# LA Native SOPHIA MARIE Releases New 80’s-Inspired Ballad “Femme Fatale”

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- Published: 2022-12-02T14:30:00-06:00
- Author: Eugene Tierney

**LA Native Sophia Marie Releases New 80’s-Inspired Ballad “Femme Fatale”**

_The debut single off Sophia Marie’s upcoming sophomore EP, shifts away from Sophia’s
previous work to explore a much more melancholic sound._

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_“With a distinct nod to late 80s/early 90s pop, this track absolutely glitters 
sonically from the first chord to the very last line. “- _**_Imperfect Fifth_**

_“Pure turn-of-the-century power-pop/pop-punk goodness, with a modern attitude and
classic rebellious vibe”- _**_Hollywood Life_**

![Screenshot 2022-11-30 at 11.35.07 AM](https://i0.wp.com/cascade.madmimi.com/promotion_images/
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_Cover Art: Panav Gududuri_

[**Stream “Femme Fatale” Here**](https://email.cloud.secureclick.net/c/6813?id=12402297.32519.1.7784fce06a8d7a947d2d081793627f3b)

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LA-raised singer-songwriter **Sophia Marie** has released the first single off her
upcoming sophomore EP.

Sophia says, _“Femme Fatale is an 80s-inspired ballad that depicts a narrator engaging
in reckless, degenerate, and overtly flirtatious behavior because the one man that
would make her calm, steady, and stable doesn’t love her back._

_“It’s a song that attempts to hide its insecurity but then blazes it out in the
open, describing the narrator’s process of morphing into something she despises 
just to stoke envy in her lover’s heart. I was inspired by my own experiences, exaggerating
my changes in personality when I became jaded or disillusioned with love, but I 
also drew heavily upon iconic historical and literary femme fatale figures like 
Cleopatra, Helen of Troy, and Moulin Rouge’s Satine to give it a sexy ambiance that
causes dissonance with its depressing words.”_

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Sophia Marie’s music is autobiographical. Each of her songs tells the story of a
young life in progress. From leaving the sunny, casual west coast for a more buttoned-
up DC life at Georgetown University (where she studies International Politics) to
a life-changing semester abroad in Dublin, to unrequited romances and lovesick travels,
each of these experiences is vividly documented in her music.

![Screenshot 2022-11-30 at 11.37.17 AM](https://i0.wp.com/cascade.madmimi.com/promotion_images/
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_Photo: Panav Gududuri_

Singer and songwriter Sophia Marie George is a Los Angeles native and senior in 
the School of Foreign Service at Georgetown University. Harboring various passions,
she finds herself oscillating (sometimes rather chaotically) between many different
realms: her major in International Politics, her authorship of creative works, and
her love for acting in addition to her music.

Sophia often feels like an ambitious, lust-for-life, nomadic kind of girl without
a particular direction, one who doesn’t know exactly what she wants to do or who
she wants to be, or where she wants to end up, and her storytelling reflects that
indecisiveness, that impulsiveness, that desire to do everything while she’s young.
Drawing from her identity as a self-proclaimed “hopeless romantic,” Sophia has a
penchant for romanticizing historical figures and events, contemporary lovers, and
foreign cities, weaving in the story of her West Coast roots in sunny Los Angeles,
her university life in the political and cosmopolitan mecca that is Washington D.
C., and her role as an expatriate in foreign cities.

A shamelessly emotional person, Sophia’s vulnerability stands out, with witty lyrics
and asides giving comedic, realist commentary on the different places and situations
she finds herself in. She is a girl still very much figuring it all out, the kind
of crazy soul who seeks out every opportunity and every emotion life can offer. 
A wildness that sometimes contradicts her inexperienced and naive demeanor, a romanticism
that contradicts her occasional feelings of disillusionment, and a performative 
personality that often contradicts her desire for authenticity.

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