NASHVILLE, Tenn. – Up-and-coming pop ingenue colby! joins forces with rising singer/songwriter Shaya Zamora for “Monster,” a moody new duet and its accompanying “Stranger Things” inspired music video. Listen HERE and watch HERE.
“‘Monster’ is about two people stuck in a toxic relationship. They don’t bring out the best in each other, and they know it, but for some reason, they can’t let go—or even try to become better for one another,” shared colby! on the inspiration behind the haunting track.
Over a sparse bassline, colby!’s dreamy vocals blend with Zamora’s grounded baritone. “One day, I got a text from Shaya with a little audio file and a message that just said, ‘Hey, what do you think about this song idea?’ It was just a verse and chorus idea, but I loved it right away,” explained colby!. “I took it to my brother and producer, RJ, and from there, we started messing around with it—sending it back and forth with Shaya.
The whole process came together pretty quickly. The song was a bit different from what I had written before, both lyrically and sonically, so it was fun to explore and bring it to life. And I’m so glad Shaya featured on it—I think what we ended up with is really special.”
colby! most recently released “To Each Their Own,” which Clout celebrated as “absorbing and vibrant,” while lauding colby! as “an artist that we can’t get enough of as of late.” She is actively writing and recording with new music expected throughout the year.
ABOUT colby!: Named an artist to watch by Galore and Fault, colby! grew up in Fort Worth, TX, surrounded by live music and spent her time exploring creative passions like singing, writing, baking painting, and performing. Diagnosed with severe dyslexia at age 8, she spent three years in intensive therapy to learn how to slow her brain down enough to try to read.
Creative arts helped her cope, and she started singing and writing at a young age. At 14, she began cowriting with her producer and brother, RJ Johnson, a Berklee College of Music grad. Follow along with colby! at colbyofficially.com and on Instagram, TikTok and YouTube.
ABOUT SHAYA ZAMORA Rising-singer songwriter Shaya Zamora has swiftly become a phenomenon with his raw emotion and vibrant acoustic melodies, built upon a singular strain of intimate songcraft and deeply spiritual storytelling. Raised in rural Washington, the gifted young artist quickly found a following, earning him millions of worldwide streams and an increasingly fervent fan base in the months since his summer 2023 debut.
Zamora ascended even higher with his breakthrough release of “Pretty Little Devil.” Now with more than 70M global streams (including over 5M global streams in its first week alone), the track rose to #2 on iTunes’ Alternative Chart while also ranking among the upper reaches of Apple Music and Shazam’s US and Global charts.