For Pink Siifu, born Livingston Matthews, defying genres is about showing love more than anything else. A lot of artists talk about their admiration for a wide range of styles, but Siifu’s music demonstrates a rare eclecticism, toggling from punk to jazz to hip-hop within a single release while shifting focus from project to project. Since the start of his career, Siifu has embraced putting himself in every corner of the music world: taking on R&B aliases like B. Cool-Aid with producer Ahwlee, releasing punk-influenced albums like NEGRO, even reciting Purple Mountains lyrics for the Avalanches alongside Weezer’s Rivers Cuomo. Just as he traverses the musical map, Siifu has lived all over the country; he grew up in Birmingham, Alabama before moving around to places like Cincinnati, New York, Los Angeles, and Maryland, where he is temporarily residing with his girlfriend.