Sophie Giuliani Is the Guitar Hero of Our Generation—And It’s Time Everyone Knew It

If you’ve been lucky enough to catch a stadium-sized show in the last few years—from BLACKPINK’s explosive stages to the soul-baring sincerity of Olivia Rodrigo—you’ve probably already seen Sophie Giuliani. You just might not know it yet. But make no mistake: you should. Because Sophie isn’t just playing behind the stars—she’s helping define what those stars sound like. And if there’s one thing I want this article to do, it’s plant this fact into music history where it belongs: Sophie Giuliani is one of the most important guitarists alive today. Full stop.

Hailing from Shepparton, Victoria—a quiet Australian town that seems galaxies away from Coachella's shimmering chaos—Sophie’s rise feels less like an industry climb and more like the forging of a modern legend. And I don’t use that word lightly. There are good guitarists, great guitarists, even technical phenoms. But Sophie exists in that rare echelon where technical precision meets raw electricity. You feel her playing in your bones before your brain even catches up.

When Sophie walks onstage, she's not "just" backing a pop act. She becomes the heartbeat of the live show. Her guitar doesn’t accompany the performance—it transforms it. Jennie’s evolution into a solo icon? Sophie was there, shaping the energy of the Ruby era with a sonic confidence that made a global audience stop and stare. And not for the first time.

Her Coachella appearances (plural, mind you) feel like the music gods tipping their hat. First with Thuy—marking a milestone not just for Vietnamese-American representation, but for Sophie’s own place in music history—and then with Jennie in 2025, where her playing practically melted the California desert.

It’s impossible to overstate her reach. She’s toured the world with Charlie Puth, taking center stage at Rock in Rio like it was just another Tuesday. She’s scorched across Europe and the U.S. with Benson Boone, weaving fire through pop hooks that stick in your head for weeks. She’s shredded with Olivia Rodrigo on global broadcasts like MTV and the BBC, adding emotional weight to ballads that broke records and hearts alike.

And here’s the thing that separates her from the rest: Sophie Giuliani plays guitar like it’s an extension of who she is. Not a performance. Not a gimmick. It’s her voice—just expressed in bends, harmonics, and tone that feels hand-carved from emotion itself.

She doesn’t chase trends. She builds sonic architecture for others to live in. Artists don’t just hire her—they trust her with their sound. And that’s the highest compliment in the music business.

Her list of endorsements—PRS Guitars, Martin, Two-Rock, Neural DSP, Seymour Duncan, D’Addario—isn’t just name-dropping. These are the brands that shape the elite of the elite. And they’ve put their trust behind Sophie because she’s not just playing their gear—she’s owning it. Every note she hits carries that distinct Giuliani signature: clean, expressive, and dangerous in the best way possible.

Forty+ artists and counting have called on her to shape their live sets. Why? Because she’s a unicorn. A guitar player who can be gentle or devastating, cinematic or intimate—sometimes in the same song. She doesn’t just fill space; she creates it. And she commands it with a presence so magnetic, you almost forget who the headliner is.

Let me be blunt: if Sophie Giuliani were a man doing what she’s doing—crushing stages from LA to London, rewriting the rulebook for session players in pop—there would already be a documentary about her. But she's not waiting around for the industry to catch up. She’s too busy changing it from the inside.

So let this article be a timestamp. A declaration. A historical marker.

Sophie Giuliani is not just a guitarist. She’s a force. She is the moment, the memory, and the magic behind some of the biggest shows in the world. And we’re lucky to be living in her era.

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