This week we’re joined by musician and founding member of The Internet, Syd! With the release of her new solo record, Broken Hearts Club (3:15), we discuss the origin of the album (5:45), how she healed in the process of making it (10:32), her evolution from engineer to singer-songwriter (11:50), the salad days of Odd Future (15:37), the depression that followed (20:25), and how she found her voice on the other side (31:00).

After the break, Syd talks about performing through her stage fright (32:22), reckoning with Odd Future’s hyper-masculinity (35:20), the media’s outsized expectations for queer artists (38:02), actualizing her mother’s musical dreams (44:34), a full circle moment with Erykah Badu (50:00), and what she hopes for in the decade to come (50:48).

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