Your Heart Will Thank You — the brand-new album

Freshly dropped August 21, 2026, Your Heart Will Thank You is available now on Spotify, TIDAL, Apple Music, YouTube Music, and all the rest.

“People keep telling me that I’ll remember this time as a turning point in my life.” So begins the first track, “WHAT GOES DOWN,” delivering excruciating lyrics through insane pitched-up hyperpop vocals over a hard beat and harder synthesizers. Your Heart Will Thank You moves immediately onto a grand piano ballad made in the image of Wicked and RENT and of far deeper cuts: “i want to want” examines ambition, anxiety and self-esteem through a complete twist on the archetypes of the finest Broadway shows — the ones that explore personal goals at a level of desperation and earnestness.

Thus far the best-received track on Your Heart Will Thank You is “peonies,” which catalogues a devastating blindside breakup in a unique chronology, literary symbols, emotional detail, and the back-and-forth of a life on the road: An exhausting, exhilarating 2025 that Zaq Baker spent touring his debut novel, Unspectacular — a Midwest music story, family dramedy, and immigration narrative.

Your Heart Will Thank You features “jetlag,” manic-depressive metaphor featuring Maria Coyne (Maria and the Coins) over sparkling synthesizers and a dance beat; “treadmill,” another mental illness metaphor featuring Hayley Lewis (Corzine) over a grand piano, gentle synths, and a bedroom pop beat; “spearmint,” longtime fan favorite translated to 80’s synths and guitars; political protest song “victorious,” and plenty more.

You can stream Your Heart Will Thank You — whose album cover features a crushed-up energy can, reflecting elation, exhaustion, and nerves, all at once — wherever you listen online. Zaq can even share the folder directly if desired.

Thank you for listening <3