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Lana is the upcoming third studio album by American singer-songwriter SZA. It is scheduled to be released through Top Dawg Entertainment and RCA Records. Originally planned as the deluxe edition of SZA's previous studio album, SOS (2022), Lana evolved into its own album that would consist solely of new music.
Background
Soon after the release of her highly acclaimed and commercially successful second studio album, SOS (2022), 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. 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. Later in September, she revealed Lana as the deluxe album's title.
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. Sometime after, she added to the tentative tracklist some songs that were recorded post-SOS. One was the 2023-recorded "DTM (Diamond Boy)".
Throughout the preparation for Lana's release, many of its tracks that were originally for SOS, including "Joni", leaked online. On March 25, 2024, SZA addressed the leaking of three unspecified outtakes and promotional pictures for Lana, stating that she had considered legal action against those responsible. After saying she would redo Lana from scratch, she clarified that the deluxe edition would now consist solely of the leaks and other select songs scrapped from SOS. Lana was now a separate project and SZA's third studio album.
Recording
SZA wrote and recorded over 100 songs for SOS within a timespan of five years. She and her collaborator, album producer Carter Lang, continued to make music after its release specifically for Lana, motivated by sporadic bursts of creativity. 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.
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 on her music and songwriting.
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.
Aesthetic and title
The teasers for Lana suggest that its aesthetic will center around nature. On December 10, 2023, SZA revealed six cover art variants for the album via Instagram, 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. She has worn bug costumes in multiple publicized media, specifically an album teaser shown at two concerts and a guest appearance at Hot Ones.
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.
SZA, whose real name is Solána, used one of her nicknames to give SOS its title, and the same was true for Lana. She got her nickname "Lana" at 13 years old, when she planned to have her first name tattooed on her. According to her, she had to pay $10 per letter, but having only $40, she used only the last four letters of "Solana" for her tattoo.
Promotion
= Release
=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", "DTM (Diamond Boy)", and "Boy from South Detroit". 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. 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". In June 2024, Time listed Lana as one of the most anticipated albums of the year.
Back in 2023, when Lana was still the deluxe edition of SOS, SZA told fans that its release date would be in as late as December. This did not come true. On Twitter the following month, Punch said that if more songs from Lana leaked online, the album could face further delays or even a possible cancellation. When SZA featured for the year-end issue of British Vogue's cover story, she said that Lana could be released in November or December 2024. During an appearance at a stream by Twitch personality Kai Cenat, she told him that she would release a "new project" before the year ends.
= Songs
=Discussions about the lead single commenced in 2023, and "DTM (Diamond Boy)" 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". 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. The performance was heavily nature-themed, and it featured a backdrop of tree and flower props.
SZA has teased two other songs believed to be from Lana, both while saying that the album was on the way and sharing nature-related visuals. On March 12, she posted a video on Instagram that shows her in a camping tent wearing nothing but a red bikini, captioned with the lyric "Never fight over community d". When she performed at a concert for BST Hyde Park on June 30, she flashed the album trailer on the stage screen before saying: "New album, you ready?" She shared the trailer online after the concert, singing the lyrics to a song publications called "Storytime". SZA revealed the official title to be "Cry Baby" at Lollapalooza Chicago on August 3. Shortly after the British Vogue cover story, she shared a one-minute clip of her on Instagram freestyling.
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