Unrestricted by genre, Farrah Fawx is a singer/MC and songwriter fluent in contemporary R&B, rap, house, and pop. The first Fawx recordings surfaced in the late 2010s, and led to a deal with the independent label Guin Records, the outlet for The Hopeful Cynic, a 2022 EP bearing a title reflective of Fawx's lyrical outlook.