By Bianca Sierra

FROM WIKIPEDIA COMMONS

Jill Sobule (/ˈsoʊbjuːl/ SOH-bee-ull; January 16, 1959 – May 1, 2025) was an American singer-songwriter best known for the 1995 single “I Kissed a Girl“, and “Supermodel” from the soundtrack of the 1995 film Clueless. Her folk-inflected compositions alternate between ironic, story-driven character studies and emotive ballads, a duality reminiscent of such 1970s American songwriters as Warren Zevon, Harry Nilsson, Loudon Wainwright III, Harry Chapin, and Randy Newman. Autobiographical elements, including Sobule’s Jewish heritage and her adolescent battles with anorexia and depression, frequently occurred in Sobule’s writing.

In 2009, Sobule released California Years, an album funded entirely by fan donations, making her an early pioneer of crowdfunding.

Sobule identified as bisexual.

Sobule died in a house fire in Woodbury, Minnesota, on the morning of May 1, 2025, at the age of 66.