

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.[14]

Sofi Tukker began DJing while sheltering at home due to the COVID-19 outbreak and while it was not planned, they have continued every day, reaching 200 performances on September 28, 2020 with no plans to stop. Along the way, the show was expanded to Twitch, Facebook, Discord, Instagram Live. A social media-connected community of fans, known as the "Freak Fam", have even formed their own channels and have Zoom dance parties during the livestream.[15][16]

Features

Their song "Johny" is featured in EA Sports' FIFA 17,[17] and was adapted from a poem by Brazilian poet Paulo Leminski.[18]

Their 2017 song "Best Friend" was played during the iPhone X full commercial reveal at the Apple Event on September 12, 2017.[19] 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.[20] 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.[21]

On June 28, 2018, they collaborated with Italian DJ Benny Benassi for the single "Everybody Needs A Kiss"[22] and on September 14, 2018 they released a remix of "Energia" with Brazilian singer Pabllo Vittar.[23]

"Baby I'm A Queen" is featured in Xbox Game Studios' Forza Horizon 4[24]

"Swing" is featured in EA Sports' FIFA 20[25] and Need for Speed Heat.[26] which also features "Playa Grande" and "Mi Rumba".`

"Good Time Girl" is featured during the opening credits of HBO's series The New Pope.[27]

Their 2019 hit single "Purple Hat" is featured in the Peloton commercial for the new Peloton Bike +.

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".[28]

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."[29]

Discography

Studio albums
List of studio albums
Title Details Peak chart positions
US
Dance
[30]		 US
Heat.
[31]		 BEL
(FL)
[32]		 CAN
[33]		 NZ
Heat.
[34]
Treehouse
  • Released: April 13, 2018
  • Label: Ultra Music
  • Formats: CD, LP, digital download
 5 666549

Extended plays
List of extended plays
Title Details Peak
US
Dance
[30]
Soft Animals
  • Released: July 8, 2016[35]
  • Label: Self-released
  • Formats: CD, LP, digital download
 14
Spotify Singles
  • Released: October 31, 2018[36]
  • Label: Self-released
  • Formats: Streaming
 —
Dancing on the People —

As lead artist
Title Year Peak chart positions Certifications Album
US
[38]		 US Alt.
[39]		 US Dance
[40]		 AUS
[41]		 BEL (FL)
[42]		 CAN
[43]		 FRA
Down.
[44]		 ITA
[45]		 NZ
Hot
[46]		 SWE
Heat.
[47]
"Drinkee" 2016 — — — 42 — — — 43 — — Soft Animals
"Hey Lion"[48] — — — — — — — — — —
"Awoo"[49] — — — — — — — — — —
"Matadora"[50] — — — — — — — — — —
"Déjà Vu Affair"[51] — — — — — — — — — —
"Johny"[52] 2017 — — — — — — — — — — Treehouse
"Greed"[53] — — — — — — — — — — Non-album single
"Fuck They"[54] — — — — — — — — — — Treehouse
"Best Friend"
(featuring Nervo, The Knocks and Alisa Ueno)[55]		 81 15 5 — 10 61 86 — — —
"Energia"[58] — — — — — — — — — —
"Baby I'm a Queen"[59] 2018 — — — — — — — — — —
"Batshit"[60] — — 22 — — — 47 — — —
"That's It (I'm Crazy)"[62] — — 16 — — — 67 — — — Non-album singles
"Energia (Parte 2)"[63]
(with Pabllo Vittar)		 — — — — — — — — — —
"Benadryl" — — — — — — — — — — Treehouse
"Mi Rumba"[64]
(with Zhu)		 2019 — — — — — — — — — — Non-album single
"Fantasy"[65] — — — — — — — — — — Dancing on the People
"Playa Grande"[66]
(with Bomba Estéreo)		 — — — — — — — — — —
"Swing"[67]
(solo or featuring Allday)[68]		 — — — — — — — — — —
"Purple Hat" — — 15 23 — — — — 32 9
"House Arrest"[70]
(with Gorgon City)		 2020 — — 21 — — — — — — — Non-album singles
"Emergency"[71]
(with Novak and Yax.x)		 — — — — — — — — — —
"Spa"
(with Icona Pop)[72]		 — — 30 — — — — — — —
"911" (Sofi Tukker Remix)
(with Lady Gaga)[73]		 — — — — — — — — — —
"—" denotes a recording that did not chart or was not released.

Remixes

Other charted songs
Title Year Peak chart positions Album
US
Dance
[30]
"Good Time Girl" 2020 47 Treehouse
"Feeling Good" 31 Birds of Prey: The Album

Awards and nominations

Grammy Awards
Year Nominee / work Award Result
2017 "Drinkee" Best Dance Recording Nominated[77]
2019 Treehouse Best Dance/Electronic Album Nominated[78]

See also

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