American singer and songwriter SZA has finally unveiled the deluxe edition to her globe-spanning and chart-topping ‘SOS’ album.
After many delays, the blockbuster deluxe was released on Friday the 20th of December via Top Dawg Entertainment and RCA Records.
The full project arrives days after SZA officially announced its release date through a teaser starring actor and filmmaker Ben Stiller. The teaser was shared on her Instagram, creating a buzz for the release and exciting fans.
In September 2023, the singer first revealed the title of the album during a concert at New York City’s Brooklyn Navy Yard, saying the deluxe version of SOS “is like a whole nother album, and it’s called Lana. It’s seven to 10 songs, and it’ll be out this fall.” She later in a British Vogue interview in November described ‘Lana’ and ‘SOS’ deluxe as two entirely different albums.
“I think I am making music from a more beautiful place. From a more possible place versus a more angsty place,” she told the publication. “I’m not identifying with my brokenness. It’s not my identity. It’s s–t 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.” said SZA.
Teasing the tracklist after the British Vogue interview earlier this month, she confirmed ‘Lana’ as the title of the ‘SOS’ deluxe album.
The deluxe set comes more than two years after SZA dropped SOS. The 23-song LP included five Billboard Hot 100 top 10 hit singles: the No. 1 “Kill Bill,” plus “Snooze,” “I Hate U,” “Good Days” and “Nobody Gets You.” It spent 10 nonconsecutive weeks at No. 1 on the Billboard 200 — the most of any R&B/hip-hop album by a woman since Mariah Carey’s self-titled debut spent 11 weeks at the top in 1991. Instead of its impact being limited to the final weeks of 2022, SOS became one of this and last year’s biggest releases. SOS was nominated for album of the year and best progressive R&B album at the 2024 Grammy Awards, when SZA was the most-nominated artist with nine total nods.
Listen to ‘Lana’ via link below;
