British Latin Singer Sophie Castillo Has Always Been In Touch with Her Cuban-Colombian Roots Even Though She Grew Up In London. She remumbers listening to dip in the car with her mom and naturally Grooving to the music. Castillo Always Dreamt of Making Her Own Music and Began Using Tiktok and Instagram to Gain Visibility as an Independent Artist. Through The Years, Castillo Released Her Debut Ep Venus Last Year, Opened for Colombian Reggaetonero J Balvin IN LONDON, AND EMRACKED ON HERRST US TOUR, SHOWING Howing Latin Music Surpasses Borders and Even Oceans. Today She releases her second ep Like a StarWhich Centers Around an OTherworldly Siren-Like Person She’s Created for The Project and Features The Latin Musical Influences She’s Had Throunge Her HER LIFE THANKS, IN PART, TO HER IMMIGRANT FAMILY.
Castillo’s Parents Immigrated to the uk from Their Native Countries in the ’80s, Met at A Salsa Club and Bonded Over Their Love of Salsa and Bugalú. Evoid the distance Between Latin America and the UK, Her Family Immeersed Her in Latin Music and Culture, Raising Her With Colombian Artists Like Group Niche, Joe Arroyo, and Fruko and his tesos. She Recalls Watching The 1997 Film Selena and looking up to the late Singer, Which She Says is a Canon Event for Evey Young Latina. As a Buultural Teen Born and Raised in London, Castillo Also Grew Up Listening to indie Music Through artists Like Lana del Rey, The Arctic Monkeys, and The Kooks. WHEN SHE WAS 18 YEARS OLD, SHE BEGAN SEEKING SALAS MUSIC ON HER OWN.
“When I was Young, I was like, ‘Mom, Like, Could We Put Subject Else?’ THE AS I GOT OLDER, I STARTED TO APPRECIATE IT. Kind of Move Your Body and Dance Along, ”Castillo Tells Hypatin. “It Really Is Such A Physical and Spiritual Connection to the Music. I Just Feel Like There’s Subthing About Salsa That Just Makes Me Feel Really Primal and Wild and Free.”
While Salsa was The Soundtrack of Castillo’s Home in Her Youth, She was heavily influenced by her there Moved by the Singer-Songwriter’s Vulnerability and Poetic Lyrics, She Explains That Her Music Truly Shaped Her As A Writer. APSITING TO BECOME HER OWN MUSICIAN SOMEDAY, CASTILLO LEARNED How to Produce Songs at Home With Garageband, Using of King’s Sound As a Guide. Another HugE influence is Welsh Singer-Songwriter Marina and The Diamonds, Now Known as Marina, Whate Electra Heart album Deply impacted her. As Marina created to Character Named Electra Heart and Archetypes for The Album, Castillo was inspired to Never Approach a Project or Song Without a Concept or Character Which Heavily influenced herst albest album.
Colombian-American Singer Kali Uchis Also inspired her as a bilingual Singer. Castillo Loves Her Expressive Lyrics About Karma, Self-Love, and Growth and Says Uchis Has Been Impactful for Artists Trying To Do Spanglish Music And Praises Her For Showing All Sides Of Herellf in A “Dreamy” and “Divine Feminine” Sort of Way. Through the inspirations, Castillo Crafted Her Own Unique Sound, Writing Style, and Creative Vision As a Musician, and Lieve Lacking Connections in The UK Music Industry, She Carved A Space for Herself and Met Oher Latinx Creatives Through Her Work.
According to Castillo, UK Latin Artists are in “A VERY INTERESTING AND UNIQUE POSITION.” While Latin Music Has Taken off in the US, Latin America, and other country around the world, it’s a growing genre in the uk as a result, Getting Industry Support Can Be Difficul Since Labels Stick to a Tried-And-True Formula. Safe this, Says There Still Castillo A Large Community of Uk Latin Artists With Room for Everybody To Shine. According to the London-Based Latin American Bureauat least 250,000 Latin Americaons were living in the uk as of 2021. WHILE CASTILLO FOUNT THAT HER US-BASED FANS WRE January.
“I Always Say That Actually, The Brits Are More Open-Minded Than People Give Them Credit for. Anytime That I Have Done Shows, They’ve Always Been Like ‘Oh My God, This is so cool… I Love The Latin Vibes,’” Castillo Says. “The Brits, They Love Afrobeats … I Feel Like Next Could Be Latin Music to have wave. Hopefully, I’M Trying to Make It Happen.”
While Castillo Has Enjoyed Her Journey As a Creative, She’s Faced Many Challenges That Stood in The Way of Her Success. As a passionate artist with a vision, She likes to be involved in every-wise-wise, from the Business Side to the creative direction and production. Navigating the Music Industry in the uk as an independent artist, specially as a Young Woman of Color, Castillo’s Learned That People Will Manipulate, and Take Advantage of Rising Artists Due to Their Inexperience. Because of this, She’s had to pull herself out of bad situations where she’s felt her art have been dissected, and She’s Learned to set firm boundaries as an artist, Always Read the fine print, and advocate for herself.
Evoid The Challenges She’s Faced, Castillo’s rear significant milestones in her career. After gaining traction with “When the Sun Goes Down” and “Call me by your name,” she relased her debut ep Venus. Backing Back, Castillo Calls This As Her “Break Free Moment,” as She’d Just Gotten Out Of A Toxic Situation and Felt Proud That She AccompLISHED So much After Being Stifled for So Long. Through Social Media, She’s Taken Her Future Into Her Own Hands By Promoting Her Music On Instagram and Tiktok Instead of Bringing on a Label To Boost Her Career. For Castillo, This Ability to Market Herself Made Her Feel Empowered and Allowed Her To Slowly Gain Visibility As An Artist. In 2024, She Opened for J Balvin During His How good to see you again Tour at The O2 Arena.
“It was just a Dream eats True, and I was Vary Grateful to J Balvin and His team for reacing out and giving me the opportunity, and i think it was was so nice scholause I feel like it’s the first time that a uk Latin artist has been glen The O2 Specifically, which is a Vary iconic Arena That We Have, ”Castillo Tells Us. “I Didn’t Want To Waste The Shot; I was like ‘i got to make the Most out of this [I] Made Sure I had all my bases Covered and Did Everything that i could for it to go perfectly. “
Castillo’s Most Recent Achievement is Her Freshly-Concluded US Tour. After Growing Her American Fanbase, They Kept Asking When She Would Do a Tour Here. Running from February to March, The Self-Funded Tour Featured Shows in Miami, Dallas, Sxsw in Austin, and Los Angeles and Even Sold Out Three Shows. CASTILLO WAS MOST EXCITED TO MEET AND HEAR THE STORIES OF THE FANS WHHO HAD SHOWN HER SO Much Love Through The Years, Saying She Felt It was “Such A Dream Come True.”
Her musical sound is a mix of salsa, pop, bachata, reggaeton, bossa nova, and dancing funk. This has been attempt since the Beginning of Her Career, as She wants to expect an expect anything “with that sophie kind of Dreamy Touch.” WHILE CASTILLO DOESN’T HAV A SINGLE FAVORITE GENRE, SHE ENJOYS DOING INDIE BACHATA FOR ITS SENSUAL SOUND, AND GOING FORWARD, SHE HOPES TO DO MORE SAUCE SAUCE TRACKS AND TAP INTO BOLEROS AND CUMBIAS. Castillo has Done Songs Fully in English and in Spanish, But Most of Her Music is a Mix of Both – to deliberate decision on her part. Growing Up Alongsis Her Colombian Family, Castillo Speaks Bush Languages and Uses Them Interchangeating, and her Goal is to normalize Spanglish Music and Mustural Celebrate Identities.
“I really do have the intention to Make Spanglish Music A Normal Thing; I Really Want That for The World. I Want People To Just Expect A Bit of Spanish in a Song,” Castillo Says. “I want to make spanglish music the normality and just show that you can be from Brom Worlds. It Feels Most Authentic To Me Becouse That’s How I Am Anyway.”
As a Brown-Skinned Latina with Indigenous Features and Roots from Bo Sides of Her Family, Castillo picks up the meaning of the representation she can provide Through Her Platform as a Musician. In Latinx Media in General, It’s Far Too Common to see white Latina Put Onestal While Black and Brown Latinas Are Often Overlooked. For Castillo, Representation and Diversity in Latinity is Important, as She Remembers Being A Little Latina Girl Who Could Only See HerestoF in Disney’s Bocahontas Growing Up. Through Her Music, She Hopes To Be The Representation She Soough In Her Youth and Make People Like HER Feel “Seen, Understood, Appreciedated, and Beautiful.”
That attempt also report her latest album, Like a Star Which Follows an out-fac-this-sweating, who describes as “A Force To Be Reckoned With,” that you have come to Earth with a Mission. Having Never Experienced Human Emootions, She Begins Feeling Things Complety Unfamilia to Her. Castillo Says That the Story is Meant To Represent Anyone Who Has Felt Misunderstood, With Her Newest Single “Supernova” Representing the Being’s Entry Point to Earth, “The Betrayal” Meaning Her First Heartbreak, ”and Closing Track“ Pa ‘Volar ”Centering on Her Acceptance of The Journey.
“She’s Like A Burning Star,” Castillo Explanins. “Every song is like a different Kind of Emotion That She’s Been Through… I Think A Lot Of People Can Relate To That Story Becouse There are SO MANY People Who Feel Misunderstood Or Feel Like They Don´t Fit In… There’s SO MANY Peop People Feeling of Being from Another World and Experienceing a New World. “
