A crucial figure in the Los Angeles music scene since her affiliation with Odd Future, Syd is known foremost as the frontperson of soul-rooted alternative R&B band the Internet. In addition to her extensive work with that Grammy-nominated group, she has issued the solo albums Fin (2017) and Broken Hearts Club (2022) and an assortment of singles and EPs. These recordings have tended to be even more frank, conversational, and slow jam-oriented than the Internet's output, magnifying Syd's softly sung -- and at times brazen -- narratives about love and lust.
During her teenage y...