Draft:Boy from South Detroit
| "Boy from South Detroit" | |
|---|---|
| Song by SZA featuring Lizzo | |
| from the album Lana | |
| Released | December 2023 |
| Label | |
"Boy from South Detroit" is a song by American singer-songwriter SZA, reportedly featuring American singer and rapper Lizzo. It will be released as a track on Lana, the reissue of SZA's second studio album, SOS (2022).
Background[edit]
SOS, SZA's highly anticipated second studio album, was released on December 9, 2022. It received widespread critical and commercial success,[1][2] debuting atop the Billboard 200, breaking several chart records and milestones,[3] and opening with a score of 94 on the review aggregate website Metacritic.[4] SZA wrote and recorded over 100 songs for the album within a timespan of five years,[5][6] around ten of which she wanted to include on the tracklist but could not. In a January 2023 interview with Most Requested Live, she said any of the 100 songs could appear on the deluxe edition of SOS.[7]
Rob Bisel, one of the album's producers, revealed in a podcast interview with Rolling Stone that a few of the songs written for the album were done with American singer and rapper Lizzo. Prior to this, media outlets speculated that she was set to feature on one called "Boy from South Detroit",[8][9] which SZA confirmed on an Instagram livestream in January 2023.[10]
During the album rollout, many of SZA's unreleased songs were spreading around the Internet. Among them was "Boy from South Detroit", which she said fans had been expecting to be on the album's standard tracklist.[11] According to her, Punch, her label's president, did not accept its inclusion.
References[edit]
- ^ Williams, Sophie (February 23, 2023). "How SZA Inspired a Generation of R&B Storytellers: 'She's a Radical Light'". NME. Retrieved December 17, 2023.
- ^ Mitchell, Gail; Unterberger, Andrew (October 5, 2023). "Why SZA's SOS Could Bring R&B Back to the Grammys Big Four". Billboard. Retrieved December 17, 2023.
- ^ Anderson, Trevor (December 9, 2023). "1 Year of SOS: 8 Records & Achievements for SZA's Blockbuster Album". Billboard. Retrieved December 17, 2023.
- ^ Elibert, Mark. "TDE's Punch Gets Into Spat with Fan Claiming He Mismanages SZA". Complex. Retrieved December 17, 2023.
- ^ Wood, Mikael (February 23, 2023). "Your Favorite Artist's Favorite Artist: How SZA Went from Cult Star to Pop Superstar". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved December 19, 2023.
- ^ Rowley, Glenn (October 17, 2022). "SZA Reveals She Recorded 'A Hundred' Songs for Sophomore Album, Which She Says Is Coming 'Any Day'". Billboard. Retrieved December 19, 2023.
- ^ Hopper, Alex (January 26, 2023). "SZA Teases 'Surprises' Coming Soon". American Songwriter. Retrieved December 19, 2023.
- ^ "Lizzo will reportedly feature on deluxe version of SZA's SOS album". The Line of Best Fit. Retrieved December 19, 2023.
- ^ DeVito, Lee. "SZA announces 'SOS' arena tour with Detroit stop". Detroit Metro Times. Retrieved December 19, 2023.
- ^ Iftikhar, Asyia (January 3, 2023). "Fans Demand SZA and Lizzo Joint Album After Producer Reveals Secret Collabs". PinkNews. Retrieved December 19, 2023.
- ^ Aswad, Jem (February 22, 2023). "SZA to Release Deluxe Edition of SOS with 10 Bonus Tracks". Variety. Retrieved December 19, 2023.