Zolita was born on September 23, 1994, in New York to Heidi Schwarck and Holger Hoetzel, and was raised in Calabasas, California.

Her father inspired her to start making music and she grew up playing bluegrass and flat pick guitar.

[5] In June 2016, she released a video for the single "Holy", containing themes of female sexuality, spirituality, and feminism.

[6] In 2017, Zolita released the first single from her second extended play Sappho titled "Fight Like a Girl", a protest song with feminist themes inspired by the Donald Trump 2016 presidential campaign.

[11] On December 5, 2018, she released "Truth Tea" along with a music video as the lead single from her debut album, Evil Angel.

[12] On March 8, 2019, she released "Black Magic" along with a visual video, however, the song wasn't included on the final tracklist of her debut album.

[16] On September 25 of the same year she released "Bedspell" as the fourth single from the album, and on November 20 she premiered the music video on the online magazine's website Them.