Sayeed was born in 1975 in Kabul, Afghanistan to a Pashto-speaking father (Pashtun) and a Dari-speaking (presumably Tajik) mother.[4] Her parents left Afghanistan when she was 8 years old and lived in Peshawar, Pakistan before settling in Switzerland.[1] By the age of 12 she had obtained admission to a music school where she would perform in places with a choir, "Even though it wasn't for long, [...] that definitely made me realize what I wanted to become when I grew older." she has said in her interviews.[5]