Hyd is the moniker of art pop singer/songwriter, performance artist, and DJ Hayden Dunham. First known for co-creating the one-off project QT along with A.G. Cook and SOPHIE, Dunham returned to music as Hyd in 2020, appearing on Cook's solo albums before releasing a self-titled EP on PC Music in 2021. The full-length Clearing arrived in 2022, with Caroline Polachek and Sigur Rós' Jónsi among its contributors.