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Provocative Lyrics | Lush Vocals | Profound Soul

ZENON is a bi-racial, non-binary singer/songwriter forging a path with Soul. Their voice at that forefront packs power with masterful control, their heart pens lyrics that paint a story of personal struggles with mental health in 7 Deadly Sins to What It Was an ‘in your face’ song about social injustices and its impacts.

What It Was, captures those injustices so well, it wins them 2 awards and ZENON’s debut album GENRE Z got nominated in multiple categories at the 2023 YYC Music Awards and in the R&B/Soul category at Western Canadian Music Awards. This album is an expression of their journey with music and was instrumental in ZENON finding their passion with Soul.

Performing ~40 live shows a year ZENON has played SLED Island, Canmore Folk Fest Warm Up, Calgary Folk Fest Blockheater, Calgary Pride, Prince George Folk Fest Dak'et Shun Inli. They opened for Alex Cuba at a Road to the Juno’s event, shared the stage with Mattmac, warmed the audience for Allison Russell, and double headlined with Amy Bishop and Theo Tams. ZENON collaborated on a K-Riz song, won a contest with Queer Collective Out Loud and a collaborated on This Little Light with (Theo Tams) The Rainbow Collective.

FwL is ZENON’S latest single and a glimpse into their upcoming album Redecorating My Mind. This song is soulful and rhythmic, the lyrics are ZENON’s brutally honest reflection of ignoring red flags even while questioning their own instincts and feelings. With raw emotion and lush vocals, ZENON lays bare the weight of unfulfilled expectations, lingering doubts, and the realization that love, when played with, plays right back. FwL leads the way for an album that's more than transformation — it's a warning, a wish, and an awakening all in one.

ZENON’s current projects involve 3 singles releasing in June, August and October in advance of an album and they are composing 12 songs for an exciting musical theatre production as co-creator with Dan Clapson.

Armed with a BMus degree, large repertoire and live show charisma ZENON's trajectory is upward.

• Nominated for R&B/Soul and Solo Artist of the year with YYCMA 2025

• Premiere with Range for latest release titled FwL

• Working with Rick Barker as a publicity and branding coach

• Winner of Out Loud with Queer Collective featuring live off the floor music videos of 2 originals and an interview - June 2024

• Collaborator in This Little Light with Theo Tams and The Rainbow Collective - May/June 2024

• Interview on City TV Toronto with Theo Tams - June 2024

• Live in studio performance of This Little Light on CTV Mary Berg Show - June 2024

• Released Falling (Into You) a sexy Neo-Soul song with risqué French Lyrics - April 2024

• Headliner with Canadian Idol winner, Theo Tams - March 2024

• Double billed with The Launch finalist, Amy Bishop - Jan 2024

• Opened for CBC Searchlight winner, Mattmac - Oct 2023

• Warmed the audience for Allison Russell - Aug 2023

• Road to Juno’s opener for Alex Cuba - Feb 2023

• Debut album GENRE Z nominated in multiple categories with YYC Music Awards and in the R&B/Soul category with Western Canadian Music Awards - Oct 2023

• Once In A Lifetime - featured artist collaboration with K-Riz - Oct 2023

• Curated AB/BC 2023-2024 Concert Series - 9 stages in 2 provinces

• Live show experience - ~40 gigs a year

• Solo Artist of the Year Award - YYCMA 2022

• Emerging Artist of the Year Award - YYCMA 2021

• Showcases:

  - Departure Toronto - May 2025

• Sound Off Summit - Oct 2023

  - Canadian Music Week (CMW) - June 2023

  - NXNE - June 2023

  - AB Showcase - Oct 2022

• Incubator Artist Programs:

  - Arts Commons - TD Incubator Oct 2022 - Apr 2023

  - MST - Mountain Standard Time - Dec 23 - April 2024

• Interviews - see All Media Coverage for Radio, TV, Editorial, Podcasts, Newspaper