Jill Sobule, the pop artist finest identified for “I Kissed a Lady” and different songs together with “Supermodel,” has died in a home hearth. She was 66.
In accordance with native information reviews, firefighters in responded to name at about 5:30 a.m. on Thursday at a home in Woodbury, Minnesota, which was totally engulfed in flames upon arrival. The reason for the hearth is beneath investigation.
“Jill Sobule was a power of nature and human rights advocate whose music is woven into our tradition,” her supervisor John Porter mentioned in a press release shared with Rolling Stone. “I used to be having a lot enjoyable working along with her. I misplaced a consumer and a good friend at the moment. I hope her music, reminiscence and legacy proceed to stay on and encourage others.”
Born Jan. 16, 1959 in Denver, Colorado, Sobule launched her Todd Rundgren-produced debut album Issues Right here Are Completely different in 1990. Different albums embody Joyful City (1997), Pink Pearl (2000), Underdog Victorious (2004), California Years (2009), Dottie’s Allure (2014) and Nostalgia Kills (2018).
Sobule turned widespread for her self-titled second album in 1995, which featured the lesbian anthem ‘I Kissed a Lady’, the primary gay-themed tune to make it to the Billboard Prime 20, and the bop ‘Supermodel’, which appeared that 12 months within the seminal teen movie Clueless.
Composing music for movie and tv, Sobule’s work appeared in Nickelodeon’s Unfabulous, and he or she acted and carried out her music within the 2004 movie Thoughts the Hole.
Sobule’s demise 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 mentioned whereas touring with The Fixx final month, “I’m definitely not used to tiptoeing round. So it’s attention-grabbing and even great to determine what you may get away with and how one can nonetheless relate to individuals who disagree with you.”
