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Studio album by
SZA
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SOS Deluxe: Lana
(2022)		 PSA/SZA3
(2024)
Singles from PSA/SZA3

Title is the third studio album by American singer-songwriter SZA. It was released on [date], by Top Dawg Entertainment and RCA Records.

Background

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SZA began working on her third studio album after her co-headlining run on the 2025 Grand National Tour.[1] She previewed some of the new songs in August via a throwaway Instagram account, @notmusicatalliswear.[1][2] One of them was tentatively named "Let You Know", an R&B track with an airy soundscape.[3] SZA told GQ the titles of three other songs – "Passenger Princess", "Burgers", and "Yearner" – in an interview with the magazine during November.[4]

Recording

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While making the album, SZA wanted to prove that music was inherently an expression of humanity.[5] This was a response to the rise of generative artificial intelligence (AI) in music, evinced by the appearance of AI singers like Xania Monet on Billboard charts. She had spoken out against generative AI in the past, citing environmental racism and the commercial threat it poses to Black musicians like her.[6] With the album, SZA sought to show that AI songs and singers could never replicate human creativity. She told i-D magazine: "I’m up against anti-intellectualism and doing things easy. [I want to provide] the type of blend of information my human experience provides [that] AI can't even be prompted to fuck with. I want to just let this angst drive me into bizarre directions."[2]

SZA worked with live bands during recording sessions. She freestyled her lyrics and melodies to the tune of the beats the live bands improvised.[6]

Reference

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  1. 1 2 Spanos, Brittany (March 6, 2026). "SZA Spills". i-D. Archived from the original on March 7, 2026. Retrieved March 7, 2026.
  2. 1 2 Kaufman, Gil (March 6, 2026). "SZA Feels Like She's 'At War Because of AI,' Slams 'Weird, Stereotypical Struggle Music' Being Generated By Artificial Intelligence". Billboard. Archived from the original on March 7, 2026. Retrieved March 7, 2026.
  3. ↑ Morton, Devin (August 17, 2025). "SZA Shares Two New Song Snippets to Her Finsta". HotNewHipHop. Archived from the original on August 18, 2025. Retrieved March 7, 2026.
  4. ↑ Hiatt, Brian (November 6, 2025). "SZA Says She Doesn't Know Why Nicki Minaj Targeted Her". Rolling Stone. Archived from the original on November 7, 2025. Retrieved March 7, 2026.
  5. ↑ Saint-Vil, Sweenie (March 6, 2026). "SZA Says Her 'Why' for Third Album Is Preserving Humanity". ABC Audio. Archived from the original on March 7, 2026. Retrieved March 7, 2026 – via Yahoo! Entertainment.
  6. 1 2 Torres, Kayla (March 7, 2026). "SZA Calls Out AI's 'Weird, Stereotypical Struggle Music'". Exclaim!. Archived from the original on March 7, 2026. Retrieved March 7, 2026.
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