Year of the ZABAL - Day 304
Gigi is not from the crypto space and she is not a musician. Here is how she ended up judging WaveWarZ battles.
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year of the zabal day 304
Yesterday I sat down with Gigi on BCZ Yapz, and the first thing she told me about crypto was "the thing is I'm not in crypto."
She is not from the crypto space, but with Stilo's help she set up a Phantom wallet and took part in Quick Battles and music trading, to experience them firsthand and understand the culture behind the community's regular Quick Battles.
That is what makes her story worth your time.
How she got here
Gigi spent years in communications and marketing for nonprofits. Then, at the end of her 20s, she decided she was going to make a point of having fun, no matter what else was going on. She went to two Chris Brown concerts, and she said it felt like her soul was revived.
She joined X in November 2025 to keep an archive of the songs and dances she loved. She did not know about Spaces, and she did not know about AI music. Then she and Stilo World started following each other about a week before his March battle, and she found WaveWarZ through him.
From listener to judge
For a long time she stayed a listener. Hurricane kept calling her up to take a mic, and she kept saying no, because she could hear the rhythm the speakers had and did not know where she fit.
When the AI tournament started she decided she should judge. She does not play an instrument, but she was a dancer for years and she knows how a track feels.
During her first AI music battle as a judge, Gigi offered feedback on rough transitions and songs that ran too long. Some artists took her suggestions and made adjustments. In later Spaces, her observations continued to come up whenever people discussed song structure and length. That's when she realized her feedback had made a lasting impression.
Watching a song get made
The part I loved most was ManWaveZ. In the prep for the community battle against MB Wif HitMakerZ, Gigi pushed the crew to stop picking tracks in open Spaces where the other side could hear, and to move into a private Discord.
That is where the beat came in, and where the song got made on a Saturday. It was their first time using BandLab, Hurricane and Stilo were going off each other with no plan, and Candy was dropping sound effects into the chat. She had never seen a song made from start to finish, and she called it a music memory her brain will never forget.
WaveWarriorZ went on to win all three rounds of that battle.
Lit Studio
She also walked me through what she is helping Stilo build. The LIT in Lit Studio is her acronym, "Listen. Interact. Trade.", reflecting the platform's experience. On Lit Studio artists add their songs and can launch them as song tokens, and you can just stream there if you never want to buy a token. A song is more than a stream; by launching it on Solana artists own their release and build connections with the listeners who believe in them.
Cyberfy is a community events platform that helps people stay informed about upcoming events, projects and conversations, with reminders so community members stay connected and support one another.
She is clear that Stilo is the builder behind the platforms, while her contributions include brainstorming ideas, providing feedback, encouraging testing before launches, and helping manage Lit Studio's social media content and community engagement.
Independent artists mostly do everything alone. Gigi shows what one friend who shows up can do for that.
Watch it
I asked what keeps her coming back, and she said "the music and humor mainly and the people of course."
The full conversation is about 38 minutes: https://bczyapz.com/22
Find Gigi on X at @gigi_gw_.
The ZAO is an impact network that gives artists back their profit margin, data and IP rights. Music first, community second, technology third.
- BetterCallZaal on behalf of the ZABAL Team