Baby Zionov - Henrietta (2022)

"This album is a love letter to the music that brought me joy," says Zionov.

"Music that captured my imagination in my formative years, when I was a gay teenage shut-in digging through the depths of Internet music fan blogs and communities all day. That sort of approach can be really interesting because you get all sorts of wonderful music from all walks of life dropped right in your lap, but you’re often totally disconnected from the time, place, and context it came from. You end up constructing your own narrative around it, an anachronistic little world to make it all fit together."

"Henrietta is my attempt to bring that world in my head to life, with the help of my wonderful, ridiculously talented collaborators and friends."

Baby Zionov is the musical project of Aaliyah Zionov (she/her), a musician and songwriter currently based in Tāmaki Makaurau.

Baby Zionov's music takes influence from 90s happy hardcore, 70s space disco, and vintage 16-bit video game soundtracks. She lays her playfully sensual vocals delicately throughout the mix.

Henrietta (out July 1 via Sunreturn) is Baby Zionov's debut album.