AccuRadio Song Of The Day-SZA

Artist:SZA

Song:Kill Bill

Album:SOS

The 2023 single Kill Bill was the first #1 hit for R&B singer songwriter SZA. She has a new album coming soon. She was born Solana Imani Rowe Nov. 8, 1989 in St. Louis and she grew up in Maplewood, NJ. Her father worked at CNN and her mother worked at AT&T. He's Muslim and so is SZA. That name is obviously a tribute to rapper RZA from the hip hop group Wu Tang Clan. SZA's boyfriend was at the 2011 CMJ New Music Report when he gave her demo to New Dawg Entertainment president Terrance "Punch" Henderson. After she released a couple of EPs online, New Dawg signed SZA in 2013. She released another EP and the single Child's Play featuring Chance the Rapper was certified Gold though it didn't chart. So obviously SZA is making progress online. She also wrote songs for Beyonce and Rihanna. RCA agrees to distribute SZA 2017 debut album Ctrl. The album was certified 3XPlatinum again mostly through online sales. Radio finally was catching up when the single The Weekend reached #29 on the Billboard Hot 100. She also appeared on the 2017 Maroon 5 single What Lovers Do reached #9 on the Billboard Hot 100. SZA was nominated for a Best New Artist Grammy and Ctrl was nominated for five Grammys. So they need to get working on a new album. Strike while the iron is hot. The problem is fans on the internet kept bugging SZA about when the new album would be released. And instead of just telling them to be patient, she would say "Ask Punch" blaming Henderson and RCA for the delay. Meanwhile, the single All the Stars featuring Kendrick Lamar from the soundtrack of the 2018 film Black Panther reached #7 on the Billboard Hot 100. When the single Good Days was released in advance of the album SOS, it reached #9 on the Billboard Hot 100. Finally the album was released. There were several hits from the album. But Kill Bill was SZA first #1 single. I'm sure it was worth the wait. The album was certified 3XPlatinum. Obviously Kill Bill was Quentin Tarantino influenced. SZA wrote that and most of the other songs. The main producer on the album was Carter Lang who also worked on the first album. He brought in Rob Bisel and they produced about half the album. Guest producers included Babyface, Benny Blanco and Rodney "Darkchild" Jerkins. So now she has a new album called Lana coming later this year. The single Saturn was released in February and it reached #6 on the Billboard Hot 100. It was produced by Lang and Sisel just like her previous albums. The only problem is SZA still has an adversarial relationship with Henderson. So that could delay the release but I understand his concern. He's just trying to release the best album possible and a little caution can be a good thing. Here's the video for Kill Bill by SZA.