![]() ![]() She counteracts the millennial Bad Bitch/Sad Girl dichotomy (tale as old as time) by filling in the vast emotional space between. On SOS, she feels like a superwoman who deserves the world one minute, and a depressive second-stringer sacrificing her well-being for garbage men the next. She was inspired by a 1997 photograph of Princess Diana on Mohamed Al Fayed’s yacht taken one week before her death and said she wanted to pay homage to the “isolation” it conveyed. ![]() The cover of SOS depicts SZA, a former marine biology major, perched on a diving board surrounded by the deep blue ocean, her face pointed contemplatively at the sky. She taught herself to play musical bowls. Of course, she’s been busy in the time since, having dropped 16 singles or collabs-including the Oscar-nominated Black Panther track “ All the Stars,” with Kendrick Lamar-an album’s worth of material unto itself, plus a small handful of wildly acidic videos like “ Good Days” and “ Shirt.” She had the summer of 2021 in a chokehold with the record-breaking cellophane candy that is “ Kiss Me More,” with Doja Cat. Not having a traditional formula, it turned out, was a winning tack: CTRL was certified triple platinum this August, reflecting both its continued relevance and fans’ salivatory desperation for a follow-up five years later. ![]()
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