Syd never dreamed she'd be singing her own songs: The FADER Interview

Read Syd's FADER cover story: https://features.thefader.com/syd Sitting on a blanket in the grassy lawn of L.A.'s Westwood Recreation Center, now two decades after she got her start producing and engineering in that little makeshift studio, Syd, The FADER's latest cover star, can't believe how much her life has changed. "Once I hit my 30s, late 20s, 30s, is when I was able to reflect," she says. "I looked up and looked around and was like, Oh, wow." For this FADER Interview, shot for our October 2026 cover story, Syd and journalist Evan Nicole Brown met up for a career-spanning conversation to unpack growing up in L.A., blowing up with Odd Future and The Internet, suffering for fame, why she never wanted to be a frontwoman, making "soul" music, and recording her third studio album, 'Beard.' Watch the full conversation above. Video credits: Producer: Evan T. Cohen Director: Evan T. Cohen Director of Photography: Gabriella Salinardo Camera Operator: Cece Hubbard Talent: Syd Interviewer: Evan Nicole Brown Executive Producer: Steffanee Wang, Jon Cohen, Anthony Holland Special thanks to Tara Aquino / A Bunch of Savages Subscribe now for more The FADER http://bit.ly/XPZVfG Follow The FADER on TikTok https://www.tiktok.com/@thefader Follow The FADER on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/thefader/ Read The FADER: http://www.thefader.com Follow The FADER on X: https://x.com/thefader Like The FADER on Facebook: http://on.fb.me/11JaNSJ