SZA has teased “new songs” that are apparently due for release in January 2025.
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In a tweet published this morning (December 30), SZA told fans that “all updated mixes” – presumably those of songs from ‘Lana’, her recent ‘SOS’ deluxe reissue – along with “new songs” are due to “be added Jan 6th when the label comes back from holiday.”
It’s unclear if these new songs will be added to ‘Lana’ or will receive their own separate release.
“Sorry they can’t do it any sooner,” she continued. “Just wanted to keep yall in the loop Thank yall for your patience ”.
Just got word all updated Mixes and new songs will be added Jan 6th when the label comes back from holiday. Sorry they can’t do it any sooner . Just wanted to keep yall in the loop Thank yall for your patience
— SZA (@sza) December 30, 2024
Last week on Christmas Eve (December 24), SZA had already informed fans that ‘Lana’ will be subject to new mixes the next day. However, it is not made clear if these updates have already been made, or will arrive on January 6 as teased.
‘Lana”s release was subject to delays, with SZA writing on X the day of its release: “Just needed a few more hours for new mixes to ingest evenly across all platforms.. (mixes are important) love you camp.”
When it was eventually shared at 8pm GMT on December 20, it included a Kendrick Lamar feature on ‘30 For 30’. Elsewhere, there’s production from Lil Yachty and Benny Blanco on one song each.
Lamar’s feature comes after SZA appeared on his surprise album ‘GNX’ last month, and the pair announced a joint North American tour for next year.
SZA. CREDIT: Kevin Winter/Getty Images for The Recording Academy
The other collaborators on the album are mostly those she worked with on ‘SOS’, including Michael Uzowuru, ThankGod4Cody, Rob Bisel and Carter Lang. You can check out the full tracklist here.
The singer also revealed on Christmas Day that she had parted ways with Terrence “Punch” Henderson, who she has worked with since 2011.
Henderson, the co-president of Top Dawg Entertainment (TDE), had been heavily involved in the making of ‘Lana’ after almost a year of teasing.
When ‘SOS‘ was released two years ago, it received acclaim from critics, as well as nine Grammy nominations. It hit Number One on the Billboard 200 and Number Two on the UK Single Chart, also being certified 3x Platinum in the US.
In a five-star review of ‘SOS’, NME described it as “a comeback album well worth the wait,” adding: “’I’m making the best album of my life for this next album,’” SZA told Flaunt in 2020 and ‘SOS’ is just that – a phenomenal record that barely puts a foot wrong and raises the bar even higher than she set it before. That quote, though, came with a caveat: ‘Because it’s going to be my last album.’ Here’s hoping SZA reneges on that declaration but, if this is the last we hear from here, at least she’s going out on the highest of highs.”
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