Los Angeles artist zzzahara releases “She Doesn’t Want Me To Exist,” the fourth single/video from their forthcoming album, Distant Lands, out Friday on Lex Records. Following last month’s “Speed Racer,” deemed both a “Song You Need to Know” by Rolling Stone and one of Pitchfork’s “Selects”, “She Doesn’t Want Me To Exist” is a bedroom pop cut that has its roots in romance, but quickly turned into something else.

The song was inspired by a recent instance of zzzahara running into someone they’d been seeing at the bar. The ending of “She Doesn’t Want Me To Exist” is an emotional display of teenage angst. The music video depicts a child who spends some time with his mom before she takes off. That abandonment wound manifests into his adult years and is a core memory that haunts him via relationship insecurity.

zzzahara recently wrapped a U.S. tour with Yot Club and will celebrate the release of Distant Lands with a party at Brain Dead in Los Angeles featuring a record signing and special merch pop-up. Later this summer zzzahara will support Willis across the West Coast before heading to the Netherlands and the UK in the fall. A full list of dates is below.

The followup to their 2025 album, Spiral Your Way Out, their fourth album Distant Lands produced by Casey Lagos, came to them in a dream they had of their brother who passed away when they were 12. The album title comes from the sense that they exist, now, in different worlds, touching from a distance. It also references disconnected headspace zzzahara was in when they were taking opiates in their early 20s. The dream about their brother prompted zzzahara both to dig deeper and zoom out; sit with some old wounds and write songs outside their comfort zone of sex and romance. Rather than focusing on the turbulence of their recent love life, they took influence from long-standing feelings around their family life and experiences with opioid addiction.

Distant Lands also takes inspiration from Wong Kar Wai movies—their flawed characters and terminal state of yearning, as well as works of literature that embrace the uncertain and follow the logic that many conflicting things can be true at once (Milan Kundera has made a significant appearance in their reading list). This self-administered cultural education is something they feel has given them a healthy sense of perspective that has led to more stability, without sacrificing their natural wild streak.

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zzzahara Tour Dates
Tue. Aug. 4 – Phoenix, AZ @ Crescent Ballroom ^
Thu. Aug. 6 – Solana Beach, CA @ Music Box ^
Fri. Aug. 7 – Los Angeles @ The Bellwether ^
Tue. Aug. 11 – Portland, OR @ Mississippi Theatre ^
Wed. Aug. 11 – Seattle. WA @ The Crocodile ^
Fri. Aug. 14 – Salt Lake City, UT @ Soundwell ^
Sat. Aug. 15 – Denver, CO @ Bluebird ^
Fri. Oct. 30 – Amsterdam, NL @ London Calling
Sat. Oct. 31 – Den Haag, NL @ PAARD
Tue. Nov. 3 – London, UK @ The Victoria Dalston
Wed. Nov. 4 – Brighton, UK @ Green Door Store
Sat. Nov. 7 – Bristol, UK @ Simple Things Festival

^ w/ Willis