Hailing from Magnolia, Texas, Zachary Knowles was bit by the musical bug at an early age, when his parents gifted him a light-up keyboard in first grade. Eventually, Knowles transitioned into writing his own material, and he was pleasantly surprised at the online reaction to his own work as it racked up tens of thousands of streams on SoundCloud almost immediately.

In his freshman year of college, he set a goal to release something properly and ended up with a series of well-received singles that led to a full EP of music touching on influences ranging from John Mayer to Post Malone and, most predominantly, Justin Bieber. He takes direct inspiration from his small-town upbringing, young love, and the lessons that come with growing up. Since then he has been turning heads in the pop and indie-R&B realms with two EPs, Feelings (2018) and Magnolia (2020), with songs such as "city" and “slow summer” that show off his gifted, yet ever-improving songwriting skills that caught the attention of Ones to Watch, Uproxx, Earmilk, The Line of Best Fit, and more.

On his new debut album tendency to be a loner, the selflessness of Zachary Knowles isn't just in the music's sweet lyrics of love, but also how it was made. Ashe, Alexander23, X Lovers, and more have been collaborators of his and they have all shared in a collective vision of expression to really serve listeners in the most impactful way possible. Spotify highlighted Knowles' recent singles on their New Music Friday playlist, where Knowles is a mainstay with his new releases. Read more on Last.fm. User-contributed text is available under the Creative Commons By-SA License; additional terms may apply.