SZA parts ways with longtime manager after releasing ‘Lana’

nme.com:

SZA has confirmed her split with her longtime manager, only five days after releasing her new album ‘Lana’.The singer revealed yesterday (December 25) that she had parted ways with Terrence “Punch” Henderson, who she has worked with since 2011.Henderson, the co-president of Top Dawg Entertainment (TDE), had been heavily involved in the making of ‘Lana’, which arrived last Friday (December 20) after almost a year of teasing.

Rather than a standalone album, it exists as a deluxe version of her 2022 LP ‘SOS’.Less than a day after the record’s release, SZA shared screenshots of her conversations with her former manager about releasing even more songs. “punch gave the go ahead to purge and drop all songs ..

more things are on the way,” she wrote on Twitter/X, less than a day after the album’s release.Then, she shared a screenshot of a conversation with Henderson, where she’s requesting to release three additional tracks called ‘Take You Down’, ‘PSA’ and ‘Open Arms’, saying “they’re all mastered already”.Henderson then responded by telling SZA to “let this breathe for a week at least”, adding: “Give it to them for new years or Christmas”.Now, it seems the future of those songs is uncertain, after SZA responded to a fan on Instagram asking about them, saying: “those were tracks punch and I spoke about releasing together prior.

Obviously he stepped away abruptly so sorting the drop out was a bit tricky. Pls Give me a second .. they’ll be loaded.”She then added: “And to be clear I love punch deeply !