About Heleina Zara

Heleina Zara has been writing music since she was 7 years old, channelling growing pains into songwriting and using music as a coping mechanism. Her first single ‘Alphabet Soup’ on Island Records Australia, garnered support from playlisting on Spotify’s New Music Friday, Pop n’ Fresh, hits different, Apple Music’s New Music Daily, Superbloom, Breaking Pop, New In Pop and YouTube’s Alt Pop Now.

With her parents in the airlines, Heleina moved through countries, climates and time zones during her upbringing. Music was her constant. Being Filipino, music was always present. From old jazz records all the way to karaoke. At the age of 7 Heleina was introduced to Taylor Swift’s second record, ‘Fearless,’ and became obsessed with the world of songwriting.

She approaches her songwriting with an unapologetic boldness, refusing to shy away from expressing exactly how she feels in the moment. No matter the mood, her songwriting allows her to be carried away in a flood of emotion while still finding a way to connect universally.
 
Her authenticity as an artist has landed her supports for artists like Peach PRC, Hemlocke Springs, Wallice, UMI, Will Swinton, Gretta Ray. Jack Gray & Carla Wehbe.

Heleina Zara is also known for her acting work, appearing in Netflix series Wellmania, starring Celeste Barber, playing the younger version of JJ Fong’s character Amy Kwan.