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We are here with the incredibly talented musician Sophie Castillo.
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How are you? I'm good,
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thank you. How are you?
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I'm doing well, thank you.
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It's such an honor to have you here at Me Too.
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We're big fans always.
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You're a proud Colombian Cubana and you're living all the way in
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the UK. How do you stay connected to your family roots
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through my family, I feel like they're the core of.
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My connection to my heritage,
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especially my mum, you know,
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you know, grew up eating Colombian food,
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speaking in Spanish, listening to the music at home and I
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of course love to listen to Latin music as well because I
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feel like that makes you feel super connected and makes you feel
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nostalgic and it makes me miss Colombia as well.
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Yeah, have you been to Colombia?
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Yes, I have been to Colombia.
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I haven't been to Cuba yet,
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but I've been to Colombia many times.
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Where in Colombia is your,
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your mama from? There,
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my family in Colombia,
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they're from a city called Boga.
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Boga. I feel like I haven't seen an artist from Booga
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yet, not that I like know of,
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so I'm excited to represent.
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Booga. And you listen to Latin artists who kind of connect
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with your roots. Who are some of your favorite Latino artists
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I of course love Kali Uchis,
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as all my followers will know,
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I love Carol G as well.
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She's so inspiring.,
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Becky G I love as well,
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just like the greats like Nati Natasha.
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I love like people like Celia Cruz.
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I grew up listening to a lot of Celia Cruz and.
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My grandma loves her as well so I can't the legends,
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yeah. Sophie, I know before we started the interview she
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referred to fries as chips and it blew me away.
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We were talking about the little differences between our our lingo even
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though we're speaking the same language,
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right? So obviously Latinos are all over.
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what is some UK slang that Latinos would relate to?
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You know what I think the word mate would be one because
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we have like different words of saying mate in different places like
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you might say parsero away or you know,
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in different countries in Latin America,
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but it's funny because people online always ask me,
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do you say no mamas mate.
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And I'm like, I don't say that,
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but that one just always makes me laugh,
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so I'm gonna go for the word mate.
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That's hilarious. No ma is mate.
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No mas mate. So Sophie,
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I'm gonna give you a vibe.
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I just kinda wanna pick your music taste because I know it's
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good and I want a little flavor of what songs you would
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choose for these scenarios I'll give you,
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OK? OK, so getting ready for the club,
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we're going outside. The girls and I,
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Lavios Mordos's Carol G.
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I feel like that just always gets me in like such a
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now we're crying, we're crying in the car.
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You're driving, it's raining,
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maybe so many Lana songs.
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Could just get me in that mode.
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Maybe God knows I tried.
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Oh, that's a good one.
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How about it's, it's freaky time,
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you're, you're feeling a little nasty.
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00 my god, that's a good question.
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You know what song I'm kind of loving?
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I don't know if it's giving like nasty vibes,
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but I really like quepasaria,
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Raul Alejandro, Bad Bunny,
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and the lyrics are kind of cheeky as well.
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No, you're so right.
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Oh, we're, we're getting our squats in.
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We're getting our steps in.
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Nati Peluso delito, because I feel like any natty song just
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gets me like going energy.
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So for your music blends a lot.
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Of different sounds blended together to create your sound,
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how do your Colombian and and Cuban roots and your life in
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the UK influence your sound and and influence in your work?
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Oh, that's a good question.
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I feel like growing up as a very.
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You know, also a very British teen.
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I listen to so much like British music that everyone was listening
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like I love bands like the Arctic Monkeys,
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the Vacines, Jamie T,
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all of these artists that we were all listening to in the
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UK when I was growing up,
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but you know having Latin music playing at home all the
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time. Time also influenced me,
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so I really like to draw inspiration from all the cultures that
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I grew up around and put that into my music,
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which is why I like singing in English and Spanish as well
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I never really wanna just like choose one and stick to
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one. It really just depends on the day and like how
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I feel like when I wake up and what I wanna write
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so. Singing in English and Spanish,
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how does your, your audience react to,
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to when you switch up?
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Do they go with the flow or do they prefer it when
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you speak English or Spanish?
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What do you? I think they like it because I feel
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like it relates to them because I think a lot of my
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audience are part of the diaspora.
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they really like when I do English and Spanish and it feels
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authentic to me and I feel like it just feels genuine when
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you hear. In the songs I feel.
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That's lovely. Talking about your music,
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is there more new music on the way?
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There is more new music coming,
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so Supernova is actually the 3rd single off an upcoming EP called
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Like a Star, which I'm so excited to announce and so
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excited to share with everybody.
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It's kind of like a new chapter for me,
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kind of a slightly different,
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darker, sensual. Sound but still very true to all the
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music that everyone has been enjoying from my catalog,
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so I can't wait to share this.
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Like we worked really hard on the visuals,
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the aesthetic, and I can't wait.
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I'm so ready for this new era-ish kind of,
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when is it dropping?
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25th of April. This is very soon,
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very soon. Your baby's about to see the world.
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Sophie, it's so great to,
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to get to know you and and speak in in real life
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Where can we keep up with you and and follow along
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so it's Sophie Castile on Spotify and Apple Music,
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all streaming platforms, and Sophie Castile Music on TikTok,
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Instagram, everywhere else.
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Amazing. Thank you so much,
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Sophie. Thank you for having me,
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guys. It's been a pleasure.
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