SZA has finally released her highly anticipated sophomore record, ‘S.O.S’.
The album, which arrives more than five years after her debut, ‘Ctrl’, features guest appearances from Phoebe Bridgers, Ol’ Dirty Bastard, and Travis Scott, as well as previously released singles ‘Good Days’, ‘I Hate U’, and ‘Shirt’.
The artwork for ‘S.O.S’ takes inspiration from a photo of Princess Diana, as SZA recently explained to Hot 97. “I just loved how isolated she felt and that’s what I wanted to convey the most,” she said. “Originally I was supposed to be on top of a shipping barge, but in the references that I pulled for that, I pulled the Diana reference.”
SZA recently appeared on Saturday Night Live, where she performed ‘Shirt’ and debuted the album track ‘Blind’. She also appeared in a sketch alongside host Keke Palmer, paying tribute to “big boys.”
SZA hasn’t announced any tour dates in support of ‘S.O.S’ as of yet, but she’s currently slated to headline Alabama’s Hangout Fest in May 2023.
