Sophie and the Giants, also abbreviated as SATG, is an English music group founded in

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in 2015.

History

Formation and early years (2015–2018)

The group was founded by singer Sophie Scott: at first, the only goal of the band was just to practise music with the help of amateur musician friends, but in the spring of 2017 Scott decided to involve drummer Chris Hill, bassist Bailey Stapledon and guitarist Toby Holmes, who were three fellow students at the ''

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Music College'' at the time, to "take this more seriously and be like a proper band". They later moved to

, where they started playing at gigs, mixing

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s of

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and

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with original songs. April 2018 saw the release of their first single, ''Monsters'', followed by the ''Adolescence'' EP in October, which included the songs ''Bulldog'', ''Space Girl'' and ''Waste My Air''.

Success (2019–present)

SATG started 2019 by playing for

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on 12 January; on 15 March, they released the new single ''The Light'', which was chosen by

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for the trailer of the then-forthcoming

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''Grid''. The song was also used by

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for advertising in Germany. In early June, Antonia Pooles replaced Stapledon. Later that summer, the band played at the

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and at

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. A new single, ''Break the Silence'', was released in August, followed by ''Runaway'' in November, and in December SATG played again for

, this time live from

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. In early 2020, SATG worked with German DJ

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on the song ''

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'', which was released on 8 April, and the sound of which was heavily inspired by the

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music genre. ''Hypnotized'' was very successful across Europe, particularly in Italy, where it was awarded three

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; it was followed by the new single ''Right Now'', released in February 2021. Sophie and the Giants collaborated with Italian singer

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on the song "Falene" with Sophie singing in Italian. The song was released on 18th June by Universal Music.

Members

Current line-up * Sophie Scott – vocals (2015–present) * Antonia Pooles – bass guitar (2019–present) * Toby Holmes – guitar (2017–present) * Chris Hill – drums (2016–present) Former members * Bailey Stapledon –

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(2017–2019)

Discography

EP

* ''Adolescence'' (2018)

Singles

* "Monsters" (2018) * "Bulldog" (2018) * "Space Girl" (2018) * "Waste My Air" (2018) * "The Light" (2019) * "Runaway" (2019) * "Break the Silence" (2019) * "

" with

(2020) * "Right Now" (2021) * "Don't Ask Me to Change" (2021) * "Golden Nights" (2021) * "Falene" with

(2021) * " In the Dark" with Purple Disco Machine (2022) * "We Own The Night" (2022)

References

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