Zinadelphia

With a sound that blends the best of the past and present, Zinadelphia crafts timeless, colorful songs that play the long game. Following a successful trio of singles, Zinadelphia released her debut Lucky EP in 2023, and began touring as support for artists who are equally as audacious: Medium Build, Teddy Swims and most recently, Tori Kelly. "It's the most fun I've had in my whole life," she describes. She built her audience organically, performing cross-country for the first time and captivating new fans with her singular voice and charm. Entering 2024, Zinadelphia brought together writer-producers Leroy Clampitt and Gabe Goodman, working out of LA together to create a sound that is everything she's always wanted. "I'm very much a maximalist," she explains. "I wanted to dip into an old Hollywood feel, almost Burlesque-like." This aesthetic, combined with her love of 60s and 70s icons like The Supremes, Gloria Gaynor, and Tammi Terrell, birthed songs that feel reminiscent of those decades, while still being grounded in the present. Her next single, "Love Over Glory," encapsulates the power that Zinadelphia has always possessed, now on full display. She strives to be realistic, rather than aspirational, about her struggles, contrasting darker themes with high energy tempos. Referencing disco motifs with bombastic horns, funk bass lines and a four-on-the-floor beat, the single sets the stage for a new era to come: "It's the most me I've ever felt." Zinadelphia embraces life's "ugly truths'' through her songwriting, using music as an outlet to process new experiences and express herself. She captures the highs and lows of womanhood, marrying vintage aesthetics with a fresh and exciting perspective.

There’s something magical about growing up in the same house your whole life, and for Camille Blackman, her home in Washington, D.C. was more than just four walls. A place that wasn’t just a home, but a silent witness to her every phase in her life. Whether it was soccer cleats tossed by the door, basketball jerseys in the laundry, or late-night theater monologues practiced in her bedroom mirror, that house saw it all. Camille didn’t just dip her toes into life, she dove headfirst into every activity she could. Theater, tennis, track, basketball, music. You name it, she probably tried it (and probably crushed it, too lol). There’s even a version of reality out there where Camille becomes a Broadway star instead of a singer, but as she puts it, “the world may never know.”

School was just as unconventional and creatively charged as her home life. Camille went to a small, arts-focused middle and high school where students called teachers by their first names, and taking an art class wasn’t optional... it was a rite of passage. When she had to choose between theater and music, she ended up leaning towards music, not realizing just how life-defining that decision would be. That same year, she auditioned for the school’s jazz band as a vocalist and got in. That was her canon event, the spark to it all. Music became her “favorite fucking thing in the whole world.” And from that moment forward, it wasn’t just a class or a hobby, it was a full-blown obsession that followed her beyond the walls of her childhood home and into a life of artistry.