The Infinity Song artist is embracing uncertainty as she launches her solo career, while challenging the assumptions placed on Black women in music<\/p>\n
\u201cI\u2019m trying to figure out where I\u2019m supposed to be, but at the same time enjoying the fact that there\u2019s nowhere I\u2019m supposed to be.\u201d This admission might seem like the beginning of an existential crisis, but it\u2019s a welcome, liminal space for the rising singer and songwriter Momo Boyd. Between her recently released debut EP, a second EP in the works, and two tours, the 27-year-old is being pulled in many directions. But she\u2019s also enjoying the emotionally ambiguous position she\u2019s currently in \u2013 it\u2019s what characterizes much of her work.<\/p>\n
Boyd, who\u2019s a part of Infinity Song, a pop rock sibling quintet that debuted in 2015, confesses that she\u2019s nervous about striking out on her own as a solo artist. The demands are high: Her debut Miss Michigan tour just finished its US leg this past August and she will continue on throughout Europe in the fall, with a stop in London in November. She said that in comparison to Infinity Song\u2019s sound, which can be characterized by guitar-driven melodies full of romanticism. \u201cI\u2019m doing my own thing and it\u2019s a bit folksy, emotional and personal.\u201d One might expect that Boyd being both a solo artist and an ensemble group member means that she runs the risk of producing indistinguishable bodies of work. But her moodier sound could not be more different from the family band\u2019s more optimistic tunes. Nevertheless, the young singer is quick to say that the balance between the two lanes has been \u201cpretty easy\u201d.<\/p>\n
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