thread of SZA

more excited about that second track than "hit different" but it's all quite good so far

loooove both the new track and the snippet — there’s also this video on her IG that’s a snippet of a different new track:

https://www.instagram.com/p/CEtCWRYnj4C/?igshid=aijkitc0lnp0

ahhhhhh that sounds so good

I’ve seriously been listening to “Hit Different” on repeat for over 48 hours now — it’s so good to have her back sounding so good and so confident

"featuring ty dolla sign" are some of my least favorite words in the english language :(

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oh64haEP9g8

here's the full "good days" at last, it's very good, but lol that jacob collier is on backing vocals

much better than "hit different"

tame impala ballad vibes (not a bad thing!)

new song is incredible

it's so good, absurdly lush with all those woodwinds in the background

Good Days is lovely

i feel like this is quietly becoming a generation-defining song

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2p3zZoraK9g

(the vid, like the one for "hit different," teases another forthcoming song that sounds potentially great)

https://t.co/Wg1IvioVR6 dumping random thoughts

— SZA (@sza) August 22, 2021

three new tracks! but really what is going on with her & TDE if she's resorting to leaking stuff like this

seriously

at this point i hope she can just manage to get released from her contract or something, like her relationship with TDE has been terrible since before CTRL even & seems to only be worse now

all these songs are great smh

the way she released these is interesting in light of kendrick's announcement her twitter bio has "gone fish'n #TDE" as the location lol

i don't think kendrick has ever publicly had issues with them though, i figured he probably just wants to move to somewhere bigger now with his contract up, being a gigantic star & all, while sza was complaining about them preventing her from releasing music years before ctrl came out & has continued to blame them for her taking so long to put anything new out

new track are indeed great, "joni" is too short though

there’s clearly something going on at tde, most of its artists haven’t released new albums in many years

but yeah, i could see kendrick’s announcement as more of an indication that he wants to be in charge and not subject to top dawg’s whims

Joni is great, definitely want a full length version

full length version of "joni" is apparently planned for the album, with a guest

nice

you don't think ... ?

that’s right, she got graham nash

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5mF_yKVRffI

officially put out "i hate u" as a single now (it was one of the soundcloud tracks)

hope this means album isn't too far away lol

not a new album per se, but there is a ctrl “deluxe” version out today. not sure how new any of the songs are but i certainly haven’t heard them before!

Everything made in 2014-2016 /17… not new lol to be absolutely clear .

— SZA (@sza) June 9, 2022

sounds like they're outtakes from the album's sessions as you'd expect

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o9-YyROo73M

is she going to just put out one song a year until the album's out in a decade's time

this one's weird - the song's there but it feels like half the backing is missing

that was my take as well

damn i guess "i hate u" and "hit different" were last year

idk if i'm truly anticipating the upcoming benny blanco-ified sza album

"hit different" was 2020 lol what is time

https://www.instagram.com/p/ClmWr_2vBW5/

starting to seem like we're actually getting the album - title is s.o.s.

excited.

so it's out friday and lol that it's 23 tracks but "hit different" didn't make it

SOS
Kill Bill
Seek & Destroy
Low
Love Language
Blind
Used (feat. Don Toliver)
Snooze
Notice Me
Gone Girl
Smoking on My Ex Pack
Ghost in the Machine (feat. Phoebe Bridgers)
F2F
Nobody Gets Me
Conceited
Special
Too Late
Far
Shirt
Open Arms (feat. Travis Scott)
I Hate U
Good Days
Forgiveness (feat. Ol' Dirty Bastard)

apparently only 67 minutes though

yeah when I saw that many tracks my guess was that it was going to be structured like janet.

excited.

― ミ💙🅟 🅛 🅤 🅡 🅜 🅑💙彡 (Austin), Wednesday, November 30, 2022 9:30 PM

ya'll're crazy btw "shirt" is late entry soty status

such a good album

i haven't really given this a proper listen (just in bits & pieces throughout the day) but unsurprisingly it's less consistent & cohesive than ctrl but still quite good

first listen right now.

lol this is fucking stellar! wow!

some duds in the middle section, but man this is really good.

That sample on the opening title track sure is familiar 😉

Good album so far.

IMMA GET THAT DICK THAT I DESERVE

I appreciate how emo this gets

Guitars!

this is excellent and one of the best albums of the year. easy 4 mics, maybe 4.5.

early criticisms:

-it's too long. when i saw how many tracks there were, i assumed at least a handful would be interludes. nope. that said, the length is a catch 22. keeps the songs brief and allows for a ton of variety. saw some complaints about their inclusion elsewhere, but the familiarity of older favorites like "i hate u" and "good days" makes the album more listenable for me, idk. but yeah: some of those more milquetoast tracks in the middle could've been cut.

-not sure if this is a proper criticism, but her lyrics are all over the place. i know it's what she does, but it does makes the album feel a lot more cluttered than it is. however, just in terms of her voice, she sounds better than ever.

definitely mirrors the times. that whole thing in "shirt" about `going back on my word` after losing yourself (`feelin lost and i like it`) fucks with me. how many times recently have i done something that i knew was kind of fucked up but, like, FUCK IT, right? elsewhere she wants to kill her ex, but also just eat, sleep, and love. seems like a perfectly contradictory microcosm for the whole album. really good, really personal music from a really important voice. love love love.

My spirits did sink a little when U saw the track listing. But they're short things.

*when I

It IS too long, would be my main complaint - but then you think about how long it took for this to come out. She probably recorded so much, and she and the label wanted to pack the track list