From bedroom confessionals to unfiltered, genre-bending pop, Heleina Zara transforms her heaviest seasons into her most cathartic body of work yet. We sat down with the singer-songwriter on a cold June morning to talk about her second EP, Breaking Point. A deeply raw, full-circle project blending vintage jazz warmth, modern pop grit, and the hard truths of navigating life, family, and letting go of people-pleasing.

Heleina Zara, an Australian-Filipina singer-songwriter from Sydney is about to be a household name. Opening for Peach PRC and Jack Gray on their respective headline tours earlier this year and now having just wrapped up with Gretta Ray on her ‘Big Pop Tour’, Heleina is set to be Australia’s next big star.