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SZA’s ‘SOS Deluxe: Lana’ Is a Low-Key But Satisfying Collection to Tide Fans Over Until Her Next Chapter: Album Review
SZA's ‘SOS Deluxe: Lana’ Is a low-key postscript to her 2022 blockbuster album, featuring a duet with Kendrick Lamar and 14 other new songs.
There are lots of gentler, “Snooze”-ish grooves and softly strummed electric guitars; the lyrics are largely about unrequited or unsatisfying love (although there’s plenty of sex), and, as usual, flashes of revenge and perseverance. Other highlights include “Crybaby,” which has a gorgeous, lilting chorus and a soaring soprano verse at the end and easily could have fit on “SOS” (although its similarity to other tracks on the album may be the reason it was left off). the widely leaked song “Boy From South Detroit” — interpolates the melody from Anton Jobim’s “Girl From Ipanema” and includes the classic like “I can’t keep my panties from dropping, he’s so fly”; “Kitchen” is a lovely lilting ballad.
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