SZA dropped the single âGood Daysâ as a Christmas gift to fans nearly two years ago. And now, as the holiday season enters into full force, weâre finally getting a good day: SOS, her highly anticipated follow up to 2017âs era-defining album Ctrl, is here. The new 23-track album features collaborations with Don Toliver, Phoebe Bridgers, Travis Scott, and âthanks to a sample pulled from documentary footage â Olâ Dirty Bastard. âItâs about heartbreak, itâs about being lost, itâs about being pissed,â SZAÂ said of the album to People.
S.O.S. tackles a range of sounds and emotions: She and Phoebe Bridgers sing about humanity on the smooth, moody âGhost in the Machine,â which is followed immediately by âF2F,â a pop-punk song about trying to get over an ex by sleeping with someone else. Thereâs representation on S.O.S. for a variety of cuffing-season situations. SZA and Don Toliver are resigned to being âUsedâ with Don Toliver, while she and Travis Scott showcase a much more optimistic type of love in âOpen Arms.â SZA first hinted at S.O.S. in a November Billboard cover story a few weeks after the long-teased single âShirtâ landed on streaming services. A teaser clip for âPSAâ came after the âShirtâ drop, depicting SZA posing in a ring of green fire. But âPSAâ is nowhere to be found on the new release, which gives us some hope that she was lying when she said that the album below would be her last.