Music
ZAR is a Canadian musician showcasing a genre-bending sound influenced by hip hop, rock, and alternative genres.
Growing up in Toronto, Canada, ZAR developed an interest in music at age 14 and began creating projects
as a hobby. He eventually made his debut as an artist in June 26, 2018, publishing his first single “Say Less”.
Since then, he has garnered over 300,000 streams on Spotify and approximately 200,000 SoundCloud plays, reaching
a diverse audience across 87 different countries. ZAR gained some success with the release of his music video
for the song called “Drowning”, published in 2019 (gaining 26,000 YouTube views and nearly 250,000 Spotify streams),
with the top 5 streaming countries being the United States, Germany, Canada, United Kingdom and Australia.
Listeners describe ZAR’s music to be aggressively versatile, demonstrating a mixture of moods ranging from very
mellow to extremely upbeat. Followers often comment that his music is an exchange of emotions which can
be felt through his lyrics and melodies. Influenced by foreign sounds, ZAR is known to experiment with
new melodies and introduce new tones in his music. Listeners have asked why he’s so underrated, he
believes that it’s simply a matter of time, and encourages people to be on the look-out for his come up.