Anja Kotar Discography
The official discography of Anja Kotar, a Slovenian-born, California-based pop singer-songwriter, producer, and classically trained pianist making whimsical, cinematic, literary pop.
Explore Anja Kotar’s albums, EPs, ongoing projects, and released songs, from seasonal pop and romcom-inspired storytelling to literary songs about books, memory, love, girlhood, solitude, and romanticizing everyday life.
At The Bookstore
ongoing literary-pop project
At The Bookstore is an ongoing literary-pop project by Anja Kotar inspired by books, book covers, genres, bookstores, art, fairytales, imagined worlds, and the stories we build around them.
Each song functions like another book on the shelf, moving between autobiography, romance, science fiction, art, family, solitude, memory, and whimsical fictional worlds.
Songs in At The Bookstore:
Diver
The Many Lives Of Juliet
To Tell You The Truth
When I Fall In Love
Montana Sky
Timekeeper’s Secret
Louvre
Second Star To The Right
Dinner Parties
The Art Of Letting Go
How To Grow Lilies On The Moon
Writers & Lovers
A Study In Waiting
From autobiographical reflections and fairytale imagery to lunar gardens, Roman history, art museums, and orchestral love songs, At The Bookstore is the literary center of Anja Kotar’s current music.
Hopeless Romantic
album • 2023
Hopeless Romantic is Anja Kotar’s romcom-inspired pop album about meeting someone, falling in love, learning to trust that love, and eventually realizing that home can be another person.
The ten-song album unfolds like a romantic comedy, beginning with a heroine dreaming about movie-like love and ending with the quiet intimacy of building an ordinary life together.
Tracklist:
Hopeless Romantic
Meetcute
Definitely, Maybe
Can’t Blame A Girl For Trying
Everywhere
Butterflies
Surrender
Poetry
Missing You
Nothing
For listeners who love romcoms, cinematic love stories, butterflies, destiny, handwritten notes, longing, and the idea of finding magic inside everyday life.
12 Months
12-song musical calendar • 2022
12 Months turns the calendar into music with one Anja Kotar song for every month of the year.
Each song captures the weather, colors, rituals, memories, and emotional atmosphere of its month. Drawing on Anja’s background as a classically trained pianist, the project also incorporates classical music references and interpolations throughout.
Tracklist:
January
February
March
April
May
June
July
August
September
October
November
December
From January resolutions and April rain to August stargazing, October horror-movie camp, November train rides, and December nostalgia, 12 Months is a year told through pop songs.
Songs From Isolation
EP • 2021
Songs From Isolation is a six-song pop EP created around the strange emotional landscape of isolation, escapism, loneliness, imagination, and connection.
The project moves between Italian daydreams, solitude, movies, imagined romance, and midnight walks through Paris.
Tracklist:
Tuscany
Simple
Alone Together
Movie
Love Song
Midnight In Paris
Earlier Music
Nomad
album • 2017
Nomad is Anja Kotar’s debut album, a concept project about growing up, identity, belonging, moving between countries, and searching for a sense of home.
Released in 2017, the project reflects the experience of growing up between Slovenia and California and the feeling of belonging everywhere and nowhere at the same time.
Earlier standalone releases:
2019 - 2021
Before Songs From Isolation, 12 Months, Hopeless Romantic, and At The Bookstore, Anja Kotar released a series of standalone pop singles exploring growing up, technology, relationships, identity, and life in California.
Kids
1500
Brain
Digital Diary
House Party
Really Like You
Woo!
Fun For You
About Anja Kotar’s Music
Anja Kotar writes and produces whimsical, cinematic pop rooted in storytelling. Her catalog moves through books, seasons, memory, girlhood, love, family, solitude, classical music, and the small details that make ordinary life feel cinematic.
A classically trained pianist with a Master’s degree in Music Production from Berklee College of Music, Anja frequently incorporates piano, orchestral textures, live strings, and classical references into contemporary pop songwriting.
FAQ
What albums has Anja Kotar released?
Anja Kotar released her debut album Nomad in 2017 and the romcom-inspired album Hopeless Romantic in 2023. Her other major projects include the 2021 EP Songs From Isolation, the 2022 musical calendar 12 Months, and the ongoing literary-pop project At The Bookstore.
Is At The Bookstore an Anja Kotar album?
At The Bookstore is an ongoing literary-pop project by Anja Kotar rather than a completed fixed album. New songs are added to the project as it develops.
What songs are part of At The Bookstore?
Released songs in Anja Kotar’s At The Bookstore project include “Diver,” “The Many Lives Of Juliet,” “To Tell You The Truth,” “When I Fall In Love,” “Montana Sky,” “Timekeeper’s Secret,” “Louvre,” “Second Star To The Right,” “Dinner Parties,” “The Art Of Letting Go,” “How To Grow Lilies On The Moon,” “Writers & Lovers,” and “A Study In Waiting.”
What is Anja Kotar’s 12 Months project?
12 Months is a musical calendar released in 2022 consisting of twelve seasonal pop songs named January through December. Classical music interpolations and references are woven throughout the project.
What kind of music does Anja Kotar make?
Anja Kotar makes whimsical, cinematic, literary pop with piano-led songwriting, classical and orchestral influences, conversational lyrics, and songs about books, seasons, memory, girlhood, romance, solitude, family, and romanticizing everyday life.
Where can I listen to Anja Kotar’s music?
Anja Kotar’s music is available on Spotify, Apple Music, YouTube, and other major streaming platforms.