S.O.S. [SZA Album]

SZA Explained Why So Many Of The Collaborators She Wanted On ‘S.O.S.’ Didn’t Turn In Their Verses

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When SZA shared the tracklist for her long-awaited album, S.O.S., much of the buzz surrounded the appearance of indie star Phoebe Bridgers and fans wishing for a contribution from Paramore’s Hayley Williams. As it turns out, though, in addition to buzzy features from names like Ol’ Dirty Bastard and Travis Scott, she wanted way more features on the upcoming album. There’s just one problem: Many of them never turned in their verses.

Appearing on Hot97’s Nessa On Air with host Nessa Diab, SZA expressed disappointment that so many of her requested collaborators didn’t get their verses back on time, but also said she understood, since she’s done the same thing. “For a lot of these people, I didn’t turn in my verse – so I can’t be too mad,” she explained. “But also, on the same token, it’s like, ‘Damn this sucks, I really needed you. I wish you showed up for me.’ But I’m sure they felt the same way for me.”

Of Bridgers’ contribution, she said, “I’m grateful Phoebe showed up for me, I didn’t think she would come to the studio in person. She did, which is crazy. We laughed, it’s just hilarious.” You can watch the full interview above.

S.O.S./em> is out 12/9 via Top Dawg Entertainment/RCA Records. You can pre-save it here.

Phoebe Bridgers Will Feature On SZA’s ‘S.O.S.’ And SZA Is Laughing At The Intensely Positive Reactions

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Phoebe Bridgers Primavera Sound Festival Brazil 2022
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Yesterday (December 5), SZA unveiled the tracklist of her long-awaited upcoming album, S.O.S.. There was one feature that immediately stood out: Phoebe Bridgers on “Ghost In The Machine.” SZA and Bridgers don’t exactly travel in the same musical circles, but despite/because of that, people are super excited. Specifically, one person SZA knows couldn’t contain themselves after hearing the news.

Late last night/early this morning, SZA shared a video on Twitter and captioned it, “Response to having phoebe on the albums been pretty positive lol.” The video is a screen recording of her phone, which shows two brief audio messages she received. The first one is of a person intensely screaming, “Phoebe Bridgers! Phoebe Bridgers! Phoebe Bridgers!” In the second, they shout, “Yes! Yes!”

Yesterday was actually pretty major for Bridgers stans. Aside from the SZA news, it was also revealed that her boyfriend (or perhaps fiancé) Paul Mescal will be sitting down for a joint interview with Taylor Swift’s also-actor boyfriend, Joe Alwyn, as part of Vanity Fair‘s “Actors On Actors” series. That also garnered some enthusiastic responses on social media.

Check out some additional reactions to the Bridgers feature below.

S.O.S. is out 12/9 via Top Dawg Entertainment/RCA Records. Pre-save it here.