Zolita Enters New Era with Single and Video "Hell's Belles"

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PhotLos Angeles-based singer, songwriter, and filmmaker Zolita kicks off a bold new era with her latest single, “Hell’s Belles.” Blending country-inspired textures with her signature pop sensibility and cinematic edge, the track signals a new chapter defined by contrast and self-exploration.

“Hell’s Belles” is a vibrant, playful, and deeply self-aware track that leans fully into Zolita’s identity as a storyteller unafraid of contradiction. "Written with my friend and artist Gatlin, this is the song that inspired the theme and sound of my next project," Zolita reveals. "It’s a sapphic take on the ultimate bro country song, 'Boys Round Here' and is an ode to the all the southern bad girls I’ve fallen for over the years."

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The “Hell’s Belles” music video, also out today, is a campy, sexy thriller following a detective who goes undercover at a girls’ reform camp turned lesbian cult, only to fall for its charismatic leader. The video stars Tatiana Ringsby — Zolita’s longtime collaborator and the star of the “Somebody I F*cked Once” trilogy — as ‘Hell,’ alongside LGBTQ+ influencers Kyra Green, Georgia Bridgers, Becky Missal, Lauren Payton, Alyssa Eels, and Sierra Fujita who play cult members. Together, they bring to life a story that explores seduction, power, sisterhood, and the ease of losing yourself in someone intoxicating.

“The ‘Hell’s Belles’ video was inspired by the six years I spent inside a kundalini yoga cult,” Zolita reveals. “It’s my way of processing the experience through humor, fantasy, and pop spectacle.” Alongside the official video, Zolita will also release a series of extended dialogue scenes and a mockumentary-style mini-series expanding on the cult’s world.

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About Zolita

Zolita has built her career on duality: softness and control, fantasy and confession, intimacy and spectacle. Across the past decade, the Los Angeles-based artist has emerged as one of pop’s most distinct independent voices, recognized not only for her music, but for the fully realized worlds she creates around it. A singer, songwriter, and self-directed visual storyteller, she approaches music as an immersive experience. Every project unfolds like a narrative, every song feels cinematic, and each era marks a deliberate evolution.

Raised between both coasts, Zolita first connected to music through bluegrass guitar while simultaneously developing a deep fascination with film and visual storytelling. That intersection became central to her artistic identity. While studying at NYU’s Tisch School of the Arts, she began shaping her music through a cinematic lens, treating songs as narrative extensions rather than isolated moments.

From the outset, Zolita has maintained a rare level of creative control. She first gained attention through self-directed releases that paired emotional immediacy with striking visuals while carving out space for underrepresented perspectives in pop. Centering queer relationships without compromise, her work presents them as messy, vulnerable, and fully realized. 

Early projects like Immaculate Conception and Sappho introduced a world rooted in femininity, mythology, and reclamation, while Evil Angel expanded that vision into darker, more cinematic territory. With her 2024 album Queen of Hearts, she leaned further into diaristic songwriting that balanced vulnerability with camp. The depth of her artistic vision has earned recognition from tastemakers including PAPER, V Magazine, DAZED, and Rolling Stone.

Alongside her streaming success and devoted online fanbase, Zolita has built a formidable live presence. She’s sold out iconic venues like Bowery Ballroom and The Troubadour, performed at major festivals including Governors Ball and Boston Calling, and is set to take the stage at All Things Go DC this summer.

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