Album Update + Other News.

Hi everyone!

I wanted to take a moment to share a proper update about my music, where it’s gone, why it’s taken a hell of a lot longer than I expected, and also where things are finally heading.

If I’m being honest, the delays have come down to quite a few things. As usual, one thing after another...

Getting straight to the point, I think the most important part of this update is that, as some will know, over the last few years I was tied into an agreement with a particular mainstream label (of which I will not name here for legal reasons) and after my final trip to Abbey Road in May of 2024 I decided to finish off already started projects with the label in question and then cut ties with them, because their morals didn’t and still don’t align with mine. What I thought was going to be a quick and easy departure, actually ended up going on for the best part of a year and I’ve only just managed to fully remove myself from the situation in November last year. While this experience taught me a lot, and also gave me some amazing opportunities that only some will ever dream of (which I’m grateful for), it also meant that while I was tying up loose ends, I was very very limited in what I was allowed to do, not just with my own music or my personal clients that I produce and write for but with my own record label too. I couldn’t fully create, release, or scale & build in the way I wanted to. I removed everything off my socials and music platforms (which is why if you search the alias I was using at the time it doesn’t come up anymore) because I was worried of what would happen if I kept it up. I knew there would be some issues, but I did not expect them to make it so difficult for me. Never mind, lesson learned!

Thankfully, after a lot of stress, that chapter is now closed. Hallelujah!

For the first time in what feels like forever, I finally have full creative freedom again and that has changed everything including my mentality. The music I’m working on now and have been the last few years is so honest, raw, emotional, and completely mine. No restrictions or compromises. The album is very personal, to the point where I even struggled to record some songs because they kept making me cry! (I’m an emotional bean).

More recently I have run into some unexpected issues with my distributor, which has slowed things down drastically behind the scenes more than I’d have hoped. But I’m working on this and should have it sorted within the next few months. Not all is lost here as it’s allowing me to perfect things, write new songs, collaborate with other people and possibly change some things I don’t like while I wait.

So yes, my new music is finally coming this year.

I’m taking what I’ve learned from the slower, harder moments and using it to build something much more sustainable, and much more true to who I am as a person and an artist.

I’m also thinking about eventually putting my old music back on streaming services, now that the fiasco has dissipated. This will all be done through my own record label. I will start sharing videos again on my socials this year of music, what I get up to and just spend time experimenting and just freely sharing what I do without the worry from my recent experiences. If you’re not already, follow me on instagram @sophhigginson - I will probably post here the most as it’s my biggest platform. The track list for my album ‘Ephemeral’ is also set to be finalised on January 30th so I will post about this too for anyone interested. 

It might not sound like much to people who don’t fully understand what I’ve mentioned in this post, but it has really knocked my confidence. I went from being a really confident outgoing girl to wanting to hide away in the shadows and being scared of quite literally everything, turning down opportunities out of fear. It sounds pathetic but you don’t realise how powerful and manipulative these big organisations are until you’ve been in the thick of it. It’s taken a lot to build my confidence back up. I’m still not 100% but I’m getting there and in a way I am grateful because it has further pushed my drive for change in the industry which I am using my own record label to establish. 

One last thing… I will not be ghost writing or ghost producing anymore just for sake of a large advance because I want to be credited for my work from now on.

If you got this far, I know I probably rambled here a bit but I really needed to get this out. Thanks for your support, and for sticking with me through my quieter, less confident periods. A very special thank you to all my lovely amazing friends and family who have been my biggest cheerleaders and supported me throughout everything and continue to do so, I know how lucky I am!

I can’t wait to share what I’ve been working on.

- Soph 💜