Jill Sobule

Jill Sobule deserved far more recognition than she got, and her passing in 2025 still feels like a real loss to me. Best known for 1995's witty, groundbreaking I Kissed a Girl and Clueless's Supermodel, she moved fluidly between ironic character studies and tender ballads in a lineage I love, alongside writers like Warren Zevon and Harry Nilsson. What I value most is her refusal to chase trends; she simply wrote honest, observant songs about being human. That kind of integrity rarely tops charts, but it is exactly the artistry I keep returning to.

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Name (English)

Jill Sobule

Name (Japanese)

ジル・ソブル

Reading

じる・そぶる

Born

January 16, 1959 – May 1, 2025

Origin

Denver, Colorado, United States

Occupation

singer-songwriter / singer / composer / musician / songwriter

Zodiac / Chinese zodiac

Capricorn / Boar

• Official sitehttps://www.jillsobule.com/
• Xhttps://x.com/jillsobule
• Wikipedia (English)https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jill%20Sobule
• Wikidatahttps://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q520324

Tags

• Colorado
• singer-songwriter
• singer
• composer

Last updated

September 25, 2026

Facts are limited to publicly available information up to 2024; non-public or unconfirmed items are omitted. English text is machine-assisted (facts translated by Sonnet, "My Take" written by Opus 4.8). The Japanese page is the source of record.