You're listening to Song Exploder, where musicians take apart their songs,

and piece by piece tell the story of how they were made.

I'm Rishi Kei-Kesh Hirwe.

This is Key Change, where I talk to fascinating people about the music that changed their lives.

And my guest today is the actor Tatyana Maslani.

One of the things I find so compelling about Tatiana and her career is that the roles that

she plays often contain multitudes, literally.

She played over 10 different characters, clones, but with distinct personalities,

in the TV show Orphan Black.

And in the Marvel universe, she played She-Hulk, who also had the very different alter ego of Jennifer Walters, a lawyer.

And right now, she's starring in the show Maximum Pleasure Guaranteed on Apple TV.

When Tatiana prepares for her roles and the roles within the roles, she often uses music to inspire and motivate her.

And so today, I got to talk to Tatiana about a song that's been really

important to her and her process. And that song is Face Shopping by Sophie. If you're not aware of

Sophie's music, she was an incredible, groundbreaking electronic artist from the UK. She was trans,

and she passed away far too young in 2021. But even in a short time, she made a big impact.

In addition to her own music,

she also produced tracks for Charlie XEX and Madonna and more.

In 2018, she released her breakthrough Grammy-nominated album,

Oil of Every Pearls Uninsides,

which dealt a lot with her trans identity,

and that's the album that has the song, Face Shopping.

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