SZA is allowing her new album, Lana, to shape itself and admits it could “change the trajectory” of “what it could be.”
The “Snooze” hitmaker originally set out for the collection to be a deluxe edition of her Grammy-winning album, SOS, with songs that didn’t make the final track listing. She later confirmed that it turned into a whole other album.
The chart-topping star — whose real name is Solána Imani Rowe — has decided not to describe the songs on Lana because it could all change direction before she’s finished.
“You know, this round, I actually don’t want to say anything. Just because I feel like I do myself a disservice because you can shift the energy of the album,” she told The Hollywood Reporter. “You got to let it form itself. Because I’m not really forming anything.”
“I’m just kind of here while energy is forming,” SZA continued. “I’m just trying to allow it to do what it needs to do, and my voice just follows whatever the frequency is. So I feel like I want to allow it to finish shaping itself and form itself before I speak on it and possibly change the trajectory of what it could be. But I will say I’m in a beautiful space creatively and I feel just very new.”
SZA took home three Grammy Awards for Best R&B Song for “Snooze,” Best Progressive R&B Album for SOS and Best Pop Duo/Group Performance alongside Phoebe Bridgers for “Ghost in the Machine.” Album of the Year went to Taylor Swift for Midnights.
SZA insists she is just “grateful” to have won the prizes she did and to not have made any mistakes at the livestreamed bash, which could be so overwhelming for someone who suffers from anxiety about public appearances.
“I don’t actually. I’m grateful I won three. I could have left with nothing; I didn’t, and I’m grateful. My parents got to see it, and I didn’t bomb on live television — and that was so scary. And I faced some really big fears and I’m just happy that it all went well, genuinely. And I’m happy for everybody,” she replied after being asked if she wishes she’d won Album of the Year.
