SZA teases making two albums of “peaceable youngsters’s music” to fulfil contract necessities
SZA has teased the potential for releasing two albums of “peaceable youngsters’s music” to finish her present contractual necessities.
The singer and rapper launched ‘Lana’ final month after nearly a yr of speculating about its launch. Relatively than a standalone album, it exists as a deluxe model of her 2022 LP ‘SOS’, her second studio document.
Now, simply weeks after it turned accessible, SZA has instructed that she is able to transfer on from its slick R&B aesthetic and onto a really completely different vibe, even hinting that she is tempted to hunt a quieter life after fulfilling her present obligations.
Writing on X on Saturday (January 4), SZA wrote: “To meet my final 2 album necessities I believe I simply wanna make peaceable youngsters’s music n get outta right here. Then go be a farmer n donate the produce to underserved communities.”
To meet my final 2 album necessities I believe I simply wanna make peaceable youngsters’s music n get outta right here . Then go be a farmer n donate the produce to underserved communities.
— SZA (@sza) January 4, 2025
Each ‘SOS’ and its 2017 predecessor ‘Ctrl’ had been launched as a part of SZA’s take care of High Dawg Leisure and RCA Information. It isn’t clear what number of extra albums she is signed up for as a part of the deal, however her feedback would counsel that there are two remaining full-lengths anticipated as a part of the contract.
‘Lana’ added an additional 15 tracks to ‘SOS’ present 23 songs, bringing the general variety of tracks related to the mission to 38. Nonetheless, final week, SZA instructed followers that “all up to date mixes” and “new songs” are because of be added on Monday (January 6), “when the label comes again from vacation”.
When it was ultimately shared on December 20, ‘Lana’ included a Kendrick Lamar function on ‘30 For 30’, in addition to manufacturing from Lil Yachty and Benny Blanco on one monitor every.
Lamar’s function comes after SZA appeared on his shock album ‘GNX’, and the pair and labelmates have introduced a joint North American tour for this yr.
The singer additionally revealed on Christmas Day 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’.
When ‘SOS‘ was first launched, 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 properly definitely worth the wait,” including: “’I’m making the perfect album of my life for this subsequent album,’” SZA instructed Flaunt in 2020 and ‘SOS’ is simply that – an exceptional document that hardly places a foot incorrect 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, not less than she’s going out on the best of highs.”