María Zardoya is a Puerto Rican-born, Atlanta-raised singer best known as the
front woman of the indie-pop band The Marías. After international success with
Submarine (2024), she launched her intimate solo project, Not for Radio,
releasing the ethereal debut album Melt in October 2025. Described as a “gothic
fairy,” Zardoya created Melt in wintry isolation in upstate New York with Sam
Evian and Gianluca Buccellati. Blending dream-pop, psychedelia, and emotional
introspection with Not For Radio, Zardoya explores love, loss, and
self-rediscovery within a meditative alternate realit...