SZA confirmed her new album, called LANA, will be out by the end of 2024 on a Kai Cenat stream. SZA joined Lizzo and Cenat on Cenat's "Mafiathon 2" stream, where she made the official announcement when they were in Cenat's kitchen. After Cenat asked her about new music she had been working on, SZA said, "Before the year is over." Lizzo, Cenat, and Cenat's chat responded with great excitement.
SZA is also releasing even more new music on top of LANA. She plans to release a deluxe version of her hit, Grammy winning 2022 album SOS. LANA – which is a play on SZA's first name Solána – actually started out as the deluxe version of SOS, but then became its own project. In an interview with British Vogue, she talked about the music she's been making for these projects and what it all means to her.
“I think I am making music from a more beautiful place. From a more possible place versus a more angsty place," she says. I’m not identifying with my brokenness. It’s not my identity. It’s shit that happened to me. Yeah, I experienced cruelty. I have to put it down at some point. Piece by piece, my music is shifting because of that, the lighter I get.” - SZA
At this point in the year, it seems likely that if her new album does come out, it will probably be in December. However, if you're itching to hear something new from SZA right now, she appears two times as a feature on the new Kendrick Lamar album GNX.
SZA is featured on the songs "luther" and "gloria". The two artists seem to respect each other a lot artistically, as they've collaborated several times throughout their careers. They also were two of the heaviest hitters for TDE when Kendrick Lamar was still with the label.
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