Five days before Christmas, Syd Tha Kid, leader of the Internet, announced that she'd finished work on her solo debut. During an episode of OTHERtone, the Beats 1 radio show hosted by Pharrell and Scott Vener, Syd said this project would be "a lot more mainstream" than Ego Death, the Internet’s 2015 album of smooth, sometimes sprawling R&B. Perhaps her solo project will sound more like her recent song "Nothin," with producer Kingdom (the club mix, specifically). "All About Me," the first single, released just today, certainly has more in common with someone like Kingdom than the more analog sound of Ego Death. But regardless, as long as Syd's sweet vocals and sensibilities are present on this new album, it should be great. —Ross Scarano

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