SZA has fulfilled her musical promise. The Grammy-winning star has launched SOS Deluxe: LANA, an prolonged model of her sophomore album.
The deluxe set consists of all of the tracks from her groundbreaking second LP plus 15 bonus tracks, together with the Grammy-nominated “Saturn” and the just lately shared “Drive.” The latter track was produced by ThankGod4Cody and Billy Lemon.
The brand new batch of tracks additionally features a characteristic from her longtime collaborator Kendrick Lamar, who seems on “30 For 30.”
SOS Deluxe: LANA arrives two years after SOS, which was launched Dec. 9, 2022, by way of Prime Dawg Leisure/RCA Information.
The latter album opened at No. 1 on the Billboard 200 with 318,000 equal items offered. In line with Billboard, SOS additionally had the largest streaming week ever for an R&B album, with 404.58 million on-demand streams, and the second-largest streaming week in historical past for an album by a feminine artist.
SOS featured hits like “Good Days,” “I Hate U,” “Kill Invoice,” “Snooze,” and “Ghost within the Machine” with Phoebe Bridgers. The latter two tracks gained trophies on the 66th Grammy Awards. “Snooze” was topped Greatest R&B Tune, whereas “Ghost within the Machine” was awarded Greatest Pop Duo/Group Efficiency. On the similar ceremony, SOS gained Greatest Progressive R&B Album.
In August 2023, SOS was licensed to 3x platinum by the RIAA, with three million items offered. Additional, each observe from SOS has been licensed gold or larger.
Since releasing SOS, SZA launched into her sold-out SOS Tour, which grossed $95.5 million, in response to Billboard.
SZA first teased her deluxe undertaking at an album celebration occasion in Brooklyn in September 2023. “So the deluxe is sort of a complete ‘nother album, and it’s referred to as LANA. It’s seven to 10 songs, and it’ll be out this fall,” she informed the group in a fan-captured video.
In her December 2024 cowl story for British Vogue, SZA opened up extra concerning the path she took with LANA. “I believe I’m making music from a extra stunning place. From a extra potential place versus a extra angsty place,” she stated.
“I’m not figuring out with my brokenness. It’s not my identification. It’s shit that occurred to me. Yeah, I skilled cruelty. I’ve to place it down sooner or later. Piece by piece, my music is shifting due to that, the lighter I get.”
On Monday (Dec. 16), SZA confirmed the discharge date for LANA in an Instagram put up of a snippet from a video for “Drive/Crybaby,” starring actor Ben Stiller. The nighttime clip confirmed Stiller alone in his automobile, lip-syncing to the observe.
The next day (Dec. 17), SZA posted a second clip from the video. “SEVERANCE SEASON TWO OUT JANUARY seventeenth,” she wrote within the caption. “DELUXE (Lana)12.20.24 THANK YOU @benstiller.” (Stiller serves as govt producer and director for Apple TV+‘s Emmy-winning thriller sequence.)
SZA will assist LANA on her co-headlining Grand Nationwide Tour with Kendrick Lamar. The highly-anticipated tour kicks off April 19, 2025, at U.S. Financial institution Stadium and can wrap up June 18 at Northwest Stadium in Washington, D.C.
Lamar might be supporting his newest album, GNX, which incorporates two visitor appearances from SZA: “Luther” and “Gloria.”
In different SZA information, she stars within the upcoming comedic movie alongside Keke Palmer, One among Them Days, which hits theaters Jan. 17, 2025. (The movie was initially slated to premiere Jan. 24. Nonetheless, it was moved up per week.)
Circling again to LANA, a number of fan bundles can be found on the market on SZA’s official web site.
Stream SZA’s new album SOS Deluxe: LANA under.
SOS Deluxe: LANA Tracklist
1. No Extra Hiding
2. What Do I Do
3. 30 for 30 (with Kendrick Lamar)
4. Diamond Boy (DTM)
5. BMF
6. Scorsese Child Daddy
7. Love Me 4 Me
8. Chill Child
9. My Flip
10. Crybaby
11. Kitchen
12. Get Behind Me (Interlude)
13. Drive
14. One other Life
15. Saturn