Cover Story: It’s Syd’s time

Cover Story: It’s Syd’s time

After two decades anchoring Odd Future, fronting The Internet, and shaping hits for industry heavyweights, Syd stepped into her own with her remarkable third solo album, Beard. She and her closest collaborators tell the story of how she earned this moment. Read our cover story with Syd and see photos from her shoot on our…

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Syd wants you to foster a dog

Syd wants you to foster a dog

Watch our latest cover star visit a dog shelter. Over the past four years Syd and her wife have fostered over two dozen dogs — “about 24 or 25” to be exact, she told The FADER in her October 2026 cover story. They ended up keeping two of them, number 10 and number 14. When…

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Joyce Wrice steps out on MACHIKO

The Los Angeles singer’s hotly-anticipated sophomore album expands her omnivorous vision of R&B without losing the human touch. Vivian Medithi / The FADER For the past four years, Joyce Wrice has been ducking the spotlight. Her 2021 debut album Overgrown recast the San Diego-born Wrice as a contemporary R&B star in her own right after…

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Destin Conrad does it all

Destin Conrad does it all After a jazz album and a Grammy-acclaimed R&B project, the L.A.-artist turns to reggae and dancehall on ROADRUNNER for a space to rebel. By Kylah Williams Video Ethan Holland When Destin Conrad set out to make his reggae and dancehall album ROADRUNNER, he knew he wanted it to be a…

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