# Cyn

Cynthia "Cyn" Nabozny (born May 13, 1993) is an American singer and songwriter.

## Early life

Cyn was born on May 13, 1993, in Michigan. She has described her parents' divorce, which occurred when she was a toddler, as "a big driver of her love for music." By age 16, she was recording and doubling her own vocals. After failing to get into DePaul University's music program, she graduated from the university in Management Information Systems.

## Personal life

She began a relationship with filmmaker Kyle Newman in 2020. They have a son, born February 2021 and a daughter born in 2023.

## Career

In September 2015, she wrote the song "Only With You", which she performed two months later for Katy Perry. She was subsequently signed by Perry's record label, Unsub Records. Two years after its conception, "Only With You" was released as a single. Her debut single under Unsub was "Together" released in July 2017. Throughout 2018 Cyn opened for Perry's Witness: The Tour across Mexico, made her Bonnaroo debut and toured North America with Years & Years. That year her single "Moment of Truth" was also part of the animated feature film Smallfoot.
Cyn released her debut E.P Mood Swing in September 2019. The seven-track release included songs co-written and produced by both Lars Stalfors and Matias Mora. Cyn describes the work as a "Parisian park" and that most of the songs on it, including lyrics and melody, are built around a single sentence, the "thesis statement". A year later she released a reimagined version of the E.P titled Mood Swing (even moodier).
In February 2020, Cyn released "Lonely Gun" as part of the original motion picture soundtrack for DC's Birds of Prey, and her song "I Can't Believe" was included as part of the soundtrack for To All the Boys: P.S. I Still Love You.
Cyn wrote and recorded the songs "Drinks" and "Uh-Oh" for the 2020 Oscar-winning motion picture Promising Young Woman. "Drinks" spent two months at U.S. Top 40 Radio, peaking at #22 in July 2020. That June, Cyn released The Mixed Drinks Collection which featured a stripped-down reworking of the song, along with remixes from NERVO, Ladyhawke, MNDR and Uffie. "Drinks" continued to grow in popularity throughout the following year and was featured prominently in high-profile shows Inventing Anna and Gossip Girl.
In August 2021, Cyn recorded a cover version of Sixpence None the Richer's "Kiss Me" for the Netflix film soundtrack of He's All That (2021) and in March 2022 released a version of the Karen Elson & Daniel Tashian penned song "Heaven Shine A Light" for the HBO Max original film, Moonshot.
2022 saw Cyn release two singles, "House with a View" and "Losing Sleep" as she continued working on her full-length debut album.
Her debut album 'Valley Girl' was released via Unsub/Capitol Records in Nov 2024.

## Artistry and influences

One of the first songs Cyn enjoyed as a child was "Foolish Games" by Jewel. Alongside Jewel, she considers Sheryl Crow and Rosalía her favorite artists. Her grandmother listened to Doris Day. Having been raised near Detroit, she counts Motown as a major influence. Lorde inspired her to use a stage name.
In 2020, she described early Disney movies as a new influence.

## Discography
### Studio albums

| Title | Details | Ref. |
| Valley Girl | Released: November 15, 2024 Label: Unsub Records Format: Digital download, vinyl | |

### Extended plays

| Title | Details |
| Mood Swing | Released: September 20, 2019 Label: Unsub Records Format: Digital download, vinyl |
| Mood Swing (even moodier) | Released: September 18, 2020 Label: Unsub Records Format: Digital download |
| Valley Girl (Side A - Lost on Laurel) | Released: September 6, 2024 Label: Unsub Records Format: Digital download |
| Valley Girl (Side B - Los Angeles, No Offense) | Released: November 15, 2024 Label: Unsub Records Format: Digital download |

### Singles

| Title | Year | Album |
| "Together" | 2017 | Non-album singles |
| "Only With You" | 2017 | Non-album singles |
| "Alright" | 2018 | Non-album singles |
| "Believer" | 2018 | Non-album singles |
| "I'll Still Have Me" | 2018 | Mood Swing |
| "Holy Roller" | 2019 | Mood Swing |
| "Terrible Ideas" | 2019 | Non-album single |
| "Never-ending Summer" | 2019 | Mood Swing |
| "Drinks" | 2020 | Valley Girl |
| "New York" | 2020 | Non-album single |
| "House With a View" | 2022 | Valley Girl |
| "Losing Sleep" | 2022 | Valley Girl |
| "Where Do All the Diamonds Go?" | 2023 | Valley Girl |
| "Growing Up" | 2023 | Valley Girl |
| "Cuz of You" (with Felix Cartal) | 2024 | I |
| "I Don't Care" | 2024 | Valley Girl |
| "Be Like Her" | 2024 | Valley Girl |
| "Crazy" | 2024 | Valley Girl |
| "The Smiths" | 2024 | Valley Girl (Extended) |

### Other songs

| Title | Year | Album |
| "Moment of Truth" | 2018 | Smallfoot (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) |
| "I Can't Believe" | 2019 | Mood Swing |
| "Angel" | 2019 | Mood Swing |
| "Bubble Bath" | 2019 | Mood Swing |
| "Nobody's Keeping Score" | 2019 | Mood Swing |
| "Lonely Gun" | 2020 | Birds of Prey: The Album |
| "Uh-Oh" | 2020 | Promising Young Woman (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) |
| "Wonderful" | 2021 | Pokémon 25: The Album |
| "Kiss Me" | 2021 | He's All That (Music From The Netflix Film) |
| "Always Safe" | 2021 | Music from Pokémon the Movie: Secrets of the Jungle |
| "No Matter What" | 2021 | Music from Pokémon the Movie: Secrets of the Jungle |
| "Heaven Shine a Light" | 2022 | Non-album promotional single |
| "Lemons" | 2024 | Valley Girl |
| "Hard to Love" | 2024 | Valley Girl |
| "Love You Like I Want To" | 2024 | Valley Girl |
| "Los Angeles, No Offense" | 2024 | Valley Girl |
| "Sweet" | 2024 | Valley Girl (Extended) |
| "Sink Your Teeth In Your Tongue" | 2024 | Valley Girl (Extended) |

### As featured artist

| Title | Year | Album |
| "Waves" (IHF featuring Cyn) | 2014 | Floating - EP |
| "No More Hesitation" (Sorrow featuring Cyn) | 2015 | Search of the Miraculous - EP |
| "No One Knows" (J.Pennyworth featuring Cyn) | 2015 | Non-album single |
| "Portrait" (Probcause featuring Cyn) | 2015 | Drifters |
| "Take" (Khai featuring Cyn) | 2015 | If You - EP |
| "Cloudy" (Jerms featuring Cyn) | 2016 | Non-album single |

## Music videos

| Title | Year | Director(s) |
| "Only With You" | 2017 | |
| "Believer" | 2018 | |
| "I'll Still Have Me" | 2018 | |
| "Terrible Ideas" | 2019 | |
| "Holy Roller" | 2019 | Ally Pankiw |
| "I Can't Believe" | 2020 | Daniel Waynick and Cyn |
| "Drinks" | 2020 | Taylor Fauntleroy |
| "House With a View" | 2022 | Kyle Newman |
| "Losing Sleep" | 2023 | Kyle Newman |
| "Where Do All the Diamonds Go?" | 2023 | Miche Sieg and Rose Chirillo |
| "Growing Up" | 2023 | Janush Libicki |
| "I Don't Care" | 2024 | |
| "Crazy" | 2024 | |

## Tours

Opening act
* Witness: The Tour (Katy Perry) (2018)
* Palo Santo Tour (Years & Years) (2018)