Vayda is an American rapper and record producer. After starting her rap career in 2021, she released the mixtapes Breeze and Forrest Gump in 2023.
Career Vayda was born and raised in Decatur, Georgia. Her father is a former rapper who was part of a hip hop group. As a child, she learned to play piano by ear. After receiving a subscription to the production software FruityLoops in high school, she was inspired by mashups on Soulection to become a record producer. She produced remixes that she posted on SoundCloud as well as beats that she sold on Twitter.
Vayda started producing music professionally in 2019 and started rapping in 2021, following the COVID-19 pandemic. She released her extended play, VV, in 2022. In 2023, she released the mixtape Breeze, her EP Shade, and performed as an opening act for Veeze. Pitchfork named Breeze as one of the best rap albums of 2023 and Vayda's song "Jenner" as one of the best rap songs of 2023. Her mixtape, Forrest Gump, was released on December 8, 2023, with her song "Hood Zendaya" released as its lead single in November 2023.
Musical style Vayda's songs have been described as trap music, particularly plugg and drill, and dance music. Her songs are often sped-up and around two minutes in length. She has stated that she "barely [has] any songs that reach two minutes". For BET, Paul Meara wrote that her lyrics were "whisper-quiet" and "snarky" and compared her sound to "FKA Twigs mixed with early 2010's and modern-day Jersey club". For Pitchfork, Alphonse Pierre wrote that her songs were "lush hybrids of ASMR R&B and airy rap" that were typically "not much longer than a minute". DeAsia Paige, for The Atlanta Journal-Constitution, described her voice as "soft and squeaky" and her beats as "sped-up". Jordan Darville of The Fader wrote that Vayda sounded "effortlessly cool" in her music. Tirhakah Love of The Cut wrote that her songs were sample-heavy and "two-to-three-minute short stories, where she mows over snakes attempting to test her backbone".
Discography Mixtapes +List of mixtapes, with selected details Title Details Silent Garden Released: September 7, 2021 Label: Self-released Formats: Digital download, streaming 2 Hard 2 Waste Released: January 15, 2022 Label: Self-released Formats: Digital download, streaming Breeze Released: March 13, 2023 Label: Self-released Formats: Digital download, streaming Dawn Released: May 26, 2023 Label: Self-released Formats: Digital download, streaming Forrest Gump Released: December 8, 2023 Label: Self-released Formats: Digital download, streaming
Extended plays +List of extended plays, with selected details Title Details Pretty Beats for Pretty Bitches Released: July 10, 2020 Label: Self-released Formats: Digital download, streaming VV Released: February 8, 2022 Label: Self-released Formats: Digital download, streaming Goodnight Kitty Released: May 25, 2022 Label: Self-released Formats: Digital download, streaming Airhead Released: August 19, 2022 Label: Self-released Formats: Digital download, streaming 5 Released: September 19, 2022 Label: Self-released Formats: Digital download, streaming Digitalgirl Released: October 26, 2022 Label: Self-released Formats: Digital download, streaming Shade Released: January 1, 2023 Label: Self-released Formats: Digital download, streaming Fever Released: March 13, 2023 Label: Self-released Formats: Digital download, streaming Kali Ma Released: October 20, 2023 Label: Self-released Formats: Digital download, streaming
Singles As lead artist + List of singles as lead artist, showing year released and album name Title Year Album "Mental Exhaustion" 2021 rowspan="4" "U Can Get Money Too" "Videogirl" 2022 "Sumo" "Sprite" 2023 Forrest Gump "Tweaker" "Shoes" "Adele" Forrest Gump "Heart Eyez" Fever "Hood Zendaya" Forrest Gump "Hilary Duff" 2024 Fever "Witness"
As featured artist + List of singles as featured artist, showing year released and album name Title Year Album "Astronomy" 2023 rowspan="4" "Dreamin'" "Parlay" "Pull Up" 2024
Guest appearances +List of non-single guest appearances, showing year released and album nameTitleOther artist(s)YearAlbum "Lookin..'! (Gorgeous)" Pink Siifu, Turich Benjy, WiFiGawd 2023 Its Too Quiet..!
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