Sophie Monk announces her first release since 2003 of her anticipated new single 'Nice to meet you' set to be released on Monday September 6. The pop single has a jazz vibe that is a far cry from Sophie's previous musical releases from her being a member of chart-topping girl group Bardot and solo releases in previous years.
'Nice to meet you' was co-written by Monk during her time in Melbourne whilst performing on 'The Masked Singer' with co-writers Gary Pinto, Brad Pinto and Thomas Tan. The track also features Prince's original horn player Phillip Lassiter and was mixed by Justin Stanley (Mark Ronson, Prince, Beck). The song takes listeners on a journey of Monk's life as a well-known personality in Australia and around the world with lyrics as
I've seen some things
That'll make a grown man cry
So many things that I had to leave behind
So complicated
But I prefer the simple life
Accompanied by a stunning video filmed by Emilio Abbonizio, which was filmed in rock n roll hang Low Bar 31 in Sydney, sees Sophie perform live in a Smokey jazz bar accompanied by her band. On the release Sophie says "It's taken me years to be ready to release a song and this happened so organically for me, I felt like the time was right. People know me originally as a singer in Australia so it's nice to be going back to my number 1 love"
Sophie decided on releasing the song independently via Ditto Music and on doing this says, "For the first time in my musical career, I feel like I am in complete control and I'm just excited by the opportunity to be able to do this, I hope everyone enjoys the song it as much as I did recording it".