On the 9th of December, R&B artist SZA released her long-awaited album SOS. Within 24 hours fans responded with fanfare and welcomed the album open hands. Many fans took to social media and Spotify to review the album. The album ended up surpassing 1 billion streams on Spotify and reached No. 1 on iTunes Worldwide.
.@sza‘s ‘SOS’ aiming for #1 debut on the US albums chart with 275-300K units first week. It will marks SZA’s first ever #1 album (via @HITSDD).
— chart data (@chartdata) December 10, 2022
SZA SOS
Firstly, as for the album cover, SZA explained that her album cover was inspired by the famous paparazzi shot of Princess Diana. As she is a well-known icon, many jumped into the lore behind the album and the emotions it contains. Each song in the 23-track album is emotional and brought her fans to tears and frenzy. Her previous album “Ctrl” debuted at No.3 on the Billboard Chart while “SOS” debuted at the No.1 spot which was the first of her career.
The singer has released many singles and demos and her fans are always hungry for more. This album showcases features from Don Toliver, Travis Scott, Phoebe Bridgers, and, the late Ol’ Dirty Bastard. Songs from the album like “Kill Bill”, “Blind”, & “Shirt” are already trending. The songs of the album describe messy and chaotic feelings from falling in love and breaking up as well as personal crises and struggles that a lot of people who listened to her songs could relate to. The album has a mix of genres like; R&B, Soul, Pop, Punk, Rap, and more.
@gleneith im sza fans🫡#xyzbca #sos #sza ♬ original sound – Srcs
Fellow singer Lizzo also reacted to the album on an Instagram live stream with tears and emotion saying that she had been moved by the music in SOS.
@sapphireviirgo Her reaction just like mine 😭😭 #sza #solanaimanirowe #szanewalbum #szasos #lizzo #lizzodance #foryoupage #fyp ♬ original sound – Ariana X SZA Stan
@robbyarroyosmith Thx sza jeje 🇵🇷♎️❤️🔥😅
♬ Low – SZA
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