Sophia Richie on Bieber and the pressure to pursue music

Sophie Richie has a lot going on (modelling for Vanity Fair, Elle and Vogue China) and she just turned 18! She is also the centre of attention for another reason: being Justin Bieber’s newest love interest.

Richie calls the relationship “special” and says their recent trip to Mexico wasn’t solely about having some alone time with Bieber, it was also to celebrate her new found “freedom”!

Sophia says that she absolutely loves her career in modelling but admits her dad (Lionel Richie) definitely tries to push her towards pursuing a career in music (like her brother in law, Joel Madden).

Sophia has been into music since she was five years old but tells Billboard:

 “there was too much pressure. Everyone had their own idea of what my music should sound like, and I just wanted to be an individual.”

Now that Sophia is finally 18 her next move is out of dad’s house and into her own space.