SZA SOS

SZA finally answered the prayers of her fans, releasing her new album "S.O.S." after a nearly 5-year drought ... and her supporters' emotions are in ...

[dated years ago](https://www.tmz.com/2020/10/05/sza-confirms-dated-drake-clarifies-not-underage/) ... [SZA](https://www.tmz.com/people/sza/) finally answered the prayers of her fans, releasing her new album "S.O.S." a fact he made public to the world via [21 Savage](https://www.tmz.com/people/21-savage/)'s "Mr. serves as the follow-up to SZA's debut album "CTRL" -- which dropped all the way back in June 2017. TMZ Hip Hop caught up with the sultry singer ahead of the big drop and she told us she was [Ol' Dirty Bastard](https://www.tmz.com/people/ol-dirty-bastard/) ... The project features a hefty 23 tracks ... She hits everything from admitting to getting a BBL on the opening title track, and desires to kill ex-lovers on songs "Kill Bill" and “Smokin on my Ex Pack” among those detailing other relationship drama ... As the album title suggests, the TDE 1st Lady tackles a ton of alarming topics. lapping up her lyrics as their new hostile gospel. [Drake](https://www.tmz.com/people/drake/) helped shape back along the way. and her supporters' emotions are in shambles!!!

The unfurling of the songs on 'SOS' feels as lost as SZA sounds on them — but that might just be the point.

“Open Arms” is the one gap in the storm clouds on SOS, and Norma’s presence on it makes it all the more significant. Yes, SZA tries her hand out at rock on “F2F” and kind of kills it. In the end, the track is a tragedy that by its final line will make you wonder how SZA can generate such devastation from such simplicity:“I just killed my ex/ I still love him though/ Rather be in hell than alone.” It’s all to say that this is yet another style we haven’t heard from SZA before, but she executes it beautifully by contrasting its perhaps more elementary, strummy melody with some truly heinous, spectacular lyrics. Overall, it’s nice to hear SZA experiment on something more organic and exuberant-sounding. “And that was what I wanted to convey the most.” [absurd enough to work](https://twitter.com/ExquisiteWill/status/1599844377559732224?s=20&t=n0HwYgvXewgdQiR8esyMOw),” but in retrospect, their joining forces feels natural and inevitable. But, as “Kill Bill” proves, she can also spin a pretty spectacular song out of fictitious events. It’s more slightly ramped-up Joni Mitchell or soft Avril than anything harder, but the rebellious spirit is all there, especially when she cries on the hook: “I f*ck him ‘cuz I miss you.” There’s a slight dated quality to its melody, perhaps due to the familiarity of the guitar chords on its chorus. It’s 23 songs long, for starters, and the unfurling of its tracks feels as lost and meandering as she sounds on them. But that may just be the point — and a good thing — for the singer, who for five years has been hounded by her fans to turn out something, anything. Isolation is certainly a main theme on the singer’s sophomore album, out now, along with anger, loneliness, malaise, and a general feeling of being lost.

SZA's new album “SOS” arrived on December 9 with songs titled “Kill Bill,” and “Gone Girl,” lyrics referencing Aaliyah and Beyoncé, as well as samples of Ol ...

She pulls a Taylor Swift in “Special,” a pop track about a loser who made her feel like a loser. She also samples Icelandic singer Björk, borrowing from the ambient electronic song “Hidden Place.” “I don’t care ’bout consequences, I want my lick back,” SZA raps over the trippy beat and old-school hip-hop sample. “All these bitches is minions, despicable like, ooh (Oh).” The sixth movie reference. “Screaming at you in the Ludlow / I was yours for free / I don’t get existential,” Phoebe adds. “Those who have forsaken their humanity / They like to patch their life with morality,” he says. Now, it’s “hate,” not resignation, that provides the “fuel.” “And ain’t nobody talkin’ ’bout the damage, pretendin’ like it’s all okay / I tried to erase, I live to escape.” What’s the password?” SZA asks. “I might kill my ex, not the best idea,” the chorus begins. “Inward I go when there’s no one around me / And memories drown me, the further I go,” she sings on the bridge, referencing Pike’s character in the film, who ran away from home after she discovered her husband (Affleck) cheated. “Remind you of Della Reese,” a lyric goes, shouting out the jazz and gospel singer, actor, talk-show host, and minister with a half-century-long career. SZA came on the album’s intro mad as hell (see lyrics like “Nah, li’l bitch, can’t let you finish” or “Yeah, that’s right, I need commissions on mine / All that sauce you got from me”).