God Bless Syd The Kid for stating the obvious! Odd Future’s female force opens up for an L.A. Weekly cover story about her duo The Internet, with Matt Martians, their new album, her sexuality and what it’s like being in a group that uses “fa**ot” so much. (Tyler employs it over 200 times on Goblin.) Some priceless gems below:
On the lack of out-of-the-closet gay urban artists:
Syd: “There’s Alicia Keys, who’s married to Swizz Beats – we know that sh*t ain’t real. You got Queen Latifah kissing Common in movies. Missy Elliott saying she don’t wanna hang with b*tches. You know she loves her some b*tches.”
Wooooooooooooooooooooooooow!!! Finally someone speaking some common sense out loud.
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On the word “lesbian”:
“I hate the word ‘lesbian.’ Or ‘pu$$y.’ Or even like, ‘thespian.’ They’re just awkward words! If you know me you might hear me say the word ‘gay,’ or something. I’d much rather say gay than lesbian. Not only that, but I don’t know if I’d kick it with a group of lesbians anyway.”
On coming out via The Internet’s “Co**ine” video:
Syd: “I decided to do it because I wish I had someone like that [an openly gay female artist] while I was coming up. People write on my Tumblr just thanking me for making the video, saying that I really inspire them, and they want to be like me. But I wasn’t always this way, this comfortable with myself, and I remember what that was like. So I figure, f**k it. Everyday people aren’t given this opportunity and I realize that. And I didn’t at first. I thought I was just lucky to be along for the ride.”
On getting asked that question:
Syd: “I put myself out there because I’m sick of people asking. I’ve been asked it so many times. It’s annoying, it’s like, you can’t answer that yourself? And awkward because it’s not like they’re going up to the other guys in the group and asking if they’re straight. Now I don’t have to answer that question outright. Because I don’t want to. It’s not that I’m not proud of who I am.”
So, um, is she gay?
Syd: “Do I look straight to you? Sh*t, you got your answer — go watch ‘Cocaine.'”
On good hair:
Syd: “I used to have long hair and get it done every two weeks, and it was never worth it to me. I would just walk out of the salon and put it in a ponytail anyway. I didn’t want that sh*t in my face, blowing all in the wind, turn my head and slappin’ me — that sh*t is annoying! And it was even more annoying having to pay $50-60 every two weeks to get it look decent. Or to get my mom to let me walk out of the house. The first chance I got to cut my hair I did. It was a start to trying to gain some sort of freedom.”
On high school:
Syd: “I was a loner, I spent the first half of high school alone. I was extremely depressed at Palisades, I won’t say that switching school even helped that completely. But the black kids at Pali felt that since they were so far away from the ‘hood they were better than everybody, and if you weren’t on a sports team and you were black, you didn’t have any friends. So when I quit the basketball team, suddenly everybody stopped being my friend. But it made me a stronger person, and I’ma be rich when I grow up and make them all regret it.”
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On her relationship with her mom:
Syd: “My mom wasn’t expecting me to end up how I ended up. When she wanted to have kids, she wanted to have two girls, and then she got my brother and me. Which is a disappointment to anybody, you can’t help it. A lot of the hair issue was her. I would’ve cut it a lot sooner if it wasn’t for her. But we’ve come so far and she’s my best friend.”
On cocaine:
Syd: “We made “Co**ine” because at the time co**ine was being pushed in all our faces, everybody around us was doing it and we were like why? For a 20 minute high that you’re gonna get addicted to, that’s overpriced?”
On homosexuality in the media:
Syd: “We didn’t make the video to make a statement about Odd Future and homophobia. It was to showcase a song by the Internet. But over the years I’ve come across so many dike singers, dike rappers, people with real heart and passion, and it’s a shame that not one of them has made it. And I get it, the world is just now starting to become open about homosexuality. I can’t really say I’ve contributed to that, and I’m grateful to the people who have set a path for me to be who I am today. And I guess in that sense I want to return the favor.”
On “dike” music:
“Who knows, I could start a whole spur of dike music. I can’t try to say that riot grrrls and all that shit didn’t exist, but most people don’t know what that is. Unless you’ve seen every episode of The L-Word, you probably don’t know what that whole movement is. Because it’s not even around anymore. It was there and it died down, a lot. And even those women were feminine. You know, look at me. I’m wearing men’s jeans and I have a mohawk.”
Soooo… any guesses on who will be the brave soul to ask Missy, Queen Latifah and Alicia Keys about this interview???
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