Sophia Fredskilde Othman-Andersen (born 5 October 1998), known professionally as Sophia Fredskild is a mixed Danish-Malaysian singer-songwriter and composer, best known for her musical work in the Pop-Ballad and Pop-Electronic genre with the singles "In Another Lifetime", "No Limit", and "Heartbreaks Not Gonna Break Me".
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| Birth name | Sophia Fredskilde Othman-Andersen |
| Born | 5 October 1998 Copenhagen, Denmark |
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| Years active | 2017-present |
| Website | www.sophiafredskild.com |
Early life
editSophia Fredskild was born on 5 October 1998, in Copenhagen, Denmark to a Danish mother and a Malaysian father. In 2000, Fredskild and her family relocated to Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, where she primarily grew up.
At the age of 10, Sophia knew she wanted to be a singer and later wrote her first song at age 13.[1][2]
During her school years she joined the choir and took part in talent shows, later getting involved in theatre and musical productions outside of school including Bites Of Delights (Rhythm in Bronze), Seussical Jr The Musical[3] (Enfiniti Academy) and Sinbad the Musical (KLPac).[4]
After she completed her high school education in 2015, Fredskild pursued her singing and songwriting career full-time.
Career
edit2015–2016: Career beginnings
editFrom August 2015 to July 2016, Sophia sang at bars, weddings, and private functions around Kuala Lumpur to gain confidence in her live singing, where she sang cover songs in a wide array of genres such as Pop, Jazz, R&B and Country, by artists like Amy Winehouse, Norah Jones to more current artist like Ed Sheeran, Rihanna and Adele. During this time Sophia developed her singing style and versatility in singing a wide range of musical styles.
2016–2021
editIn late 2016, Sophia started to seek opportunities to get her songs recorded professionally and she chanced upon a collaboration with Malaysian DJ, Songwriter, and Producer Cuurley aka Bo Amir, with whom she co-wrote the English song "Go" released in November 2017. The song in Pop EDM's genre ended up being influential in the direction of music Sophia would be creating in from then onwards. Fredskild also released a second English single "More Than You See" in February 2018, a collaboration with Russian DJ, Songwriter and Producer Alexey Dorokhov aka Dorox.
In October 2018, she released her first solo project, a Malay song "Menanti Cinta"[5][6][7] followed with an English version "Waiting For Love" in November 2018. In early 2019 she released English and Malay singles "Forever Mine"[8] and "Cinta Selamanya" along with music videos uploaded to her YouTube channel which have reached over a million views each.
In October 2019 Sophia collaborated once again with another EDM artist Starlyte, a Malaysian Producer on the song "No Limit", which garnered over 1 million streams on the popular streaming service Spotify. In February 2020 she released "Head In The Clouds" another solo project produced by American Producer, Asaa. In October 2020, she released "Keep Me In Your Heart", which reached over 1 million views on YouTube.
In February 2021 she released "Shine A Light", and in May 2021 "Heartbreaks Not Gonna Break Me", a pop ballad, which was produced by Danish Producer, Gustav Boje.
On 27 August 2021, Sophia collaborated with Furo, a Caribbean-influenced DJ from Florida, US on a Moombahton Tropical-Dance Pop song called "Back To Paradise" and on 15 October 2021, Sophia released an EDM song called "Future So Bright" with Brazilian DJ Tutsss.
2021–present
editIn November 2021, Sophia relocated to Denmark to further her music career. She released a Pop-Ballad single called 'In Another Lifetime" on 20 May 2022, which has since achieved over 1 million streams on Spotify and over a half million views on her YouTube channel to date.
Discography
edit| Song title | Year |
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| Go | 2017 |
| More Than You See | 2018 |
| Menanti Cinta | 2018 |
| Waiting For Love | 2018 |
| Forever Mine | 2019 |
| Cinta Selamanya | 2019 |
| No Limit | 2019 |
| Head In The Clouds | 2020 |
| Keep Me In Your Heart | 2020 |
| Shine A Light | 2021 |
| Heartbreaks Not Gonna Break Me | 2021 |
| Back To Paradise | 2021 |
| Future So Bright | 2021 |
| In Another Lifetime | 2022 |
References
edit- ^ ZA, WONG LI. "Malaysian-Danish singer-songwriter set to release third English single". The Star. Retrieved 19 May 2021.
- ^ "Sophia Fredskild". Retrieved 19 May 2021 – via PressReader.
- ^ Star2.com. "Raring to kick off Dr Seuss musical". The Star. Retrieved 19 May 2021.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link) - ^ "Profile Sophia Fredskild". Sensasi Selebriti. 29 December 2018. Retrieved 19 May 2021.
- ^ "Malaysian-Danish Songbird Sophia Fredskild Debut 1st Malay Single". Hype Malaysia. 30 December 2018. Retrieved 19 May 2021.
- ^ "Sophia Fredskild enggan raih populariti ekspres – Hiburan | mStar". www.mstar.com.my. 1 December 2018. Retrieved 19 May 2021.
- ^ "Siapa Sangka Sophia Fredskild Sebenarnya Berbakat Besar!". Murai MY. 10 January 2019. Retrieved 19 May 2021.
- ^ "Sophia Fredskild Travels Through Different Eras In "Forever Mine"". Hype Malaysia. 5 April 2019. Retrieved 19 May 2021.