Sofi Tukker ft. Nervo, The Knocks & Alisa Ueno - Best Friend

September 13, 2017

Band's song 'Best Friend' soundtracked the Apple launch event. This evening, Apple released plans for their new iPhone X – aided by a swanky new ad. Soundtracking that reveal with a banging house tune were house duo Sofi Tukkerwith their song ‘Best Friend’. Last week we spoke to the band about being nominated for a Grammy, their potentially life-altering paths and what comes next. If everything had gone to plan for Sofi Tukker, they probably would never have existed. Muscle-bound DJ Tucker Halpern seemed destined to play pro-basketball, and lead vocalist Sophie Hawley-Weld had a job lined up in Brazil teaching yoga. Instead, the eclectic dance duo have now rubbed shoulders with Grimes, met a pregnant Beyonce on the Grammys red carpet and just last month played to 10,000 people in Mexico. Not bad for a backup plan. “It was the turning point”, says Tucker of meeting Sophie in 2013 during their senior year at the prestigous Brown University, Rhode Island. The previous summer, an illness had left him bedridden for eight months, ending his sports career permanently. He “decided to make music his life” and quickly started DJing at frat parties while Sophie studied conflict resolution, taught yoga and played acoustic nights around Providence, RI. But it wasn’t until their chance encounter at a gallery opening that things took off. “We clicked straight away,” recounts Sophie. “At first I was writing the songs and he was producing them. But then it evolved into collaborating and making them from scratch.” They moved to New York together and released their first song, ‘Drinkee’ — the Grammy-nominated alt-dance banger that they “didn’t really think about” until it blew up across the world and gave them the chance to take their music global.With a new record in the pipeline — they “don’t know if it’s an album or an EP yet” — and a world tour already booked, the pair can’t be accused of resting on their laurels. “Even on our off days we go into the studio,” says Sophie. “We want to do this for the rest of our lives.” Luckily for them, that looks increasingly likely.

- NME