Vanyaland
August 20, 2021 by Victoria Wasylak - For a woman whose world is forever askew, Zola Simone is really making a go of it. The 18-year-old establishes herself as Boston’s newest purveyor of pop on “Sideways,” the caustic highlight of her debut LP Now You See Me, out today (August 20). “We wear our parents’ problems / Call that shit vintage,” she quips…(more)
Sound Of Boston
April 25, 2022 by Eleanor Dash - In her debut album, Now You See Me, Zola Simone blasts onto the Boston music scene. She won the award for best new artist at the 2021 Boston Music Awards and her album was nominated for the prestigious Album of the Year award. The album pairs an indie-pop sound with R&B influences that span multiple styles from singer-songwriter to upbeat pop, which are further strengthened by Simone’s poetic lyrical skills. (more)
Five Cent Sound
August 20, 2022 by Minna Abdel-Gawad - Despite her age, 19-year-old indie pop artist Zola Simone attains an impressive following in the Boston music scene. The New England native recently won the Boston Music Awards title as "Best New Artist" and had her song “Easy” featured in the Netflix original series “Atypical.” Simone started sharing her music in 2016 when she was only 13 years old. (more)
Boston Herald
September 12, 2021 by Jed Gottlieb - As a kid, Zola Simone took part in a music program at Boston’s Center for Teen Empowerment. Now 18, Simone recalls staring in awe at images of some of the city’s up-and-coming stars that lined the center’s walls. “I remember they had posters of Dutch ReBelle and Michael Christmas,” she told the Herald, referencing the Boston hip-hop heroes... (more)
Worcester Magazine
November 22, 2021 by Victor D. Infante - In “Old Soul,” the second song on her debut album, “Now You See Me,” 18-year-old singer-songwriter Zola Simone sings, “Everybody’s trying to be different/But just doing all the same (expletive)/Wanna be a misfit/Not the pain that comes with it/My heart out on my sleeve/Like a fashion novelty/Nobody gets it/I guess I’ll always be an old soul.” (more)
Vanyaland
September 30, 2022 by Victoria Wasylak - It takes a New Englander like Zola Simone to fully appreciate how lovely something can look right before it croaks. The release of her new EP Flower — out today, September 30 — comes at a pivotal time in the season. Lush green forests shift to sharp shades of crimson and canary yellow. Soon they’ll weaken to a brittle brown. Then snap free from… (more)