American singer and songwriter SZA has finally unveiled the release date for her much anticipated ‘SOS’ deluxe album after months of delays and speculation.
As confirmed in a video teaser shared on social media, the forthcoming album is scheduled to arrive on Friday the 20th of December.
Actor and filmmaker Ben Stiller channels his inner superfan, dramatically lip-syncing to what’s presumed to be SZA’s new track “Drive” while driving through a rainy night in the new teaser shared on Monday the 16th of December.
The scene in the teaser looks familiar to fans and viewers because Stiller also once made an iconic lip-syncing cameo in Jack Johnson’s “Taylor” video back in 2003 — except this time, he’s swapping a guitar for a steering wheel.
Being in the works for over two years, SZA had earlier teased LANA’, the deluxe to her chart-topping ‘SOS’ LP as a whole other album with outtakes and new tracks.
Reflecting on her creative process in a recent interview with British Vogue, she said “I think I am making music from a more beautiful place. From a more possible place versus a more angsty place,”
“I’m not identifying with my brokenness. It’s not my identity. It’s shit that happened to me. Yeah, I experienced cruelty. I have to put it down at some point. Piece by piece, my music is shifting because of that, the lighter I get.” SZA explained.
The forthcoming deluxe opens another chapter in the SOS era, which has been nothing short of massive.
The confirmation of the release date comes at the right time after the announcement of SZA and Kendrick Lamar’s forthcoming and much anticipated world tour, scheduled to roll out next year.
The Grand National tour will kick off in Minnesota on April 19 and make its way through major cities across the country including Houston, Atlanta, Philadelphia, the New York area, Seattle, Los Angeles, San Francisco, Las Vegas, Detroit, Chicago and even Toronto before wrapping up in Washington, D.C., on June 18.
