Stream: Syd, ‘Missing Out’

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Syd (Photo by Justin Brown)

Though Syd has never been far from the public eye, “Missing Out” is the first solo release from the L.A. native since 2017, when she released the full-length “Fin” followed by the EP “Always Never Home.”

The 28-year-old singer-songwriter-producer has minded her business as a member of the Internet, who released their fourth album “Hive Mind” in 2018; been a busy collaborator (with Beyoncé, Lil Uzi Vert, Kehlani, Disclosure and Kelly Rowland, among others); worked in fashion and built a home recording studio. The press blast for the new song even points out that besides working on a film project and getting involved in a wine brand, she’s spent her quarantine time collecting a rehabbing old trucks.

She tunes up her ’90s-indebted neo-soul on “Missing Out,” her steamy, croon over wavering synths and a light touch of glockenspiel, lamenting a relationship that fizzled … “’Cause we didn’t spend the proper time / Trying to work it out.”

||| Stream: “Missing Out”

||| Previously: “Dirty Laundry” (Malia feat. Syd), “All About Me” and “Body”; The Internet: Live at the Palladium, “Come Over,” “Get Away”