Queer Pop Sensation Zolita Premieres “Small Town Scandal” and Announces Upcoming Album and Tour! | GLAAD
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2024 is the year of queer country! Pop sensation and sapphic icon Zolita has just dropped what might be the song of the summer. “Small Town Scandal” is Zolita’s way of reclaiming the genre LGBTQ people have been ostracized from for years… and it’s a banger!
“About a year ago, I started going queer line dancing at a place called Stud Country. It has been unbelievably healing to reclaim a part of American culture that queer people have historically been excluded from – and it inspired me to write my new song ‘Small Town Scandal,’” Zolita said in a statement. “The lyrics in this song are simultaneously sexy and funny and unabashedly gay. I grew up a horse girl obsessed with country music – so I am unbelievably excited to finally release a song that is infused with so many of my favorite 2000’s country references.”
With lyrics like; “She’s a verse in the saddle, save a horse, ride a cowgirl!” what’s not to love?
“Small Town Scandal” is just one of eight new songs off Zolita’s upcoming album Queen of Hearts. Dropping May 31st, the album comes out just in time for Pride!
“I feel like I got to explore things that I had never written about before—things that maybe I was a little bit afraid to write about,” she says about Queen of Hearts.
Already receiving critical acclaim, Billboard states, “Brandishing her unique brand of alt-pop artistry, Zolita spends much of ‘Bloodstream’ penning her very own declaration of love. Declaring that they want to be as physically close to her partner as possible, the star’s hazy vocal and rollicking production sound like they could soundtrack the climactic moment of any late-2000s rom-com. And that’s just part of what makes ‘Bloodstream’ so irresistibly good.”
Other addicting singles off the album that have already been released include “Bloodstream” and “All Girls Go to Heaven.” Check out her latest music video here:
The unapologetically queer song and music video proclaim that “All girls go to heaven and God is gay!”
PAPER Magazine has stated, “There’s only more to come from the budding pop star and we can’t wait to hear where she’s going, while Out Magazine says, “Zolita, one of the hottest voices in sapphic pop, is ready to win the hearts of lesbians everywhere.”
Zolita is hitting the road on her US Tour this fall! Catch her in a city near you:
September 9, 2024 – Santa Ana, CA – Constellation Room
September 14, 2024 – Phoenix, AZ – Rebel Lounge
September 16, 2024 – Dallas, TX – HOB Cambridge Room
September 17, 2024 – Austin, TX – 3Ten @ ACL
September 18, 2024 – Houston, TX – HOB Bronze Peacock
September 20, 2024 – Atlanta, GA – Aisle 5
September 21, 2024 – Charlotte, NC – Visulite
September 22, 2024 – Nashville, TN – Exit/In
September 24, 2024 – Washington, DC – Atlantis
September 25, 2024 – Philadelphia, PA – The Foundry @ The Fillmore
September 27, 2024 – New York, NY – Bowery Ballroom
September 28, 2024 – Boston, MA – Brighton Music Hall
October 1, 2024 – Toronto, ON – Velvet Underground
October 3, 2024 – Columbus, OH – The Basement
October 4, 2024 – Chicago, IL – Chop Shop
October 5, 2024 – Minneapolis, MN – 7th Street Entry
October 8, 2024 – Denver, CO – Larimer Lounge
October 9, 2024 – Salt Lake City, UT – Kilby Court
October 11, 2024 – Seattle, WA – Barboza
October 12, 2024 – Portland, OR – Holocene
October 15, 2024 – San Francisco, CA – The Independent
October 17, 2024 – San Diego, CA – SOMA Sidestage
October 18, 2024 – Los Angeles, CA – Troubadour
Get your tickets here and stream Queen of Hearts starting May 31st!
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