Momo Boyd: “I consider myself to be a completely different artist than the version that’s in Infinity Song”

As the soft rock group's singer and guitarist enters her solo era, she talks releasing her debut EP, the “certainty” driving her family band’s next chapter and finding a loyal fan in SZA

N ot long after singer-songwriter Momo Boyd released her sweeping heartbreak single ‘American Love Song’ in March of last year, something shifted in her. “That gave me the confidence and the knowledge that I could actually do this,” she tells NME over Zoom from her home in New Jersey, voluminous brown curls resting on her shoulders as she sports a cosy navy sweatshirt and large burgundy-framed glasses.

The Michigan native isn’t talking about simply making and performing music; she’s been doing that with her siblings in the soft rock band Infinity Song for over a decade, busking on the streets of New York and singing in her dad’s choirs long before that. She’s referring to something slightly more daunting here: writing and releasing her own music as a solo artist. “I consider myself to be a completely different artist than the version of me that’s in the group,” she says. “This version of me is insanely more emotional, and a bit more personal.”

Since appearing on NME ’s The Cover two years ago, Infinity Song have continued to ascend, propelled by their buoyant harmonies – a jam-packed world tour, one electric Glastonbury debut and their self-titled third album due out in a matter of weeks. “It’s been a lot of learning, a lot of getting our reps in and getting comfortable with the demands of where we are and where we’re trying to be,” Boyd reflects.

After finding their soft rock rhythm on second album ‘Metamorphosis Complete’ in 2024, Boyd took a leap of faith with her debut solo single, her dewy vocals and cascading guitars on ‘American Love Song’ leading to three million Spotify streams to date and reams of social media comments comparing her wounded Americana sound to Lana Del Rey .

With that vote of confidence from her fans, Boyd dropped her debut EP ‘Miss Michigan’ earlier this spring, which sees the 27-year-old artist examine her selfhood through the lens of past relationships. “It’s extremely parallel to my real life,” she says of the EP with a blushful laugh. “Every single song [was written] because I have lived it.”

As the brains behind Infinity Song’s viral ‘Hater’s Anthem’, which pokes fun at the comical nature of our superiority complexes, it’s no surprise Boyd found herself back in self-reflective territory. Whether she’s conducting a relationship post-mortem on the baroque-country ‘Cold Hands’, downplaying her feelings on the pillowy soft rock breather ‘Second Best’, or leading a girly-pop cheer anthem for her inner people pleaser on ‘She’s A Sweetheart’, Boyd’s sharp self-awareness fuels her lyricism.

The musical range on display won’t be a surprise to those who discovered Boyd through another huge moment this year, after she featured on Baby Keem ’s ‘Good Flirts’ from his new album ‘Ca$ino”. Her breezy refrain revealed a playful streak, trading prickly bars with fellow featured artist Kendrick Lamar , as she asserts: “A in’t comin’ home on a Friday night / I’m all good, my hips still whine ”. The opportunity arose when Boyd invited Lamar’s longtime collaborator Dave Free to an Infinity Song show in Los Angeles, after which he requested a demo from her. “I believe in us so much that I feel like anything is possible when you come to an Infinity Song show,” she says.