Ahead of her duties as the musical guest for the Dec. 3 episode of Saturday Night Live, SZA sat down with Billboard for an extensive interview.
In it she shared the official title for her long-in-the-works major label sophomore album, S.O.S., as well as a tentative release of “sometime in December 2022” (“though SZA admits she’s ‘currently stressed’ about meeting it,” the article says). Billboard describes the project as “the most captivating music she has ever made, her beloved lo-fi beats sharing space with surf rock within the same track, a grunge record and an acoustic guitar-driven ballad coexisting without either sounding out of place.”
“I only do what I want to do,” SZA said about the releases of her singles “I Hate U” (which she initially released via a random Soundcloud drop), “Good Days” (which came with a four day heads up to TDE), and “Shirt” (which was teased for roughly two years), as well as short “PSA” video, “and this makes me feel free and safe and unrestricted.
“I know that I am that girl where I will figure it out,” she finishes. “Just like before I was an artist.”
