LOLO ZOUAÏ – A COLORS SHOW
Today, acclaimed artist and songwriter Lolo Zouaï shares her intimate, powerful and vibrant performance of “Desert Rose pt 2” via A COLORS SHOW, the unique aesthetic music platform showcasing exceptional talent from around the globe.
By invoking her Algerian roots and family heritage, Lolo taps into the heart of debates around identity and post-colonial memory through the power R&B ballad, where shadow and light coexist in a cloud of hope. “Desert Rose pt 2” is the latest single from her upcoming album, Reverie, due April 24 via Because Music.
Watch her stunning performance of “Desert Rose pt 2” via A COLORS SHOW.
“Desert Rose pt 2” is the second part of her biggest song, 2019’s “Desert Rose,” and speaks of inherited, invisible wounds, but also of the strength to resist and bloom in the desert. It’s a political song in the deepest sense: it links the personal and the collective. “Desert Rose Pt 2” is an echo of struggles to reclaim erased memories: a moving return to roots and blood ties, where love and pain intertwine with resilience.
Lolo Zouaï embodies a triad of culture: born in Paris, raised in San Francisco, and shaped by her Algerian roots, and she explores each thread beautifully throughout the genre-bending third studio album Reverie. Throughout the album, Lolo reinvents herself and reconnects with who she is after years of silence, grief, and rebirth and reflects deep introspection that blends vulnerability with self-assertion. Production flows smoothly through alternative R&B, hip-hop, pop and Arabic influences, creating dark, sensual, and cinematic textures. Singing equally in both French and English with touches of Arabic, Lolo’s voice is at the heart of the narrative. Each song is a journey through her wounds, memories, and dreams, where floating melodies and raw emotion intertwine to spark reflection and escapism in the listener.
Zouaï recently shared “Holding On,” a track that illustrates the tension between holding on to the past and loss, and the desire to move forward with your life, written after experiencing the loss of her best friend. Reverie also explicitly explores Lolo’s French roots, through French language collaborations with Dinos on “Les Mots” – a track where the two craft an intimate, romantic exchange built on desire, restraint and unspoken wounds; Lous and the Yakuza on “Lemon Squeeze”; and Disiz on “Coquelicot.” “Les mots” followed the album’s lead single, “3AM in San Francisco” – a track that was praised by The FADER, Rolling Stone and more, and effortlessly fuses her airy vocals with punchy trap production, and seamlessly bridges her roots as she shifts between English and French.
With 600+ million streams to her name, tours supporting Dua Lipa with Caroline Polachek on Dua’s 2022 world tour, her own PLAYGIRL World tour in 2023 and High Highs to Low Lows World Tour in 2019, as well as fashion collaborations with the likes of Nike, Coach, Dior, YSL, Chanel and Reebok, and musical collaborations with Blood Orange, Shygirl, E-40, Amber Mark, Saint Levant & Michaël Brun, Lolo Zouaï has established herself as an essential figure in the American and French scenes, uniquely mastering these two cultural universes with subtlety. In addition to her own music, Lolo’s songwriting credits includes tracks for K-Pop stars NewJeans (“Right Now”) and H.E.R.’s self-titled Grammy-winning album.
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