In the artist's words:

Philine sees her artistic roots in classically reduced singer/songwriter music.
singer/songwriter music. In her repertoire, however, melancholic indie rock guitars go hand in hand with organic piano parts, driving drum beats with fragile acoustic guitar.

Despite the contrasts, the different facets are in no way inferior to each other and find a rightful place on Philine Sonny's debut EP "Lose Yourself". Artists such as Bruce Springsteen, The War on Drugs, Maggie Rogers and Bon Iver have influenced her both sonically and lyrically.

As a sensitive person, Philine draws her inspiration from supposedly or actually inconspicuous stories from everyday life, people from her immediate environment are often part of her lyrics.

Although Philine Sonny often tells her stories from the self-critical, depression- and anxiety-ridden perspective of a child of divorce, this is not the only thing that makes her stories what they are.
A critical and naïve attitude towards existing norms and systems has also become a significant part of the creative breeding ground as she has grown up. Above all, however, she tries to take away the fear of losing and finding oneself again.