SZA is arguably the biggest pop R&B star the music world has to offer right now. Her sophomore record, 2022's SOS, is still selling and streaming incredibly well. In fact, it sits at number 13 on the Hot 200 nearly four years after its release.
While it's proving to be a timeless record, we have to imagine that many fans are ready for her next era. Well, it sounds like she's been hard at work making magic once again thanks to a new interview with i-D Magazine.
It sounds like what's driving her is A.I. and proving that it can't create art on the level a human can. "I’m not up against the pop girls... not up against the R&B girls. I’m up against anti-intellectualism and doing things easy. The type of blend of information my human experience provides, AI can’t even be prompted to f*ck with. I want to just let this angst drive me into bizzare directions," the Missouri native said.
She adds, "I’m trying to just open my brain and open my heart, channeling awesome humanity sh*t right now. Humanity is my ‘why’—preservation of what’s left, extreme expression of what is, and a desperate plea. I feel insufferably human right now."
But that wasn't the only interesting portion of this sit-down. During her recording sessions for this third solo album, fellow singer and songwriter Steve Lacy was present for some of them. In fact, there was enough moments shared that they were able to make "a random little project together," says SZA.
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Hilariously, fans aren't getting their hopes up, even predicting it will never see the light of day. "She know she lying," one pessimistic person says on X. "She evil for saying this knowing damn well it’ll never drop," another echoes.
But time will always tell, so we will just have to keep our eyes peeled. Interestingly, these supposed recordings are SZA and Steve Lacy's first together. The latter has worked with other TDE affiliates, namely Kendrick Lamar and Isaiah Rashad.
We have to imagine this tape would sound great as Lacy and SZA both have some stylistic similarities. Hopefully, we get our hands on it at some point.
If it dropped this year it would add onto what's already been a successful 2026. At the 68th Grammys, the "Broken Clocks" superstar added two more golden gramophones to her trophy case. She won in the Best Melodic Rap Performance and Record Of The Year categories with her and K. Dot's smash "luther." Her total is now up to seven Grammys and if either one of these albums release, we are sure more awards will be coming her way.
