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“Make Up Your Mind, You're Boring”: ZUZY Takes control with “Up To Me”
Gold Coast artist ZUZY isn't here to be a passenger to her own career. From Szczecin music theory to funk grooves and live looping, she breaks down calling her own shots on new single "Up To Me," dodging flat situationships, and taking total control of her sound.
ArtistBio
ZUZY is a Polish-Australian songwriter, producer and live-looping performer based on the Gold Coast. Her alternative pop blends electronic textures, funk-influenced grooves, introspective songwriting and a playful sense of humour. Drawing inspiration from migration, neurodivergence, relationships, nature and solitude, she transforms personal observations into songs that are thoughtful, distinctive and emotionally direct.
ZUZY’s debut three-song project brings together “Gravel Road” (June 2026), “Up To Me” (September 2026) and the Polish-language “Sama w domu” (October 2026). Created between Poland and Australia and supported by the City of Gold Coast Arts Development Fund, the project connects her Polish roots with her creative life on the Gold Coast.
ARTIST STATEMENT
I write songs about moments and contradictions that are easy to miss: finding comfort in solitude, disguising loneliness as confidence, leaving one place while carrying it with you, or being given all the power in a relationship only to realise that means doing all the work.
Nature, movement, migration, neurodivergence and relationships all find their way into my music. Many songs begin with an observation - a walk through the bush, an awkward conversation, somebody refusing to make a decision and calling it easygoing, or keeping an evening free while insisting I’m not waiting for anyone.
My work moves between introspection and absurdity. Through songwriting, production and live looping, I build layers of voice, keys and rhythm, giving humour and vulnerability room to exist together. Sometimes the confidence is real. Sometimes it’s part of the performance.
I’m not interested in providing neat answers. I want people to recognise themselves, feel something, laugh a little and feel less alone - even when a song catches them doing something they’d rather not admit.
LIVE PERFORMANCE
ZUZY performs original alternative pop using voice, piano, keyboard, percussion and live-looping technology. Building arrangements in real time, she layers vocals, harmonies, rhythms and instrumentation into songs that develop in front of the audience.
Her performances combine musicianship with personal storytelling, improvisation and dry humour. Each set offers an intimate look at how the music is constructed while giving every performance its own spontaneous character.
HIGHLIGHTS
• Recipient, City of Gold Coast Arts Development Fund, 2025–26
• Sama w Domu released 23 October 2026
• Up To Me released 4 September 2026
• Debut single Gravel Road released 26 June 2026
• Bachelor of Music Education, University of Szczecin
• Polish-Australian artist based on the Gold Coast
MUSIC
SAMA W DOMU (2026)
“Sama w domu” ("Home Alone") is a Polish-language trip-hop song about anxious–avoidant attachment and loneliness disguised as confidence. The narrator keeps her evening free for someone who may never arrive, insisting she is perfectly fine alone while quietly hoping he’ll change his mind.
At 69 BPM and six minutes, nine seconds, the single completes ZUZY’s Sour Cream trilogy, following “Gravel Road” and “Up To Me”.
Filmed and edited by ZUZY at home, the music video brings two versions of her into the same room: one keeping up appearances, the other showing the hurt underneath.
Released 23 October 2026,
Music, lyrics and vocals: ZUZY (Zuzanna Wawruszczak).
Production and mixing: Benny D. Williams
Mastering: Paul Blakey — 12th & Vine Post
Music video: ZUZY
Distribution: GYROstream
UP TO ME (2026)
Up To Me is a cheeky, funk-tinged alternative-pop track inspired by people who refuse to make decisions and call it being easygoing. What begins as romantic frustration becomes a wider reflection on emotional labour, power and the exhaustion of always being expected to choose, organise and carry the relationship.
The track was created between Poland and Australia. Filmed on the Gold Coast by Zane Taprell, the official music video connects ZUZY’s Australian creative life with her Polish roots. It places her at a table filled with Polish food, wearing a floral tracksuit from Poland, as the scene gradually descends into surreal chaos.
Released 4 September 2026
Music, lyrics and vocals: ZUZY (Zuzanna Wawruszczak).
Production: Robert Cichy - Nana Music
Mixing: Benny D Williams
Mastering: Paul Blakey - 12th & Vine Post
Music video: ZUZY
Distribution: GYROstream
GRAVEL ROAD (2026)
Gravel Road was inspired by time spent exploring the hinterland of South East Queensland. The song reflects on the restorative power of nature and the importance of slowing down long enough to think, feel and reconnect.
Built around warm melodies and reflective lyrics, Gravel Road captures the experience of leaving behind everyday noise and finding clarity where the sealed road ends. It introduced ZUZY’s original music project and her interest in nature, movement, belonging and the spaces between places.
Released 26 June 2026
Music, lyrics and vocals: ZUZY (Zuzanna Wawruszczak).
Production and mixing: Benny D. Williams
Mastering: Paul Blakey - 12th & Vine Post
Music video: ZUZY
Distribution: GYROstream
Supported by City of Gold Coast Arts Development Fund.
The Arts Development Fund is a City of Gold Coast Council fund that supports the Gold Coast’s creative community by fostering professional pathways and skills development, contributing to our city’s vibrant lifestyle.
