Q&A: Sohodolls’ Maya Von Doll

London’s influential electro-rockers, Sohodolls returned in 2022 after being out of the limelight for more than a decade. A globally enforced lockdown revived one of their classics “Bang Bang Bang Bang” into an unexpected viral TikTok hit among the Gen Z glitterati. It so happened that Madonna had posted a recording she made of her daughter Estere Ciccone performing her own original choreography to the track and as part of the ensuing TikTok trend, “Bang Bang Bang Bang” rocketed up the Billboard Top 50 and is now sitting on over 190M Spotify streams.

The new viral attention of “Bang Bang Bang Bang” ultimately inspired Sohodolls to reform and release new singles “Letter To My Ex (Thank You Goodbye)” and “Bad” in 2022, which both picked up considerable press and radio attention, including airplay from Nels Hylton on Radio 1’s Future Alternative, Frank Skinner on Absolute Radio and features with highly regarded music blog Atwood Magazine. “Bad” was later placed in an episode of the Netflix hit Geek Girl. 2023 saw Sohodolls re-record “Bang Bang Bang Bang” with explosive distorted guitars replacing the original version’s synth heavy…