That May, Alice Winocour's film Augustine premiered at the Cannes Film Festival, and Soko's performance in the title role won praise - as well as the award for Best Actress at the 2013 Women Film Critics Circle Awards. The song also appeared on Soko's February 2012 debut album, I Thought I Was an Alien, a set of intimate alt-pop songs that charted in France, Belgium, and Switzerland. Another high-profile collaboration came in the form of 2011's Mourir AuprГЁs de Toi, an animated short film co-written and directed by Spike Jonze that featured Soko's acting and her performance of its theme song.

Her performance in Xavier Giannoli's 2009 film A l'Origine earned her a CГ©sar Award nomination for Most Promising Actress in 2011, she appeared in Virginie Despentes' Bye Bye Blondie with BГ©atrice Dalle.Д«y 2011, Soko had moved to Los Angeles and worked with Cornershop on the single 'Something Makes You Feel Like' and with the Go! Team on the album Rolling Blackouts. However, Soko's busy acting career beckoned, and she took a temporary break from music. 'I'll Kill Her''s success led to having her music used in Stella McCartney's show at Paris Fashion Week that October and an opening slot on M.I.A.'s U.K. One of these songs, 2007's 'I'll Kill Her,' became a hit in Denmark, Austria, Belgium, and Australia despite interest from record labels, Soko remained independent, founding her Babycat Records label and releasing her debut EP, Not Sokute, that April. While taking acting classes, she began writing songs and posting them online. On 2015's My Dreams Dictate My Reality, she added a goth-pop sheen and subversive hooks to her approach on 2020's Feel Feelings, she returned to her French roots, evoking Air and Serge Gainsbourg as she expressed the need to honor every emotion.Д«orn Stephanie Sokolinski in Bordeaux in 1985, Soko moved to Paris at age 16 to become an actress. Over the years, her music became more adventurous. Soko expanded on her heart-on-sleeve, free-flowing style with 2012's I Thought I Was an Alien, which touched on love, loss, and her fluid sexuality with delicate sounds that belied its confidence. Though she recorded sporadically as she juggled her careers, when she released an album or song, she made it count. Her 2007 single 'I'll Kill Her' - a song she recorded to share with a few friends that became a hit across Europe - introduced her throaty, confessional vocals and her poetic yet immediately relatable lyrics. As a musician and award-winning actor, Soko is known for her remarkably emotional performances.

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