Sofia

## Single by Clairo

"**Sofia**" is a song by Clairo, released as the third single and seventh from her debut studio album, *Immunity*, on July 26, 2019. Clairo co-wrote it with Rostam Batmanglij, who also produced the song. It features drums from Danielle Haim and was mixed by Mike and Dave Fridmann. "Sofia" became a sleeper hit after going viral on the video-sharing platform TikTok, charting on the *Billboard* Hot 100 more than a year after its initial release.

## Background

Over Twitter, Clairo explained, "'sofia' is about my first ever crushes on women i saw in the media. people like sofia coppola, sofia vergara, etc. this was my way of making a celebratory song about this discovery while maintaining the cheesy/corny lyrics you'd normally find in songs where you profess your love. the actual explanation of the song is pretty minimal- it just captures a moment in my life but instead of hiding it, it's expressed in an almost 'explosive' manner. 'i think we could do it if we tried ... know that you and i shouldn't feel like a crime' knowing what you want but feeling scared to reach out for it. but if you tried, you could have it (re: a relationship w/ a woman)."

She told *Coup de Main*, "I think it was super important that 'Sofia' was empowering because a common theme on this record was to take personal experiences that may or may not have a negative connotation and find the silver lining and find ways to uplift the listener. When talking about serious things like sexuality, or insecurities, or mental health, it's important that you have a light at the end of the song/tunnel. It's really important because there are so many sad songs that have no hope in sight and I just wanted to give the world songs that went there emotionally but came back more glass-half-full than empty. You can't listen to this album and not understand that there's an end to all things bad. Life is a constant up and down of happy and sad moments, and the peaks and valleys can happen in songs as well. Especially being a song about my sexuality, it was important to me that 'Sofia' was celebratory because it should be celebrated. At the end of the day it's something that I'm really proud of and I'm really happy that I can look at the world that way—that I can find beauty in women, that I can express that, that I'm able to express that, that I'm privileged enough to talk about it in an interview. It's important that I recognise how lucky I am to be able to be so open about something like that. I'm not the first person that should have a platform when it comes to talking about sexuality, but I'm here to recognize all of the people that go through really terrible things every day just to be able to express that about themselves way more than I do."

## Credits and personnel

* Chris Allgood – assitant mastering engineer
* Clairo – vocals, writer, electric guitar
* Danielle Haim – drums
* Emily Lazar – mastering engineer
* Mike Fridmann, Dave Fridmann – mixing engineer
* Nate Head, Michael Harris, Dalton Ricks, Cary Singer – recording engineer
* Rostam – writer, producer, electric guitar, sythesizer, bass, drum programmer, recording engineer

## Lyrics

[Chorus]

I think we could do it if we tried

If only to say you're mine

Sofia, know that you and I

Shouldn't feel like a crime

I think we could do it if we tried

If only to say you're mine

Sofia, know that you and I

Shouldn't feel like a crime

[Verse 1]

You know I'll do anything you ask me to

But, oh my God, I think I'm in love with you

Standing here alone now

Think that we can drive around

I just wanna say

How I love you with your hair down

Baby, you don't gotta fight

I'll be here 'til the end of time

Wishing that you were mine

Pull you in, it's alright

[Chorus]

I think we could do it if we tried

If only to say you're mine

Sofia, know that you and I

Shouldn't feel like a crime

[Verse 2]

Honey, I don't want it to fade

There's things that I know could get in the way

I don't want to say goodbye

And I think that we could do it if we tried

[Chorus]

I think we could do it if we tried

If only to say you're mine

Sofia, know that you and I

Shouldn't feel like a crime

[Outro]

I think we could do it if we tried

(I think we could, I think we could do it

We could, we could, do it)

I think we could do it if we tried

(Sofia, know that you, you, you and I

Shouldn't feel like a crime)

I think we could do it if we tried

(Sofia, know that you and I

Shouldn't feel like a crime)

I think we could do it if we tried

(Sofia, know that you, you, you and I

Shouldn't feel like a crime)

I think we could do it if we tried

## References

1. ↑ "@clairo". *Twitter*. July 26, 2019.
2. ↑ Graves, Shanlin (August 30, 2019). "Interview: Clairo - doing it differently.". *Coup de Main*.