Ari Zizzo

“I would really like to make an impact with the music I make,” Ari Zizzo says. “Hopefully I’ll be able to help people through my music.”

Zizzo, a Manhattan native, wields many labels: Musician. New Yorker. Guitarist. Pianist. Sober. Transgender. But above all, he’s a self-taught singer-songwriter/producer with a penchant for pop and EDM. It’s this dynamic combination of life experience, heartbreak, and identity, that makes up Ari Zizzo.

Ari hails from the Upper East Side where his musical parents—his dad, a record producer and songwriter, and his mom, a vocal coach and songwriter—incubated his early enchantment with music. He started piano at age 4, and by 13, he wanted to be an artist. After Ari studied music at SUNY Purchase, he moved to LA to set up shop as an artist.

Ari’s music is inspired by fierce love, gutting heartbreak, and his own struggle with identity. “Transitioning for me, when you get down to the nitty gritty stuff, it's obviously very different than someone just growing up,” Ari says. “But in some ways, it was just me trying to find myself and my identity, and so many young people struggle to deal with that in their own ways.”

The 26-year old is also inspired by his parents, who he cites as his greatest musical influences, alongside Joni Mitchell, Third Eye Blind, CSNY, John Mayer, and The 1975. Right now, he’s gearing up to release new music.

“I put my heart and soul into this,” Zizzo says. “I just want to share my story.”