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Lead track 'Blaze That Ass' arrives May 22

Big Freedia (photo: Hunter Holder).

More than five years after SOPHIE’s death sent shockwaves through the music world, a previously unreleased collaboration with Big Freedia is finally set to emerge from the vault. The pair’s long-rumored collaborative EP, recorded during sessions at SOPHIE’s Los Angeles home studio in 2016, will arrive June 19, with the first track, “Blaze That Ass,” due May 22.

The three-song project was largely completed in a single afternoon, pairing Big Freedia’s unmistakable New Orleans bounce energy with SOPHIE’s futuristic, shape-shifting production style. SOPHIE handled production duties while co-writing the material alongside Freedia, resulting in what’s being described as a collision between NOLA club music and “hyperspace avant-garde pop.”

“Recording with SOPHIE is something I hold even closer to my heart now, especially after her passing,” Freedia says.…