Vetor Interviews: Sofy Suars

THE HOUSE WE BUILD IN BODIES. After years of moving between continents and disciplines Sofy Suars opens a new portal with YEGUATÁ. It’s a debut where her voice steps forward, and every detail reflects the power of a collective.

Text and interview by Efe Cilek

Photography by Marina Martínez  Styling by Andrew Pasarge Hair by Cecile

Some projects go beyond the creation of individual artists; they belong to everyone who dares to dream alongside them. YEGUATÁ, Sofy Suars's debut EP, is one of those works: held together by sound, trust, memory, tenderness, and rage. Sofy expresses her unique approach to blending art and life, presenting a manifesto that is conceptual and deeply connected to her experiences living between Latin America and Europe.

Born in Bolivia and now based in Barcelona, Sofy Suars has always navigated her life through multiple territories, between continents, disciplines, and identities. After years of shaping soundscapes as a DJ, crafting visuals as a photographer, and connecting communities, YEGUATÁ opens a new portal for her: a space where her voice finally comes to the front.

"The voice is an instrument that has always characterised me in my personal life, but I didn't give it a priority in my artistic career before. It scares me and makes me feel a little exposed... It’s like telling someone a secret you trust them to keep, even if you’re still nervous about saying it out loud.”

Sofy and I had talked about this for a long time, imagining ways we could witness each other’s worlds. Now, that dream has become a reality. YEGUATÁ is here. Before her live performance at Casa Montjuïc on June 3, we sat in a conversation with her or more accurately, I witnessed a project created not by a single voice but by many bodies. A shared rhythm, collective breath.. YEGUATÁ is one of those creations. It carries within it the longing for home, the resilience of identities, and the radical tenderness of choosing community.

THE VOICE THAT WAITED

"I feel like the most blessed human in the world. Not only for the release of this project, created with so much work and perseverance and sharing it with people I admire deeply."

Sofy’s voice has always influenced her personal life; artistically, she presents through visuals, music, and texts. Her connection to expression has always been intimate; she has been writing poems, love letters, and even that friend who replies to her work emails, relationship conflicts, and even hot sexting. But singing required different courage. Now, with YEGUATÁ, she finally welcomes this challenge steadily.

"The final push came from the love I receive from my friends and, most importantly, from myself. I wish myself the best. If evolving artistically means exploring new territories, then I’m ready to take that leap."

That leap was only possible with others. With no big budgets but an endless collective, Sofy built YEGUATÁ alongside almost 40 friends, collaborators, and loved ones. Every photo, lyric, and beat carries more than one set of fingerprints. She doesn’t chase recognition alone; she constantly seeks ways to involve the people around her.

“Dreaming is free, but usually they are not cheap, so to give them life, I had no other way than working collectively”

Photography by Marina Martínez 

THE PULSE OF YEGUATÁ

Creating YEGUATÁ was a daily act of resilience. Release dates like 05.05.2025 were chosen out of Sofy’s love for symmetry and beauty. But beyond dates and timelines, this project took shape as an interdisciplinary vision.

“I understand artistic practice as a collection of many branches that coexist. Sometimes you can emphasise one aspect more than another, but in the end, what is delivered is a homogeneous display of many concerns, feelings, wisdom, and lessons.”

At its heart is the body, which is fragile, powerful, and shaped by time, memory, and emotions. This EP is a tangible representation that body memory holds an emotional history of both painful and magical experiences.

YEGUATÁ has three tracks, each carrying a living pulse.

• NO ME INVITES is a defiant look at the silent pact where abuse is excused over and over again. "The fact that my first track directly points to the abuser’s friend is very intentional. I wanted to leave a tangible manifestation of the collective memory shared by many of us. Who has lived or witnessed experiences that will never again be forgotten."

  
  

• BOCA LLENA is a tender, sensuous narrative of lesbian love, pulled straight from Sofy’s diary, where she wrote about the first time she met someone who changed everything. “Everything I wrote is based on the first time I met her. We spent hours having the most wonderful sex I’d ever had at the moment. Lesbian lovers just hit different.” For Sofy, it was also a quiet act of resistance: “It’s evident that many lesbian and queer stories are missing in art in general, so I said, I’m going to nourish this.”

  
  

• VIENTRE BRAVO is an interpretation of a “saya”, one of the most primitive sounds of the Andean countries. Continuing with the sense of non-complacent living that unites this entire project, she thought closing with a rarely heard sound could be something very exquisite.  “It's an honour for me to have been born in Bolivia, and this track is a tribute to my origins, created with the sonic touch of Genosidra.”

  
  

In a world where FLINTA and migrant creators are often erased, Sofy knows that staying visible is necessary for herself and those who come after. That is why she is part of spaces like Club Expansivo and Latineo; they’re places to survive, heal, and imagine new ways of being together. For Sofy, representation is essential because it allows you to visualise yourself in spaces you once thought were impossible to enter. She believes that art and culture have transformative powers because, through other people’s ideas and dreams, she’s been able to nurture her own. 

“Club Expansivo is like being with my friends at home but creating something bigger together. Its deep friendship turned into an ecosystem. Latineo was one of the first places in Barcelona where I felt completely part of something, without even having the specific intention of doing so.“

And that’s precisely what YEGUATÁ holds, a kind of intimacy built into daily life with the people she loves. You can feel it through every layer of the EP. Sofy speaks about the process with love — a reaffirmation of something “super simple but super precious.” She knows that making something personal doesn’t always come easily, especially in a world that pushes for ego, speed, and visibility.

“The artistic path can become self-centred, but ego kills love, dreams, and learning. If I can’t feel that I’m learning or that I can be loved… everything loses meaning.”

Photography by Marina Martínez 

Finally, I asked Sofy what she hopes people feel when they listen to YEGUATÁ. Sofy just wants people to stay close to themselves, whatever that looks like. That’s the gift of this EP. It asks you to listen and let your body decide what comes next because YEGUATÁ is, after all, the house we build in bodies.

“I hope they allow themselves to feel everything that happens in their bodies. It may bring strength, depth, courage, love, pleasure, or calmness. I only wish that you allow yourself to feel. The intimacy of each person is the most valuable thing.