What if Billy Joel was younger and dumber? What if a passionate quintet jumped around from synthpop to high-energy emo to musical theatre? Ranging from the quirky to the desperately serious, Zaq Baker and his increasingly collaborative team dare to ask these questions.

In exploring love, mental illness, and growing up, Zaq Baker and his material have been described as “really whiny” and “like the male Taylor Swift.”

Zaq’s newest full-length album: If It’s Not Zaq Baker Live at the Green Room, I’m Not Going, released December 8, 2023. The concert record defies genres, ranging from the eras captured above.

Zaq’s heavily 1980’s-inspired mini-album, Solarbaby, was released January 17, 2023. Solarbaby is preceded by This Time It’s Personal (February 2022). Zaq released four very special singles just beforehand: “Ojos,” “Never Getting Older,” “Molly’s Song” (née “Dairy Queen”), and “Cavemen.”

Zaq’s catalogue includes highly theatrical EP Maddie’s Delivery Service (February 2021) — an exhale to the heavily anticipated and largely confessional Cardio (December 2020). Zaq’s early work includes full-length album Getting Younger (July 2018) and Housewarming EP (December 2017).

Zaq dropped a music video for “Get the Message” in February 2023, and a music video for “Someone to Believe In” in November 2022. Zaq’s concept videos also included puppy-love single “I Wanna Be Your Night Owl” (October 2020); loveworn summer song “Spearmint” (August 2018); and two recent live video sessions — the Good Kid Manic Summer series (April 2020).

Zaq’s most recent release, “treadmill,” features Corzine in vocal duet, supported by forward-facing production.