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More than five years after their landmark debut album, SZA finally releases their long-awaited follow-up. SZA served as a musical guest on the December 3 episode of “Saturday Night Live” hosted by Keke Palmer, and as she performed her set, the release date of her second album appeared on the screen behind her. After performing her latest single “Shirt”, she announced that her new album will be released on Friday December 9th.
While much of the setlist remains a secret, SZA also debuted a new single from the album on SNL. After performing “Shirt,” she launched into a haunting ballad called “Blind,” a song that highlights how hard it is to let go of a relationship — even a bad one.
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Last month, in her Billboard Cover Story The R&B singer, who was released on November 16, confirmed “SOS” would be out in December. Though she didn’t give a date at the time, SZA told the outlet that she was “currently stressed” about her personal deadline.
“I could literally burst into tears at any moment and run through this wall. I’m effectively falling apart,” she confessed to having lived up to fans’ expectations. “But it’s not like that, the album print… It’s just, life is fucking hard. Expecting to do anything at a high level while living life is fucking insane. This is not meant for one person; it’s meant for a machine.”
SZA continues to follow her musical intuition for this next phase of her career, which seemingly began in December 2020 after releasing her track “Good Days” – then her first solo single in two years. A year later, she followed up with “I Hate U” before releasing the cinematic visual for her single “Shirt” with LaKeith Stanfield on October 28. Shortly after her SNL appearance, the singer confirmed the release date for SOS while also sharing a teaser for the studio version of Blind on Instagram.
Full details on SZA’s upcoming album are still scarce, but Billboard’s Heran Mamo has previewed it, noting that it features SZA’s “loved lo-fi beats,” “a grunge record,” and “an acoustic-guitar-driven ballad.” “ contains. If 2017’s “Ctrl” — which is still atop the Billboard 200 charts — isn’t enough proof of what SZA could deliver again, Mamo says it’s their “boldest work yet” while the chairman/CEO from RCA Records, Peter Edge, It’s She already calls her project “one of the most important albums of the year”.
