Big Freedia Reveals Collaborative EP With SOPHIE

More than five years after SOPHIE’s death sent shockwaves through the music world, a previously unreleased collaboration with Big Freedia is finally set to emerge from the vault. The pair’s long-rumored collaborative EP, recorded during sessions at SOPHIE’s Los Angeles home studio in 2016, will arrive June 19, with the first track, “Blaze That Ass,” due May 22.

The three-song project was largely completed in a single afternoon, pairing Big Freedia’s unmistakable New Orleans bounce energy with SOPHIE’s futuristic, shape-shifting production style. SOPHIE handled production duties while co-writing the material alongside Freedia, resulting in what’s being described as a collision between NOLA club music and “hyperspace avant-garde pop.”

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“Recording with SOPHIE is something I hold even closer to my heart now, especially after her passing,” Freedia says. “She was an artist who showed the world that living boldly is your greatest power. With this EP, I want to show the world how loved she was and still is!”

SOPHIE’s family adds, “This collaboration was exciting to Sophie right from the start. Freedia’s energy and vocal power [is] a perfect match for her production. Their connection gave us these songs, all of them Sophie loved to play out, and we can’t wait to hear them in the club again.”

SOPHIE died in January 2021 at age 34 following an accidental fall in Athens. Meanwhile, Big Freedia has continued broadening the scope of bounce music, most recently with the acclaimed 2025 gospel album Pressing Onward.

Meanwhile, Freedia will launch the BIG FREEDOM tour June 4 in Dallas, with $1 from every headline ticket benefiting the Center for Working Families Fund.

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