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The Curious Storyteller: Stuck Between Pop and Opera Sonya Shares How She Makes Both Worlds Fit
Description
Finding Your Voice When the Path Doesn’t Make Sense Yet
What happens when your voice belongs to more than one world? In this conversation, I sit down with Sonia Sohn to talk about art, identity, and the strange in-between space where so many creative lives are built.
Sonya is known for her viral performances with Julian the piano player, including the flash mobs that have caught millions of eyes across Europe. But in this episode, I go past the polished videos and into the real story behind the voice.
We talk about what it means to feel called to something before you can explain it, why training can help and still get in your way, and how self-doubt can show up even when the talent is obvious. Sonia also shares what it was like growing up between musical worlds, studying opera in Germany, building a pop sound of her own, and learning to live with uncertainty instead of waiting for a perfect plan.
If you’ve ever wondered whether you’re allowed to be more than one thing, or how people keep creating when they still don’t have it all figured out, this episode will stay with you.
About the Guest
Sonya aka Sone Sings is a singer and performer with roots in opera, pop, and live viral performance. She has appeared in widely shared musical collaborations across Europe and continues to create music that blends technical skill with personal expression.
Key Timestamps
0:02 - I welcome Sonia Sohn and introduce her viral music background
0:35 - Sonia shares her early life, family influence, and first major performances
6:21 - We talk about the emotional feeling of singing opera for the first time
7:43 - Sonia explains the hard part of finding her own sound after formal training
17:11 - We explore the tension between her trained voice and personal voice
24:01 - Sonia reveals what people don’t see behind songwriting and recording
32:37 - She reflects on health, growth, and what her younger self would think now
41:07 - We revisit the flash mob videos and the moment everything changed
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