SZA “Good Days”
In a year full of distress, at least we got new music from SZA.
This September, she teamed up with Ty Dolla $ign and The Neptunes to deliver us “Hit Different,” her first release as the lead artist since her 2017 breakout album, Ctrl (which is still the longest Billboard charting debut album of any Black female artist).
A few months later she gifted us “Good Days” on Christmas Day.
This marine-biologist-college-dropout turned Grammy-award-winning-artist personifies authenticity. She is known for her hyper-specific lyrics on universally relatable topics like sex, breakups, cheating and dissapointment.
I love that SZA is a walking example of what happens when you follow your dreams and always speak your truth.
She is from St. Louis and surprisingly enough, SZA was raised in an orthodox Muslim household. It takes a great sense of self-awareness and determination to create the art that she has.
“Good Days” is classic SZA. This track sounds like it could be part of a deluxe version of Ctrl.
She has such a unique, rhythmic style and hold of R&B that makes you keep pressing repeat.
Relatable as ever in her lyrics, SZA’s voice is like warm honey. My favorite line is, “I don’t miss no ex, I don't miss no text, I just choose not to respond.”
We love a song that reminds us to put the negativity of the past behind us, looking forward to better days. Isn’t that what going into a new year is all about?
We normally don’t expect such great music at the end of the year if it isn’t a Christmas album, but “Good Days” proves us wrong. I'm playing this on loop and hoping for more good days to you all in 2021.
“Good Days” also confirms a new SZA album. She recently revealed to Cosmopolitan that this project will come straight from things she’s felt in her heart and in her gut. “I’m making all different types of shit every day from different places in my spirit,” she said.
Coming from one of the coolest artists of our time, I'm looking forward to it living up to the hype.
Side note: SZA’s cover art for the track literally is a replica of Lil Wayne’s Carter collection of albums. Is this alluding to something? Or is SZA just being a little bit of a copycat?
Written by Nati Hazday, Edited by Emma Barsky