Sophia Kennedy

Sophia Kennedy, born in Baltimore, USA, grew up in Germany and began writing her own plays at an early age. She moved to Hamburg and studied film at the Hochschule für bildende Künste (HfbK), but dropped out and turned to music. Together with Mense Reents (Die Vögel, Egoexpress, die Goldenen Zitronen), she recorded her debut album, which was released in 2017 on DJ Koze's label Pampa Records and received international recognition. In 2019, she released the experimental album NOW on Malka Tuti as part of the duo Shari Vari with Helena Ratka. In 2021, Sophia Kennedy released her second album Monsters on the City Slang label, which was awarded the VUT Prize in the "Best Album" category in 2022. In May 2025, Kennedy's third album "Squeeze Me" will be released again on City Slang, on which the singer and her longtime musical collaborator and co-writer Mense Reents (Egoexpress, die Vögel, Die Goldenen Zitronen) offer a more disillusioned commentary on the status quo.

In the past, Kennedy has worked as a musician on various theater productions (Deutsches Theater Berlin, Theater Leipzig) and composed the music for various radio play productions. Kennedy lives and works in Hamburg and Berlin.