DSCENE Interview With Indie Pop Singer Sophie van Hasselt

Sophie is shot exclusively for DSCENE Style stories by photography duo Petrovsky & Ramone. In  charge of styling was Ekatherina Razgonova, with beauty by Magdalena Loza.

 

 

I am an indie-pop singer and songwriter from Amsterdam, The Netherlands. Opening my doors to my imaginative world—full of songs to play, where I live in my day-dreams and quite figuratively “eat my own brain”. I like to shift reality, to show that life is how you imagine it to be. 

 

 

 

Super fun! It was interesting trying to figure out how my personality translates into music. I didn’t want to rush it, I wanted to give it the time that it needed. Quite often I can create a feeling of pressure for myself, mostly coming from scrolling through social media. I compare myself to others, or think that there is already so much cool stuff online. What do I have to add to it? But it shouldn’t be about that. I do it because I love creating it! And sharing it with others too. 

 

 

 

I always made music, since I was a child. Playing together with my family. Piano, singing, violin or the flute. We had (still have) a super warm and open-minded home, where everything was possible. My main focus was photography, which I still enjoy doing! But I really like to share my ideas through different mediums. Photo, video, music: it all comes from the same place but just translated into different forms. 

 

 

It usually starts with a day-dream I had. It will be like an experience I had, which I twist in my daydream. For instance, I have experienced panic attacks, those were really scary. But when I thought of them, I created a day-dream in my head: seeing myself, in a funny way, eating my own brain. I twist it to make it humorous. It makes it bearable. These shaped realities are usually the basis of my songs. 

 

 

I like to listen to other music for inspiration, think of Lily Allen, Brigitte Bardot, or the Beach Boys. I get inspired by their way of writing, the sounds they use of just the overall feeling. Fashion too, I am very visual so the way people dress, how they move in it, or personas in movies inspire my choices. 

 

 

I’m pretty good at backflips 😉 

 

The rest of my EP will be revealed in the next weeks. I am super exited to share my vision, through my music, videos and photography too.