SZA's SOS
Pop Culture Happy Hour
NPR
4.5 • 11.6K Ratings
🗓️ 15 December 2022
⏱️ 18 minutes
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| 0:00.0 | A quick warning, this episode contains explicit language. |
| 0:08.0 | It's been five years since SIZA released her full-length debut album, Control. |
| 0:13.0 | That album mixed pop, hip-hop, and R&B in inventive ways and made SIZA a superstar. |
| 0:18.0 | She's been teasing a follow-up for a very long time, two years. |
| 0:23.0 | And last Friday, she finally dropped an epic follow-up album called SOS. |
| 0:27.0 | I'm Aisha Harris. |
| 0:29.0 | I'm Steven Thompson. |
| 0:30.0 | Today, we are talking about SIZA's new album, SOS, on pop culture happy hour from NPR. |
| 0:39.0 | Joining us today is the co-host of NPR's Louder Than a Riot podcast, Sydney Madden. |
| 0:45.0 | Hey, Sydney. |
| 0:46.0 | What's up, Aisha? |
| 0:47.0 | What's up, Steven? |
| 0:48.0 | Hey! |
| 0:49.0 | So great to have you. |
| 0:50.0 | I'm so glad you're here to talk about this record. |
| 0:52.0 | So, SOS has been a long time coming. |
| 0:55.0 | Its first single, Good Days, came out on Christmas of 2020. |
| 0:59.0 | A follow-up song called, I Hate You, Came Out Nearly a Year Later. |
| 1:03.0 | Both songs hit the Billboard Top 10. |
| 1:05.0 | And along the way, SIZA was a featured guest on Smash Songs by stars like Doja Cat and Summer Walker. |
| 1:11.0 | A third single from SOS called, Shirt, came out in October. |
| 1:14.0 | But SIZA teased that song way back in 2020. |
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