Photo by Jesse Bromberg
Bay Area native vocalist and recent The Voice contender Sophia Bromberg has released her new single & video “Champions of Change” feat. Oren Major, a powerful pop-soul ballad meant to inspire listeners to help our planet heal through sustainable action. The track is being released in partnership with Footprint, a materials science technology company focused on eliminating single-use plastics, to celebrate Earth Day. The single will be marketed and distributed through Monark Entertainment.
“As a musician who is passionate about the health of our environment, I believe that taking sustainable action should not only be encouraged, but is in fact necessary for our survival,” says Bromberg. “I want this song to inspire listeners, but more than that, hopefully give people the wake-up call that our world so desperately needs. It’s time for us to join the effort to save this planet. I, for one, am ready to champion this change.”
1. How was the experience of The Voice?
My experience on the voice is hard to encompass in a single sentence. It was both exhilarating, exhausting, and eye-opening. Not only was I able to further develop my musicianship through vocal coaching and collaborating with my fellow cast mates, but I developed an incredible amount simply as a human being, learning more about myself than I could’ve ever imagined.
2. What was the most valuable lesson you learned from it?
The most valuable lesson I learned from The Voice, while it wasn’t directly music related, was the pure strength of vulnerability and the importance of believing in yourself, especially when others didn’t. Through my time on the voice, I was very open about my past struggles with an eating disorder and how activities such as music and exploring my identity through other creative outlets helped me heal. Despite any backlash or online hate I received as many public figures do, the messages that I read from young viewers telling me I helped them eat breakfast that morning inspired me to continue to be vulnerable and strong in every other aspect of my life.
3. Do you regret anything?
I don’t regret anything that I did on The Voice, and on an even broader level, my life. I am a strong believer that everything happens for a reason, not in the traditional sense that talks about fate, but that every opportunity or struggle in your life has the potential to be turned into something beautiful. So no, I don’t regret anything or any choice I have made because each of the mistakes and successes have morphed me into the woman I am today.
4. Tell us about your latest release and what inspired it
As a youth ambassador for the sustainability company Footprint, I was inspired to write Champions of Change through our combined passion for environmental sustainability. I grew up in Marin County, an area in the Bay surrounded by mountains and water, and was always taught the importance of taking care of our earth and leaving it better than I found it. It felt serendipitous to have an opportunity where two worlds of my identity (environmental activism and music) were colliding, so I felt I had to write the song!
5. How would you want your music to evolve in the future?
I see my music evolving into something larger than myself. I hope to continue to create more songs with messages that different demographics can resonate with, whether that be BIPOC, women, teenage girls, or any other characteristic that I identify with. I am currently recording some songs that I plan to release within the next several months so stay tuned for those!
6. What’s the core message you want your music to convey?
I think I want my music to convey more than one core message. I would love to continue to advocate for environmental sustainability, as well as being a representative of teenage mental health and a young woman of color. I think that it is truly a privilege that I have a platform where I am able to voice my thoughts on these subjects and I cannot wait to continue to do so in my music.
