Lana (written fully as SOS Deluxe: Lana) is the reissue of SOS (2022), the second studio album by American singer-songwriter SZA. It was released on December 20, 2024, through Top Dawg Entertainment and RCA Records. It features a single guest appearance from Kendrick Lamar. The album was supported by the singles "Saturn", released on February 22, and "Drive", released concurrently with the album itself.
Background
Soon after the release of her highly acclaimed and commercially successful second studio album, SOS (2022),[2][3]SZA began teasing a deluxe edition with a postscript at the end of an Instagram post, where she thanked everyone who helped make the album possible.[4] Reportedly composing the tracklist were ten songs intended for the standard edition, per the information SZA told Most Requested Live in January 2023 and Billboard in February.[5] Later in September, she revealed Lana as the deluxe album's title.[6]
Snippets of several songs from the SOS sessions, like the SoundCloud-release "Joni" (2021), had been on the Internet for years prior to the announcement. Despite persistent calls from SZA and her fans to include certain highly awaited outtakes on the album, her record label's president, Punch, disagreed. This led to SZA's decision to put them on Lana instead.[7] Sometime after, she added to the tentative tracklist some songs that were recorded post-SOS.[8] One was the 2023-recorded "Diamond Boy (DTM)".[9]
Recording
SZA wrote and recorded over 100 songs for SOS within a timespan of five years.[10][11] She and her collaborator, album producer Carter Lang, continued to make music after its release specifically for Lana, motivated by sporadic bursts of creativity.[9] By February 4, 2024, the day of the 2024 Grammy Awards, SZA told The Hollywood Reporter that the album was still "shaping itself" as she let her voice follow "whatever the [album]'s frequency [was]", though she refused to disclose more details. She reasoned that doing so would inadvertently change her creative direction for the album.[12]
During sessions for Lana, SZA found herself in a healthier mental state than when she recorded her past two albums. Her thinking shifted such that instead of being overly burdened by past hurt, she feels more ready to move on and let go. Finding solace in spiritual activities like meditation and yoga, she said that her growing sense of inner peace reflected in her music and songwriting.[13]
I'm not identifying with my brokenness ...Yeah, I experienced cruelty. I have to put it down at some point. Piece by piece, my music is shifting because of that, the lighter I get.
Lana's aesthetic centers around nature, in particular insects.[14] SZA first teased the reissue's visuals on May 31, 2024, by sharing her full-body cosplay of one via Instagram.[15] At her BST Hyde Park concert held in June, there were several stage props of various insects, such as a statue of a large ant.[16] She showed a video of her in another bug costume as the track "Crybaby" played during the set. The clip was shared again on social media after the show.[17] When SZA appeared on Hot Ones, a YouTube series where guests eat several spicy chicken wings, she wore an insect prosthetic on her face.[18]
The official cover art for Lana shows SZA as an insect-like creature in streetwear, wearing a yellow camouflage jacket and cargo pants. The background is dominated by tall grass.[19][20] To achieve her look, SZA wore a prosthetic mask and had black body paint applied all over her body.[21] The cover was revealed on December 18, 2024,[20] and shot by Cassidy Meyers.[22]
Six placeholder covers for Lana were posted on social media back on December 10, 2023, five of which show her among various flora and fauna. One shows her in a yellow camping tent; in another, she wears a headdress and bikini fashioned from leaves. In three others, she is handling farm animals.[4][23] The cover artworks were styled by frequent collaborator Alejandra Hernandez. SZA is portrayed as a "child of nature"; her outfits are particularly designed to evoke a visceral feeling of free-spiritedness. Amel Mukhatar of British Vogue described the style as Bohemian, specifically referencing the nonconformist African American hipsters of the 1940s.[13]
For Lana's title, SZA used her real name, Solána Imani Rowe. Often called "Lana" during childhood, she got a tattoo of her first name at 13 years old, but she could not afford to tattoo all six letters. She had to pay $10 for each, but having only $40, she used only the last four letters of "Solána" for her tattoo.[8]
Promotion
Release
Lana was released on December 20, 2024,[24] although it was pushed from midnight EST to 3 pm due to final changes to the album's mixing.[25][26] The pre-save link was shared two days prior.[27] On December 10, in celebration of SOS's second anniversary, SZA posted a trailer on social media accompanied by a track that samples the Isley Brothers' "Voyage to Atlantis". In the video, she is shown walking in the forest where she urinates beside a stream.[28] The trailer closes with an overlaid text of Lana's title appearing above the words "SOS Deluxe".[29] Previously, Lana and the deluxe edition were supposed to be different from each other.[30][31]
The official announcement of Lana took place in Brooklyn Navy Yard, during a invite-only surprise party to celebrate the success of SOS. During the event, SZA performed four songs intended for the deluxe edition: "Saturn", "PSA", "Diamond Boy (DTM)", and "BMF" (then "Boy from South Detroit").[32] She told Variety that the release would be unexpected, and she compared herself to Frank Ocean and André 3000 in that she was free to do whatever she wanted.[33] Elaborating on her decision to release another full album worth of material, she said that it had become more than expected and referred to the creative process as fun and did not spend too much time living in her "own head".[34] In June 2024, Time listed Lana as one of the most anticipated albums of the year.[35]
Earlier that year, SZA teased that the reissue would be released before the year ended, saying so at the British Vogue interview and a Twitch livestream by Kai Cenat.[13][36] Over a year prior, she suggested that the reissue was set for release by mid–December 2023, which ultimately did not happen.[37] Addressing the delay, Punch explained that the label had to postpone the release date due to the leaking of several outtakes from SOS, including ones intended for the deluxe edition.[38] One of the leaked songs was "Joni".[37] Promotional pictures for Lana were posted on social media without permission as well.[39] The leaks prompted SZA's decision to separate them and other outtakes into a different project, a plan she reversed when the official release date neared.[40]
Songs
On December 6, SZA shared a picture of a whiteboard of titles of possible tracks from Lana. All songs were obscured, except for "Saturn".[41] Shortly after the British Vogue cover story, she shared a one-minute clip of her on Instagram freestyling.[42]
Discussions about the lead single commenced in 2023, and "Diamond Boy (DTM)" was the first choice. However, its release date, and therefore Lana's, was postponed because promotion for SOS was still ongoing with its final single "Snooze".[9][43] The actual lead single from Lana, "Saturn", was surprise-released on February 22, 2024, days after SZA performed it during a Mastercard advertisement on the 2024 Grammy Awards.[44] The performance was heavily nature-themed, and it featured a backdrop of tree and flower props.[45][46] On December 16, SZA teased the music video for another track from the reissue, "Drive", starring Ben Stiller.[47]
SZA teased several songs intended for Lana before its release, apart from "Diamond Boy (DTM)" and "BMF".[48] The track used for the reissue's trailer was "Kitchen", which contained the "Voyage to Atlantis" sample.[28] "Crybaby" was shown at two concerts and teased online shortly after the first one ended.[49] However, "PSA", which was supposed to be on Lana, was scrapped from the final version by Punch. Also excluded was "Joni" and the song "Take You Down",[16] which SZA previously teased on Instagram via a video showing her in a camping tent and with a red bikini.[50][51] Hours after the reissue's release, she shared text conversations between the two on social media in which they discussed its exclusion. According to the screenshot, she had asked Punch for permission to release the two outtakes sometime soon. He replied by saying she can "give it to [the fans] for new years or Christmas."[52] Due to the label's holiday break, the tracks will be released on an updated version of Lana on January 6, 2025.[53]
Commercial performance
In the United States, Lana's first-week streams and downloads helped return SOS to number one on the Billboard 200. Billboard noted that with its album units alone, Lana would have debuted atop the chart if it were released as a separate album, earning 105,000 first-week streaming and tracking-equivalent album units. With the reissue, SOS claimed its 11th non-consecutive week at number one, 22 months after the 10th – the March 4, 2023-dated chart. It therefore broke the record for the longest gap between weeks at number one in the history of the chart.[54]
"Kitchen" contains a sample of "Voyage to Atlantis" by The Isley Brothers, written by Rudolph Isley, O'Kelly Isley Jr., Ronald Isley, Ernie Isley, Marvin Isley and Chris Jasper.[56]
^Curto, Justin (December 20, 2024). "SZA's Lana Is Finally Here". Vulture. Archived from the original on December 20, 2024. Retrieved December 20, 2024.
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