Sofi Tukker (stylized in

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) is a musical duo based in New York City, consisting of Sophie Hawley-Weld and Tucker Halpern. They are known for their songs " Drinkee", " Best Friend", and " Purple Hat". "Best Friend" was featured in a commercial during Apple's unveiling of the

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, while "Drinkee" was nominated for a Grammy at the 2017 Grammy Awards. In December 2018, their album '' Treehouse'' was nominated for a Grammy for Best Dance/Electronic Album.

History

Sofi Tukker is the duo of Sophie Hawley-Weld and Tucker Halpern. Sophie Hawley-Weld was born in Frankfurt, Germany, but grew up in rural Canada and Atlanta. She then attended

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, a UWC in Duino, Italy. While in college Hawley-Weld studied Portuguese; her love for Brazilian culture and the

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inspired a move to Brazil afterwards, to further learn the language and collaborate with local poets and artists. Tucker Halpern was born in Brookline, Massachusetts. Growing up, he was a basketball player who was recruited by Noble and Greenough School, ending up at

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where he played three years and was the captain for a year. Due to an illness, he changed his career, started DJing, occasionally with musician Nicolas Jaar, and concentrated on making music. Halpern and Hawley-Weld first met at Brown University in 2014 at an art gallery where Hawley-Weld was performing. Halpern approached her and they began writing and performing songs together. They then moved to New York City to focus on their artist projects and performing. After an accident that left Hawley-Weld in a wheelchair for four months, the two had to maintain their relationship over

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calls. This gave Hawley-Weld an opportunity to learn how to use Ableton. Sofi Tukker released an EP, ''Soft Animals'' on July 8, 2016. The EP includes "Drinkee", "Matadora", "Awoo", "Déjà Vu Affair", "Moon Tattoo", and "Hey Lion". The title comes from the 1986 Mary Oliver poem “Wild Geese” ("You only have to let the soft animal of your body love what it loves"). Their song "Drinkee" from the ''Soft Animals'' EP was nominated for a 2017 Grammy for Best Dance Recording. "Drinkee" is adapted from a poem written by the Brazilian poet Chacal, sung sensually amidst cowbells, bongos, electric guitars and deep driving bass. The song is featured in '' The Incredible Jessica James''. In June 2019, "Feeling Good" played in the trailer for the television series '' Dead to Me''. This track was also featured in the soundtrack of the 2020 feature film ''

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''. On April 24, 2020, Australian radio station Triple J premiered a new song created by the duo titled "When the Rona's Over", as part of a

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self-isolation musical challenge nicknamed Quarantune. Sofi Tukker began DJing while sheltering at home due to the COVID-19 outbreak, reaching 400 performances on April 19, 2021. Along the way, the show was expanded to Twitch, Facebook, Discord, Instagram Live. A social media-connected community of fans, known as the "Freak Fam", have even formed their own channels and held Zoom dance parties during the livestream. In February 2022, Sofi Tukker debuted "Original Sin", the first single from their upcoming second album ''Wet Tennis''. Sofi Tukker's second studio album ''Wet Tennis'' was released on April 29, 2022. Sofi Tukker performed at the 22nd Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival in April 2023. In May 2025 they released their new album, ''butter'', exploring diverse brazilian genres such as

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, '' MPB'', bossa nova, brazilian funk and carimbó and featuring brazilian artists such as Seu Jorge and Liniker.

Features and appearances

Their song "Johny" is featured in

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' '' FIFA 17'', and was adapted from a poem by Brazilian poet Paulo Leminski. Their 2017 song "Best Friend" was played during the iPhone X full commercial reveal at the Apple Event on September 12, 2017. It is also included in the football game '' FIFA 18'', the second straight year that a song of theirs has been included on the soundtrack of ''FIFA''. It is also playing in the club scene in the 2018 movie '' Ocean's 8'', as well as during ''The Block'' Season 17 Episode 32 'Living & Dinings Continue'. The clean version of their song "Batshit", titled "That's It (I'm Crazy)", was featured in a TV commercial for

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promoting their special edition iPhone 8 RED smartphone in 2018. Both "Best Friend" and "Batshit" were featured in the episode "Robert Diaz (No. 15)" (season 6, episode 22) of the TV series '' The Blacklist''. On June 28, 2018, they collaborated with Italian DJ Benny Benassi for the single "Everybody Needs a Kiss", and on September 14, 2018, they released a remix of "Energia" with Brazilian singer Pabllo Vittar. "Baby I'm a Queen" is featured in

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' '' FIFA 20'' and '' Need for Speed Heat''. which also features "Playa Grande" and "Mi Rumba". "Good Time Girl" is featured during the opening credits of

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's series '' The New Pope''. "Fuck They" is featured in Season 4 of the Spanish television series ''

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Reception

'' Paste'' magazine described the band's release ''Soft Animals'' as "an insatiable dance collection of jungle-pop songs with many well-executed nods towards Brazilian instruments, poets and to the national language, Portuguese". The magazine's review referred to the "carefully conceptualized 'Matadora'" as "the album's show-stopper". ''

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'' said of their album '' Treehouse'', "the songs on Sofi Tukker's ''Treehouse'' are alternately playful and sincere, intimate and global." "Though Sofi Tukker's mélange of disparate sounds and influences—bossa-nova rhythms, cowbells, castanets, and spaghetti-western guitars—lends ''Treehouse'' an air of worldly sophistication, Hawley-Weld and Halpern never take themselves or their music too seriously. But that doesn't mean we shouldn't."

Discography

Studio albums

Extended plays

Singles

As lead artist

As featured artist

* "Brazilian Soul" (2018) * "Everybody Needs a Kiss" (2018) * "Fashion Model Art" (2020)

Remixes

*2019: Laurent Wolf featuring Eric Carter " No Stress" (Sofi Tukker Remix) *2019: Muna – "Number One Fan" (Sofi Tukker Remix) *2020: Vintage Culture and Adam K featuring Mkla "Deep Inside Of Me" (Sofi Tukker Remix) *2020:

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" 911" (Sofi Tukker Remix) *2021: Rodrigo y Gabriela and

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"Acredita No Véio (Listen To The Old Man)" (Sofi Tukker Remix) *2021: Rema "Woman" (Sofi Tukker Remix) *2021: Jan Blomqvist and Bloom Twins "High On Beat" (Sofi Tukker Remix)

Other charted songs

Awards and nominations

Grammy Awards

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iHeartRadio Music Awards