SZA components methods with longtime supervisor after releasing ‘Lana’

SZA has confirmed her cut up along with her longtime supervisor, solely 5 days after releasing her new album ‘Lana’.

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The singer revealed yesterday (December 25) that she had parted methods with Terrence “Punch” Henderson, who she has labored with since 2011.

Henderson, the co-president of High Dawg Leisure (TDE), had been closely concerned within the making of ‘Lana’, which arrived final Friday (December 20) after nearly a 12 months of teasing. Slightly than a standalone album, it exists as a deluxe model of her 2022 LP ‘SOS’.

Lower than a day after the file’s launch, SZA shared screenshots of her conversations along with her former supervisor about releasing much more songs. “punch gave the go forward to purge and drop all songs .. extra issues are on the way in which,” she wrote on Twitter/X, lower than a day after the album’s launch.

Then, she shared a screenshot of a dialog with Henderson, the place she’s requesting to launch three further tracks referred to as ‘Take You Down’, ‘PSA’ and ‘Open Arms’, saying “they’re all mastered already”.

Henderson then responded by telling SZA to “let this breathe for per week a minimum of”, including: “Give it to them for brand new years or Christmas”.

Now, it appears the way forward for these songs is unsure, after SZA responded to a fan on Instagram asking about them, saying: “these had been tracks punch and I spoke about releasing collectively prior. Clearly he stepped away abruptly so sorting the drop out was a bit difficult. Pls Give me a second .. they’ll be loaded.”

She then added: “And to be clear I like punch deeply ! NO ONE ought to be attacking him or being merciless on my behalf . Generally ppl develop aside and that’s okay.”

“Nothing to have a good time . The tip of an period,” she continued. “I want him the very best no matter his selections could also be.”

SZA responds to questions concerning the launch of the tracks ‘PSA’ and ‘Take You Down’ through Instagram:

“these had been tracks punch and I spoke about releasing collectively prior.
Clearly he stepped away abruptly so sorting the drop out was a bit difficult. Pls Give me a second .. they will be… pic.twitter.com/LTF5N1gyjs

— Pop Base (@PopBase) December 26, 2024

SZA components methods along with her supervisor Punch. pic.twitter.com/emG4d6oUEv

— Pop Crave (@PopCrave) December 26, 2024

‘Lana”s launch was topic to delays, with SZA writing on X the day of its launch: “Simply wanted a number of extra hours for brand new mixes to ingest evenly throughout all platforms.. (mixes are essential) love you camp.”

When it was finally shared at 8pm GMT, and it included a Kendrick Lamar characteristic on ‘30 For 30’. Elsewhere, there’s manufacturing from Lil Yachty and Benny Blanco on one music every.

On December 24, the singer then instructed followers that she’d be making some adjustments to the model of the album on streaming providers after she re-listened with “a transparent thoughts”. She added that the up to date mixes can be dwell “on Christmas”, writing: “This implies nothing to you however needed to say it for me lol . Who is aware of u may discover.”

Lamar’s characteristic comes after SZA appeared on his shock album ‘GNX’ final month, and the pair introduced a joint North American tour for subsequent 12 months.

The opposite collaborators on the album are largely these she labored with on ‘SOS’, together with Michael Uzowuru, ThankGod4Cody, Rob Bisel and Carter Lang. You possibly can try the total tracklist right here.

When ‘SOS‘ was launched two years in the past, it obtained acclaim from critics, in addition to 9 Grammy nominations. It hit Quantity One on the Billboard 200 and Quantity Two on the UK Single Chart, additionally being licensed 3x Platinum within the US.

In a five-star overview of ‘SOS’, NME described it as “a comeback album effectively definitely worth the wait,” including: “I’m making the very best album of my life for this subsequent album,” SZA instructed Flaunt in 2020 and ‘SOS’ is simply that – an outstanding file that hardly places a foot unsuitable and raises the bar even increased than she set it earlier than. That quote, although, got here with a caveat: “As a result of it’s going to be my final album.” Right here’s hoping SZA reneges on that declaration however, if that is the final we hear from right here, a minimum of she’s going out on the very best of highs.”