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<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><b><span style="font-size:18.0pt;line-height:115%">SOPHIA BLACK Premieres New Single “Vibration” on
<i>i-D Magazine’s </i>Soundcloud<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><a href="http://smarturl.it/VibrationPV"><b><span style="font-size:18.0pt;line-height:115%">PRESS HERE</span></b></a><b><span style="font-size:18.0pt;line-height:115%"> to Listen<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><img border="0" width="233" height="233" id="Picture_x0020_2" src="cid:image001.png@01CFE78E.6CA66450" alt="https://drluke.app.box.com/representation/file_version_18808485123/image_2048/1.png?shared_name=bdrl7kf3l3nqqrwmdvxw"><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;line-height:115%">“Vibration” Artwork<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><span style="color:black">“Keep your eyes on this gal.” – <b><i>Kick Kick Snare</i></b></span><span style="line-height:115%;color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><span style="line-height:115%;color:black"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><span style="color:black">“[Kissing is] just a taste of what’s to come… but a promising one nonetheless.” –<b><i>MuuMuse<o:p></o:p></i></b></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><b><i><span style="color:black"><o:p> </o:p></span></i></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black">Today, LA-native singer/songwriter
<b>Sophia Black</b> releases her new single “<b>Vibration</b>.” </span><span style="color:black">Sophia’s hypnotic vocals and dissonant harmonies effortlessly float on top of the smooth rhythm of the track that was produced by</span><span style="color:black">
</span><b>KoOol Kojak</b> (Flo Rida, Nicki Minaj, Ke$ha) and co-written by Sophia, KoOol Kojak and Aaron Joseph.
<a href="http://smarturl.it/VibrationPV"><b>PRESS HERE</b></a> to listen on <i>i-D Magazine’s
</i>Soundcloud page! Fans can purchase the track on iTunes <a href="http://smarturl.it/SBVibration">
<b>HERE</b></a>. <span style="color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color:black">Sophia Black</span></b><span style="color:black"> was born and raised in Southern California with a diverse musical family, steeped in every musical style imaginable from classic pop, soul, dance, and 80s &
90s hip-hop. Her background is evident when listening to her music which provides the perfect platform to showcase her powerful yet honey-soaked vocals.
</span><span style="color:black">The Japanese/Native American, Los Angeleno is fluent in French, Japanese, and English and breaks down musical and cultural borders, creating a style that is both timeless, fresh, and heroically her own. The raven-haired beauty
first hit our radar last year when she contributed her original song <b>“Everything Breaks” </b>to <b><i>The Smurfs 2: Music from and Inspired By</i>,</b> and released her single
<b>“OVR AGN”</b> over the summer 2014 – </span><a href="https://soundcloud.com/sophiablack/ovragn"><b>PRESS HERE</b></a><span style="color:black"> to listen to the track, which has over 160K streams.
<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="line-height:115%;color:black"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black">Sophia Black has been busy this summer working on her new EP – watch this space for more.</span><span style="line-height:115%;color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black">Follow Sophia Black:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><a href="https://www.facebook.com/sophiablackmusic" target="_blank"><span style="line-height:115%">https://www.facebook.com/sophiablackmusic</span></a><span style="line-height:115%;color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><a href="https://twitter.com/sophartso" target="_blank"><span style="line-height:115%">https://twitter.com/sophartso</span></a><span style="line-height:115%;color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><a href="http://instagram.com/sophartso" target="_blank"><span style="line-height:115%">http://instagram.com/sophartso</span></a><span style="line-height:115%;color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><a href="https://www.youtube.com/user/sophijaaa" target="_blank"><span style="line-height:115%">https://www.youtube.com/user/sophijaaa</span></a><span style="line-height:115%;color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><a href="https://soundcloud.com/sophiablack" target="_blank"><span style="line-height:115%">https://soundcloud.com/sophiablack</span></a><span style="line-height:115%;color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><a href="http://www.sophiaslyfe.tumblr.com/" target="_blank"><span style="line-height:115%">http://www.sophiaslyfe.tumblr.com</span></a><span style="line-height:115%;color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="line-height:115%;color:black"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><i><span style="color:black">For More on Sophia Black, contact:</span></i><span style="font-family:"Segoe UI","sans-serif";color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><i><span style="color:black">PRESS HERE<br>
Gina Schulman//Stephanie Williams</span></i><span style="font-family:"Segoe UI","sans-serif";color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><a href="mailto:gina@pressherepublicity.com"><i>gina@pressherepublicity.com</i></a><i>//<a href="mailto:stephanie@pressherepublicity.com">stephanie@pressherepublicity.com</a>
</i><i><span style="color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></i></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><i>323-556-9752<o:p></o:p></i></p>
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