Jill Sobule, the pop artist greatest identified for songs together with “I Kissed a Woman” and “Supermodel,” has died in a home hearth. She was 66.
In accordance with native information experiences, firefighters in responded to name at about 5:30 a.m. Thursday at a home in Woodbury, Minnesota, which was totally engulfed in flames upon arrival. The reason for the hearth is below investigation.
“Jill Sobule was a drive of nature and human rights advocate whose music is woven into our tradition,” her supervisor John Porter stated in an announcement shared with Deadline. “I used to be having a lot enjoyable working along with her. I misplaced a consumer and a good friend at this time. I hope her music, reminiscence and legacy proceed to reside on and encourage others.”
Born Jan. 16, 1959, in Denver, Sobule launched her Todd Rundgren-produced debut album Issues Right here Are Completely different in 1990. Different albums embrace Joyful City (1997), Pink Pearl (2000), Underdog Victorious (2004), California Years (2009), Dottie’s Appeal (2014) and Nostalgia Kills (2018).
Singer-songwriter and guitarist Sobule grew to become common for her self-titled second album in 1995, which featured the lesbian anthem “I Kissed a Woman,” the primary gay-themed tune to make the High 20 on Billboard’s Fashionable Rock, and the bop “Supermodel,” which appeared that yr within the seminal teen movie Clueless.
Watch her quirky video for “I Kissed a Woman,” a unique tune from Katy Perry’s debut hit of the identical title:
Composing music for movie and tv, Sobule’s work appeared in Nickelodeon’s Unfabulous, and she or he acted and carried out her music within the 2004 movie Thoughts the Hole. She additionally appeared as herself in a 2003 episode of The West Wing and had roles within the options Thoughts the Hole and Grace of My Coronary heart and on Oddville, MTV.
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Sobule’s loss of life comes forward of the June 6 launch of the unique solid recording for her 2023 Off-Broadway musical memoir F*ck7thGrade, coinciding with the thirtieth anniversary of her self-titled album.
Explaining that she’s “been identified to do topical and political songs” in her profession, Sobule stated whereas touring with The Fixx final month: “I’m definitely not used to tiptoeing round. So it’s attention-grabbing and even fantastic to determine what you may get away with and how one can nonetheless relate to individuals who disagree with you.”
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