Her legendary run of hard-edged club singles in the early 2010s, followed by her impossibly sleek work with acts like Charli XCX and Vince Staples, set a benchmark that the rest of the world is still catching up to.

Some girls want to be known, while others prefer to remain obscure. Scottish-born singer and producer Sophie was for the girls who wanted to hide behind the mixer board while still crafting their own magic—and Sophie, her first posthumous record, attempts to reconcile both of those ideals.

Following a series of singles and production credits, Sophie truly broke through with 2018’s The Oil Of Every Pearl’s Un-Insides, her debut album that would tragically become the only full-length to be released in her lifetime.

That EP signaled a sea change for XCX as one of pop’s top experimentalists, thanks in large part to Sophie’s exaggerated signature sounds. On Brat, which became a de facto summer soundtrack, Charli XCX paid homage to her late friend on the track “So I,

The artist’s posthumous album is less an expression of her journey than a guide for the rest of us—a last gift.