On Sunday, Dec. 10, commemorated a year and a day since the release of SZA‘s sophomore album, “SOS.” To honor the project, which achieved 5x platinum status, the songstress announced the upcoming deluxe version of the project titled “LANA.”
To accompany the announcement, SZA released six versions of the album’s artwork on social media.
SZA first announced the project back in September during a surprise performance at New York’s Brooklyn Navy Yard, stating, “The deluxe [album] is like a whole ‘notha album called Lana, [and] it’s seven to 10 songs, and it’ll be out this fall.”
She then followed with an interview with Variety last month, revealing that the deluxe edition had evolved into its own project and could be released at any time. “It was going to be outtakes and some new songs, but it’s become more than I expected,” she admitted. “It was going to be really soft because I had made all my screaming points, and I just wanted to glide and not think [too much] and get out of my own head. I was so happy to say some s**t that didn’t mean a f**king thing.”
“It’s definitely turning into its own album… and I guess I could drop a new album randomly because no one’s actually expecting that from me right now,” SZA added. “But I can’t tell if now’s the time to be consistent or carefree. On the one hand, it’s like, ‘What would Beyoncé do?’ but I am also deeply inspired by people who do whatever the f**k they want, like Frank Ocean and André 3000. Some of my favorite songs were the ones that I dropped on SoundCloud [early in her career] because it was so stress-free.”
