SZAknows how to make an entrance.
The only previously released tune is Saturn, from back in February.
The songwriting reveals Solana Rowe at her most plainspoken and blunt.
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Some tracks areSOSouttakes, some are new the album was in flux right down to the wire.
(And for double-digit hoursafterthe wire.)
Even the album title reflects an artist whos in the middle of changing her identity.
Im now going by Lana, but that might be burnt, too.
Tired of watching people die, literal or figurative, SZA sings.
I just want someone to stay around.
This could be a Kill Bill looking for a place to happen.
Scorsese Baby Daddy is another standout, full of steamy Eighties-style cheese-rock guitar.
I rolled up all my problems, SZA admits.
And then I smoked about it/I could have called my mom up/Id rather fuck about it.
(Even if its hot when Ray Liotta gives Lorraine Bracco that gun to hide inGoodfellas.)
She sings, The boy from South Detroit keeps bossing/And I cant keep my panties from dropping.
They always meld together, from Doves in the Wind onCTRLto Luther and Gloria on his newGNX.
(It contains the ill-advised line, So much legal action Im like Michael Jackson.)
Shes fighting to make changes, and to break old patterns that hold her back.
Im OK with not being a nice girl, she told Rolling Stone in 2023.
Im OK with people knowing that Im competitive.
ButLanaproves that SZA really has no competition at all.
