.zoradotcom's debut album Z1 is one of 2022’s most thrilling first listens and most rewarding re-listens. We spoke to her about lifting up Black trans women, finding her community, and expressing herself to the fullest. ✨
Growing up in L.A., Zora was a shy kid surrounded by a family full of musical gifts: a grandmother who taught her to play piano, a dad who moved crowds as a hip-hop DJ, a cousin who plays in a progressive metal band. Zora herself was drawn to iconic pop and R&B voices like Britney Spears, Lauryn Hill, Ariana Grande, and Janet Jackson — artists whose music sparked something within her. “I was like, ‘I want to do that. I literally want to be like them,’” she says.
Searching for something realer, she listened closely to Sophie’s boundary-pushing electronic production and Kendrick Lamar’s defiantly individualistic rap. “specifically inspired me to make anything that felt close to my heart,” she says. “It was like, you don’t have to do what’s trendy or what’s cool.”
By the spring of 2020, Zora had dropped out of Berklee. She looks back on that period now as a key turning point in her quest for artistic truth. At the time, though, it felt more like a plunge into despair. “The death toll with the pandemic was rising,” she recalls, speaking softly. “There weren’t any vaccines. There was no hope in that time. There was a Black trans girl that had died almost every week or every two weeks. I just felt like I wanted to go into hiding, honestly.
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