Syd is sharing a personal milestone with fans just ahead of the release of her third solo album.
The Internet co-founder and singer-songwriter revealed that she married her wife, model Ariana Simone, in a private courthouse ceremony in Los Angeles last July, confirming the news in a new interview with Rolling Stone.
“We literally got our appointment three days before our wedding date,” Syd told the publication. “It was small, just my parents, brother, and my aunt. Honestly, my plan was to do a big wedding later, but for both of us the concern was making sure we have rights to each other.”
Syd says she has fully embraced married life over the past year, joking in her interview with Rolling Stone that she’s taken on “a lot of male gender roles.”
“I spend 98 percent of my day in the garage with my dogs, just playing, chilling, and watching TV. I paint and garden and I’m like ‘Wow, this is me living life,’” she shared. “If I didn’t do another show, but I got to do this every day, I’d be really happy. I’d rather run to that than run to music to free myself of sadness.”
The personal revelation comes just ahead of the release of Syd’s third solo album, Beard, an 11-track project arriving Friday (July 17), four years after her sophomore effort, Broken Hearts Club.
The upcoming album includes the single “Fast Car,” whose music video features Simone. Speaking with Essence in 2022, Syd explained why casting her partner felt like the natural choice.
“I wasn’t about to shoot pandemic kisses with some random girl,” Syd said. “We’ve been together now for about a year and a half. So it was pretty easy and she’s a model full time. She knows what to do in front of cameras.”
“It was probably the most fun I’ve had shooting a video because it was a small crew, just me and her in my car. It was a comfortable experience,” she continued. “As an artist, some people say ‘you gotta pull outta your comfort zone.’ But sometimes man, that comfort zone just hits.”
