Syd backlash from gay community hurt my feelings

Syd: ‘The backlash from the gay community hurt my feelings’. An odd future … The newly solo Syd. Photograph: Suki Dhanda for the Guide. Inthey became one of the most hyped groups around but also one of the most problematic, thanks to their homophobic slurs and incessant cursing.

But has she managed to leave the controversy behind? Today she still sounds defeated by the reaction and says that the “backlash from the gay community hurt my feelings”. Comments … Sign in or create your Guardian account to join the discussion.

Today we are seeing a rapidly growing backlash against all things LGBTQ. She said she had wanted to make a trippy video without a happy ending, that it wasn’t intended to glamorise drugs but “ to be honest ”. And use me as an excuse.

“Or be embraced by,” replied Syd, who also fronts alt-r&b darlings the Internet, referring to the backlash she faced from the gay community in General info Archive date: Thu, GMT Report abuse. It makes you want to be great.

Most controversial of all, however, was her time DJing with Odd Future.

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Or there was the rollout of Cocainean anti-drug slow jam her current musical collective, the Internet, released inaccompanied by a video in which Syd fed her girlfriend drugs and then abandoned her by the side of the road.

But it did encourage her to reassess how she channels her ideas. View image in fullscreen. This article is more than 8 years old. But she has also just stepped out as a solo artist and released an acclaimed debut album.

Read more. According to the America Civil Liberties Union, as of March this year, at least anti-LGBTQ laws have been introduced at. But it did encourage her to reassess how she channels her ideas. For such an understated character, the LA native has in the past courted a lot of drama.

Its intimate, inward-looking style seems to draw a sharp line under the past. She is a little distant, dressed in a plaid shirt and slurping on a large Starbucks in a hotel room in London. Reuse this content. In many ways, it feels like she finally has.