SZA confirms new album ‘Lana’ is deluxe edition of ‘SOS’: “The clock starts now”

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SZA has confirmed that her new album ‘Lana’ is a deluxe edition of 2022’s ‘SOS’, teasing new music in a social media post.SZA has been teasing ‘Lana’ since 2023 – she recently appeared on streamer Kai Cenat’s livestream alongside Lizzo, where she said that there’s “a whole new project” that people have yet to hear, and that it’ll be out “before the year is over”.The tease elicited major reactions from Lizzo and Kai Cenat, who began screaming in surprise.This isn’t the first time SZA has said that new music will drop before 2025.

In November, it was reported that SZA’s next project will arrive in autumn this year, which will conclude right before Christmas.Now, SZA has shared a teaser on Instagram, with the album title ‘Lana’ accompanied by ‘SOS Deluxe’ in all-caps.

The post was published yesterday (December 9), marking the two-year anniversary of ‘SOS’.“Clock starts now”, she wrote. “Happy anniversary”.

The teaser features SZA singing over a sample of The Isley Brothers’ ‘Voyage To Atlantis’. No release date has been confirmed for ‘Lana’.A post shared by SZA (@sza)It comes after SZA recently confirmed that she’s taking a break from performing live “for a while”. “Every day I grapple with, ‘Am I done with music?’” she said. “Maybe I’m just not meant to be famous – I’m crashing and burning and behaving erratically.