The daughter of two writers, Auster grew up in a household where artists of all kinds came and went, including working musicians. Sophie started singing when she was eight and debuted with her first album at sixteen. That album was picked up by Naive Records in France when she was eighteen and went on to garner critical praise across Europe, after which she started touring. From early on in her career, Auster caught the eye of fashion houses and has partnered with and performed at private events for Chanel, Dior, and Ferragamo, among others. In 2019, BMG took on her album Next Time for a publishing and record deal. The same year, her single Mexico was featured in the film The Jesus Rolls, directed by John Turturro. Auster is the recipient of awards at home and abroad, which include the grand prize in the John Lennon song-writing contest for her song Little Bird and Singer of the Year given by Cosmopolitan Spain.

In the age of AI algorithms, packaged emotions, and the thirty-second attention span, Sophie Auster is an artist whose music offers her listeners another world. Although her songs tell the stories of her own losses, sadness and anger in the wake of events we can’t control are emotions people share and struggle to make sense of, despite the noise of a media culture that manufactures loneliness, not community.