Kenan McWilliams, better known as Zeke Forever, has been making music their whole life. At just 13, they started recording with a Wii microphone on the family computer, piecing together songs however they could. Now grown, Zeke is still curating the sonic collage of their life, blending their love for pop and dance music with their deep-rooted influences in contemporary gospel and R&B.

Inspired by the uniqueness of B. Slade and Lady Gaga and the grooves of Beyoncé and Kaytranada, Zeke’s goal is simple: to make whoever listens feel a little less alone, just like music has always done for them.

But Zeke doesn’t just sing and produce—they perform. And with the help of BODI, Simon Ray, Mnool, and Luke Colbert, they have been able to “see things they’ve imagined .”