SZA May Finally Be Releasing Her ‘Lana’ Soon

SZA may finally be ready to unleash a pair of projects she’s been teasing for over a year, according to a new interview.

Going back to late 2023, when SZA appeared on the cover of Rolling Stone, the singer has mentioned both a deluxe edition to her 2022 LP SOS as well as a new album titled Lana, with SZA even posting cover art for the projects back in December 2023. Over a year later, however, neither project has arrived.

That could change in the coming months as British Vogue, which interviewed SZA for its latest issue, says that both the SOS deluxe edition and Lana are expected out this autumn (which, it should be noted, is only a handful of more weeks long.) The magazine also noted an unreleased song titled “PSA,” which is allegedly bound for Lana.

“I think I am making music from a more beautiful place. From a more possible place versus a more angsty place,” SZA told British Vogue of Lana. “I’m not identifying with my brokenness. It’s not my identity. It’s shit that happened to me. 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.”

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At one point, the deluxe edition of SOS was going to be called Lana, but following a string of “throwaways and leaks” that appeared on the internet, SZA revealed in March 2024 that she’d instead split them into two separate entities.

“Being that this is material from Lana this prompted me to make a decision,” SZA said following the unauthorized leaks. “I decided w all the leaks and me not knowing what someone has or doesn’t have it’s too complicated so I should jus consolidate the leaks and the outtakes and drop that as to not prolong the process and then focus on my next project as a win-win for everybody.”