{"id":34453,"date":"2018-03-28T19:18:04","date_gmt":"2018-03-28T18:18:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/essentiallypop.com\/epop\/?p=34453"},"modified":"2018-03-28T19:18:04","modified_gmt":"2018-03-28T18:18:04","slug":"qa-with-scandi-artist-sofia-hardig-about-her-recently-released-single-let-me-fall-and-her-new-album-due-in-april","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/essentiallypop.com\/epop\/2018\/03\/qa-with-scandi-artist-sofia-hardig-about-her-recently-released-single-let-me-fall-and-her-new-album-due-in-april\/","title":{"rendered":"Q&#038;A With Scandi Artist Sofia Hardig About Her Recently Released Single &#8216;Let Me Fall&#8217; and her new album due in April"},"content":{"rendered":"<h4><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"34455\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/essentiallypop.com\/epop\/2018\/03\/qa-with-scandi-artist-sofia-hardig-about-her-recently-released-single-let-me-fall-and-her-new-album-due-in-april\/screen-shot-2018-03-28-at-3-10-42-pm\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/essentiallypop.com\/epop\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/Screen-Shot-2018-03-28-at-3.10.42-PM.png?fit=956%2C638&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"956,638\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-title=\"Screen Shot 2018-03-28 at 3.10.42 PM\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/essentiallypop.com\/epop\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/Screen-Shot-2018-03-28-at-3.10.42-PM.png?fit=640%2C427&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-34455\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/essentiallypop.com\/epop\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/Screen-Shot-2018-03-28-at-3.10.42-PM.png?resize=640%2C427&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"427\" \/><\/h4>\n<h4 style=\"text-align: justify;\">Scandi artist Sofia Hardig recently released single \u2018Let Me Fall\u2019, taken from her album \u2018Changing The Order\u2019 due to be released in April.<\/h4>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">In conversation with us, she tells us what to expect from the album and more.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>What is the inspiration behind the single \u2018<a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.co.uk\/gp\/product\/B079SXXG9B\/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&amp;camp=1634&amp;creative=6738&amp;creativeASIN=B079SXXG9B&amp;linkCode=as2&amp;tag=essentiallypo-21&amp;linkId=8a6635940006fe4ad68b8a8a4384db68\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Let Me Fall<\/a><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"border: none !important; margin: 0px !important;\" src=\"\/\/ir-uk.amazon-adsystem.com\/e\/ir?t=essentiallypo-21&amp;l=am2&amp;o=2&amp;a=B079SXXG9B\" alt=\"\" width=\"1\" height=\"1\" border=\"0\" \/>\u2019? What\u2019s the story behind the album \u2018<a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.co.uk\/gp\/product\/B079T32XDT\/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&amp;camp=1634&amp;creative=6738&amp;creativeASIN=B079T32XDT&amp;linkCode=as2&amp;tag=essentiallypo-21&amp;linkId=2890842614b2e63b80547985a2c84e12\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Changing the Order<\/a><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"border: none !important; margin: 0px !important;\" src=\"\/\/ir-uk.amazon-adsystem.com\/e\/ir?t=essentiallypo-21&amp;l=am2&amp;o=2&amp;a=B079T32XDT\" alt=\"\" width=\"1\" height=\"1\" border=\"0\" \/>\u2019?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">For the single, I was inspired old synths and sounds. Bands like New Order, from the 80s. I worked on the album parallel to another album and touring, so I\u2019ve been working on it for quite a while. The album is all about freedom to express yourself, I mixed different genres and vocals with electronics. It\u2019s about doing what you want to do<strong>.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>What was the recording process like?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">I worked on this album in quite a lot of solitude. I used a different kind of synths, which resulted in a sound that\u2019s different<strong>.<\/strong><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>How would you describe your sound?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Electronica with roots in Rock and Noise.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>Would you like bring forward \u2013 the change in sound you\u2019ve achieved in this album \u2013 into your next work?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">My next album, I\u2019ve actually already recorded. It\u2019s made with a band, live in the studio. So it\u2019s different from this album. I work with different sounds in different albums because I enjoy experimenting and it&#8217;s often a reflection on my previous. I like to explore something I haven\u2019t tried. But the chords are always based round my voice and some roots from some pop-punk influences that always remain.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>What would you say has been a major career highlight? What are some of your future goals?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">I got nominated for the composer of the year, in Sweden last year, that was a highlight, touring in New York and my collaborations with other artists like Yoshimi (Boredoms), John Tilbury and meeting up Sonic Youth the Sonic Youth members, those were definitely memorable.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">For the future, there\u2019s the next album. Express myself more and keep doing what I\u2019m doing. Evolve and learn, deepen.<strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>One song you\u2019ve had on repeat from your personal playlist?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>\u2018<\/strong>Dream Baby Dream\u2019 by Suicide.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>Who would you say is a dream artist, that you\u2019d love to collaborate?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">I think it\u2019d be really cool to work with Laurie Anderson or Kim Gordon.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Check out \u2018Let Me Fall\u2019 below;<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"LET ME FALL by Sofia H\u00e4rdig\" width=\"640\" height=\"400\" scrolling=\"no\" frameborder=\"no\" src=\"https:\/\/w.soundcloud.com\/player\/?visual=true&#038;url=https%3A%2F%2Fapi.soundcloud.com%2Ftracks%2F402376014&#038;show_artwork=true&#038;maxheight=960&#038;maxwidth=640\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Follow Sofia on her <a href=\"http:\/\/www.sofiahardig.net\/\">official website<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sofiahardigmusic\/\">Facebook<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Sofiahardig\">Twitter<\/a> and catch more of her music on <a href=\"https:\/\/soundcloud.com\/sofia-hardig\">SoundCloud<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/open.spotify.com\/artist\/3ARTsrGa1bngNvpoYPT5MK?si=I003ty_sS7K0HwQ_1FeWgg\">Spotify<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Scandi artist Sofia Hardig recently released single \u2018Let Me Fall\u2019, taken from her album \u2018Changing The Order\u2019 due to be released in April.<\/p>\n<p>In conversation with us, she tells us what to expect from the album and more.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":34476,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"advanced_seo_description":"","jetpack_seo_html_title":"","jetpack_seo_noindex":false,"jetpack_seo_schema_type":"","_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[641,7,9],"tags":[13534,407,13506,11018,144,77,370,13533],"class_list":["post-34453","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-interviews","category-music","category-new-releases","tag-changing-the-order","tag-interview","tag-let-me-fall","tag-malvika-padin","tag-new-album","tag-new-release","tag-new-single","tag-sofia-hardig"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p5yMhl-8XH","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":34441,"url":"https:\/\/essentiallypop.com\/epop\/2018\/03\/bonander-pays-homage-to-forgotten-women-in-history-with-empowering-new-single-smile\/","url_meta":{"origin":34453,"position":0},"title":"Bonander Pays Homage To Forgotten Women In History With Empowering New Single &#8216;Smile&#8217;","author":"Essentially Pop","date":"28\/03\/2018","format":false,"excerpt":"Scandi alternative\/dark pop artist Bonander, is a perfect example of female empowerment within music, as she challenges gender norms and shackles of patriarchy, as she remembers forgotten Scandinavian women, in her haunting and, goosebump-inducing single \u2018Smile\u2019.","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Music&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Music","link":"https:\/\/essentiallypop.com\/epop\/category\/music\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/essentiallypop.com\/epop\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/smile.png?fit=1200%2C486&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/essentiallypop.com\/epop\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/smile.png?fit=1200%2C486&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/essentiallypop.com\/epop\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/smile.png?fit=1200%2C486&ssl=1&resize=525%2C300 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/essentiallypop.com\/epop\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/smile.png?fit=1200%2C486&ssl=1&resize=700%2C400 2x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/essentiallypop.com\/epop\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/smile.png?fit=1200%2C486&ssl=1&resize=1050%2C600 3x"},"classes":[]},{"id":43928,"url":"https:\/\/essentiallypop.com\/epop\/2018\/12\/alan-walker-releases-his-debut-album-different-world\/","url_meta":{"origin":34453,"position":1},"title":"Alan Walker Releases His Debut Album \u2018Different World\u2019","author":"Lisa Hafey","date":"18\/12\/2018","format":false,"excerpt":"Norwegian artist, DJ and producer, Alan Walker, is one of the most streamed artists globally with over 14 billion streams. 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