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Oh shit, Omar and SZA!? Can my mental health handle it??
SZA - LANA (SOS Deluxe)
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The great thing about the album is a lot of the tracks that didn’t really stand out on first listen really eventually reveal themselves to you. I realize Far is essential (yes, it was leaked more than a year ago), probably the very embodiment of the album artwork.
Always on my mind, trust is hard to find
Everything reminds me of us
I just want my sanity back
Better than being your enemy
(Better than letting go, scared of that)
Far, far like I don’t recognize me
Far, far cause I let you define me
I'm far, far cause I can't trust nobody
Far, stay far
Always on my mind, trust is hard to find
Everything reminds me of us
I just want my sanity back
Better than being your enemy
(Better than letting go, scared of that)
Far, far like I don’t recognize me
Far, far cause I let you define me
I'm far, far cause I can't trust nobody
Far, stay far
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Yeah Blind, Love Language, Low, Too Late, F2F etc are all highlights but I think Far is the best representation of the album. The lyrics are just too relatable and she sounds fantastic on the chorus.
So glad this is shaping up to be a big hit for her. It's my favorite on the album with Good Days. I get why they're pushing Nobody Gets Me, but I hope she drops the Kill Bill video in January after Christmas music dies.
My third most listened album of the year, just behind Motomami and Motimami+ , in less than a week. That's how much I love this album.
This.
You have to love when an artist speaks what's on your mind. We need more SZA's in the world.
People are saying she's not showing any growth since Ctrl, but I also haven't matured at all since 2017, so I can relate.
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Some of the venues posted on their socials, I think it changes city by city. Still waiting to hear about LA
I literally need one for Columbus like yesterday, my coin is ready.
The main presale code I've seen going around is CHEER.
After a week of living with this album, I have to say she delivered. Yeah, 23 songs is a long album. Yes, there are songs that stand out less than others... But I genuinely enjoy every song here. Every song has a place because she's tapping into every possible shade of catharsis. It's not an album rooted in the spiritual awareness of Good Days, it isn't particularly uplifting, but it takes pride in being human and resolutely unapologetic. The raw emotion on display (even in the poppier tracks) keeps me coming back.
Some people clearly want art to be sterilized, or to be "high vibrational" only, or demand an artist "grow" and "mature" significantly between albums, and that expectation is such bullshit. I applaud SZA for being 33, copping to being messy and feeling incomplete, sitting in her anger, baring her heart to the world, warts and all. Not all of us have it figured out yet (does anyone, really?). It can be vulgar, it can be aggressive, it can be depressive, sure, but it's also moving, relatable, and brave.
I feel like it'd be unfair to include it in my 2022 Albums of the Year list, so I'll wait until 2023, but I see myself spending a lot of time with this album next year. I'm actually anticipating the deluxe now - give me Joni!
After a week of living with this album, I have to say she delivered. Yeah, 23 songs is a long album. Yes, there are songs that stand out less than others... But I genuinely enjoy every song here. Every song has a place because she's tapping into every possible shade of catharsis. It's not an album rooted in the spiritual awareness of Good Days, it isn't particularly uplifting, but it takes pride in being human and resolutely unapologetic. The raw emotion on display (even in the poppier tracks) keeps me coming back.
Some people clearly want art to be sterilized, or to be "high vibrational" only, or demand an artist "grow" and "mature" significantly between albums, and that expectation is such bullshit. I applaud SZA for being 33, copping to being messy and feeling incomplete, sitting in her anger, baring her heart to the world, warts and all. Not all of us have it figured out yet (does anyone, really?). It can be vulgar, it can be aggressive, it can be depressive, sure, but it's also moving, relatable, and brave.
I feel like it'd be unfair to include it in my 2022 Albums of the Year list, so I'll wait until 2023, but I see myself spending a lot of time with this album next year. I'm actually anticipating the deluxe now - give me Joni!
As Euphoria said I keep seeing CHEER around but I've also seen different venues have other pre-sale codes. Girl... a little research lol
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I actually think this is such a massive improvement over Ctrl that it makes the former sound a bit tame in comparison? When I read comments about this album, I actually think they are largely owing to the fact that in the age of streaming we are used to this idea of art by demand, albums that cater to our needs, series that fit our genre expectations, music that serves as a dumping grounds for our own projections. The absolutely idiotic claims about the lyrics being "toxic" (the album is fucking called SOS, it's supposed to come off as a cry for help) and SZA not showcasing musical growth (while F2F and Ghost in the Machine are right there)... I don't know, there seems to be a lot of demand that music should fulfil a particular role, and not quite as lot of listening to it for what it is.
That's why I admire SOS in its uncompromising rawness and honesty so much. I love that she didn't go for giving people what they wanted, but for expressing what she needed to express. In doing that, I don't even think she does it in a particularly obscure or unfriendly way, pretty much all the soundscapes are very listener-friendly, especially considering the weight and depth of the material. There are moments when the lyrics I catch on make me feel slightly uncomfortable, because they refer to the emotions I have myself experienced, but never voiced because they were deemed improper. In a world so obsessed with sterilized self-imaging and narcissistic "self-care" this kind of rawness is not just welcome, but even a bit subversive in the subtlest of ways. To me it sounds like a beacon of hope and a reminder that humans are ugly, flawed and chaotic, but their emotions are nevertheless real and can give birth to something beautiful.
That's why I admire SOS in its uncompromising rawness and honesty so much. I love that she didn't go for giving people what they wanted, but for expressing what she needed to express. In doing that, I don't even think she does it in a particularly obscure or unfriendly way, pretty much all the soundscapes are very listener-friendly, especially considering the weight and depth of the material. There are moments when the lyrics I catch on make me feel slightly uncomfortable, because they refer to the emotions I have myself experienced, but never voiced because they were deemed improper. In a world so obsessed with sterilized self-imaging and narcissistic "self-care" this kind of rawness is not just welcome, but even a bit subversive in the subtlest of ways. To me it sounds like a beacon of hope and a reminder that humans are ugly, flawed and chaotic, but their emotions are nevertheless real and can give birth to something beautiful.