SZA's Dropping 'SOS' Deluxe Album Titled 'Lana' This Fall
A Deluxe Version Of SZA’s ‘SOS’ Album Is Coming This Fall, Titled ‘Lana’
SZA announced sheâs dropping an âSOSâ deluxe album on Friday, Sept. 8, at the âSOSâ album celebration at the Brooklyn Navy Yard, adding itâs âa whole ânother album.ââ
Five years after dropping âCtrl,â a five-time Grammy-nominated album with 14 tracks, SZA hit fans with âCtrl (Delux),â containing 21 songs.
The 33-year-old singer and songwriter decided to take a different route with her music career by not waiting five years to release the deluxe album, and sheâs not titling it âSOS (Deluxe).â
âSo, the deluxe is like a whole ânothing album,â she said. âItâs called âLana.â Itâs seven to 10 songs. And itâll be out this fall.Â
Unlike the âCtrl,â where SZA added more songs to the deluxe, âLanaâ will have less than half of what âSOSâ had.
A concertgoer filmed the announcement. There arenât many details about whatâs to expect for the upcoming deluxe album, but it could be a banger considering she ate with the âSOSâ record.
âSOSâ reigned the Billboard 200 charts at the No. 1 spot for seven consecutive weeks, and the album went platinum, receiving several RIAA (Recording Industry Association of America) awards at the beginning of the year.
Tracks like âLow,â âBlind,â âShirt,â and âNobody Gets Meâ became certified gold.
Even âCtrlâ went triple platinum.
Opening up to WiLD 949 about the songwriting process for âSOS,â SZA admitted to holding herself to specific standards when working on her music.Â
Anytime she feels something missing from a previous record, she adds it to the upcoming one, steadily improving herself as an artist. That mindset landed No. 1 on the songwriter charts for a couple of weeks, which she claimed was one of her most significant accolades since some songwriters turned her down to work on âCtrl.â
In an interview with the Rolling Stone Music Now, SZA revealed she didnât think people would accept âSOSâ positively.
âI never thought in a million years that people would like it,â SZA told the outlet. âMy dadâs visiting right now with my mom. Everybody came down to make sure I didnât lose my mind if the album went bad once it came out. And now weâre just hanging out âcause it didnât go badly!â
The âKill Billâ singer claimed the album was inspired by her desire to end her attempts to become a nice girl.
âI think this album was partially inspired by Love Lost but mostly inspired by my departure from attempting to be a nice girl. Iâve tried to be a nice girl for so long, and itâs just not who I am, inherently. And I think Iâve done nice things, and I am a kind person, but Iâm not a nice girl, and thatâs okay. I think coming to terms with that, really expanding upon that, and exploring that is kind of like this new chapter in my life.â