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Donald Glover’s horror thriller series Swarm has been released – check it out below.Created by Glover and Janine Nabers (Watchmen), the series follows Dre (Dominique Fishback) and her obsession with world-famous popstar Ni’Jah (Nirine S. Brown) which leads her down a dark path.Alongside Fishback, the series stars Chloe Bailey as Dre’s sister Ris, with guest appearances from Damson Idris, Rory Culkin, Paris Jackson, Byron Bowers and Billie Eilish.The official soundtrack includes an EP from the show’s fictional pop star Ni’Jah, performed by KIRBY and Glover under his musical alias Childish Gambino.You can stream the EP below.Along with the EP, a bunch of songs by other artists including SZA and Chloe Bailey aka Chlöe feature in the series.

SZA was joined by Lizzo and Phoebe Bridgers during the final show of her North American ‘SOS’ arena tour – check out fan-shot footage below.SZA’s ‘SOS’ tour kicked off last month and ended Thursday evening (March 23) with a show at Los Angeles’ Kia Forum.During the gig, Phoebe Bridgers joined SZA onstage to perform their collaborative track ‘Ghost In The Machine’. The pair had previously performed the song together at a show at Madison Square Garden earlier this month.Towards the end of the set, SZA was also joined by Lizzo to perform their remix of the latter’s ‘Special’.

SZA during the final show of her SOS tour. On Wednesday, the 33-year-old songstress performed at The Forum in Los Angeles, and it was a star-studded event.Kim Kardashian made her stylish arrival in a crocodile printed jumpsuit.

#Oscars. pic.twitter.com/4w4MNCO89X— Pop Base (@PopBase) March 13, 2023This isn’t the first time Gaga has gone out of her way to help someone who needed it at an award show.At the Grammys last year, she was spotted getting down on the floor to assist SZA with her dress as she made her way onstage to accept her Grammy.SZA, who was using crutches, was grateful for Gaga’s help, as she was having a tough time managing it all.

SZA headlined New York’s Madison Square Garden on Saturday night (March 4) and was joined onstage by Phoebe Bridgers and Cardi B.SZA is mid-way through her North American arena tour in support of her new album ‘SOS’ and was joined by a couple of special guests at the first of her New York dates.Early in the set, SZA was joined onstage by Phoebe Bridgers to perform ‘Ghost In The Machine’ live for the first time. For the next song, SZA then brought out Cardi B for the live debut of their collab ‘I Do’ before Cardi performed part of her Glorilla team-up ‘Tomorrow 2’.Taking to social media, SZA called Bridgers “a king amongst ants” and said Cardi B was a “superstar.”“I can’t believe she came through for me.

SZA headlined New York’s Madison Square Gardens on Saturday night (March 4) and was joined onstage by Phoebe Bridgers and Cardi B.SZA is mid-way through her North American arena tour in support of her new album ‘SOS’ and was joined by a couple of special guests at the first of her New York dates.Early in the set, SZA was joined onstage by Phoebe Bridgers to perform ‘Ghost In The Machine’ live for the first time. For the next song, SZA then brought out Cardi B for the live debut of their collab ‘I Do’ before Cardi performed part of her Glorilla team-up ‘Tomorrow 2’.Taking to social media, SZA called Bridgers “a king amongst ants” and said Cardi B was a “superstar.”“I can’t believe she came through for me.

SZA once turned down an offer to take part in Carpool Karaoke because she was “too scared”, the singer has revealed.Carpool Karaoke sees James Corden drive celebrities around a location, typically LA, while interviewing them and having them sing along to their own – and other people’s – songs.Although it started and has continued as a segment on Corden’s The Late Late Show, in 2017, Apple launched a spin-off series with the host. It is unclear which version SZA was invited to appear on.Speaking to Alternative Press, SZA said she had rejected the offer years back because she was too “scared of being on camera, looking bad, sounding bad and being perceived”.

Lana Del Rey hailed Olivia Rodrigo and SZA during an acceptance speech for the Visionary Award at the 2023 Billboard Women In Music event.The singer paid tribute to her fellow female stars at the ceremony at Los Angeles’ YouTube Theater last night, saying that she was thrilled to be handed the prize from 20-year-old Rodrigo.“I really don’t deserve her giving me this award, this wonderful award. I can’t tell you how much it means that someone [Olivia] who wrote ‘Drivers License’ is standing next to me,” Del Rey said.She also said of SZA, who was this year’s Woman Of The Year recipient: “SZA, from the minute I heard you, I knew I wanted to know you.

SZA is set to release 10 unheard songs as part of a deluxe version of her chart-topping new album ‘SOS’.The long-awaited album, which was the singer’s first in half a decade and followed 2017’s ‘Ctrl’ upon release in December, was greeted with critical acclaim (including five stars from NME) and broke a seven-year chart record in the US this week by celebrating its ninth week at Number One in the US.SZA recently hinted at a future collaboration with Miley Cyrus, after she teased future “surprises” for fans and hinted at a forthcoming deluxe edition of the new album.Now, Billboard have confirmed that a deluxe edition of the new album is coming, and that it will feature 10 unheard songs.This week, SZA kicked off her North American arena tour this week, debuting ‘SOS’ songs and covering Erykah Badu at gigs in Columbus, Ohio and Chicago.At the first show of the tour in Columbus, SZA gave live debuts to ‘SOS’ tracks ‘PSA’, ‘Seek & Destroy’, ‘Notice Me’, ‘Conceited’, ‘Gone Girl’, ‘Kill Bill’ and more as part of a mammoth 32-song setlist that also saw her cover Badu’s ‘Bag Lady’ and perform her Kendrick Lamar (‘All The Stars’) and Doja Cat (‘Kiss Me More‘) collaborations.See the full list of tour dates and buy your tickets here. Omar Apollo is set to open for SZA on all dates.SZA plays the following:FEBRUARY 202325 – Toronto, ON, Scotiabank Arena27 – Washington, DC, Capital One Arena28 – Boston, MA, TD GardenMARCH 2023 02 – Philadelphia, PA, Wells Fargo Center04 – New York, NY, Madison Square Garden07 – Atlanta, GA, State Farm Arena09 – Austin, TX, Moody Center10 – Dallas, TX, American Airlines Center13 – San Diego, CA, Viejas Arena14 – Oakland, CA, Oakland Arena16 – Seattle, WA, Climate Pledge Arena18 – Portland, OR, Moda

SZA kicked off her North American arena tour this week, debuting ‘SOS’ songs and covering Erykah Badu – see photos, footage, the full setlist and more below.The singer will tour her long-awaited second album, which was released last November, across the country for the next month. Dates began in Columbus, Ohio and Chicago this week (February 21 and 22).At the first show of the tour in Columbus, SZA gave live debuts to ‘SOS’ tracks ‘PSA’, ‘Seek & Destroy’, ‘Notice Me’, ‘Conceited’, ‘Gone Girl’, ‘Kill Bill’ and more as part of a mammoth 32-song setlist that also saw her cover Badu’s ‘Bag Lady’ and perform her Kendrick Lamar (‘All The Stars’) and Doja Cat (‘Kiss Me More‘) collaborations.See footage, photos and the full setlist from the Columbus gig on February 21 below.‘PSA’‘Seek & Destroy’‘Notice Me’‘Conceited’‘Love Galore’‘Broken Clocks’‘Forgiveless’‘Used’‘Bag Lady’ (Erykah Badu cover)‘Blind’‘Shirt’‘Too Late’‘Smoking On My Ex Pack’‘All The Stars’‘Prom’‘Garden (Say It Like Dat)’‘F2F’‘Drew Barrymore’‘Doves In The Wind’‘Low’‘Open Arms’‘Supermodel’‘Special’‘Nobody Gets Me’‘Gone Girl’‘SOS’‘Kiss Me More’‘Love Language’‘Snooze’‘Kill Bill’‘I Hate U’‘The Weekend’‘Good Days’See the full list of tour dates and buy your tickets here.

SZA‘s ‘SOS’ has broken a seven-year chart record in the US as it celebrates its ninth week at Number One.The long-awaited album, which was the singer’s first in half a decade and followed 2017’s ‘Ctrl’ upon release in December, has been riding high in the charts ever since it dropped.This week, it celebrated its ninth week at the summit of the Billboard 200 chart, making it the first album by a woman to hit that milestone in seven years. In its ninth week, the record sold 93,000 equivalent album units.The ninth chart-topping week breaks a record held by Adele‘s ’25’ since March 2016, with Taylor Swift the only other woman to achieve the mark in the last 10 years with ‘1989’.Billboard 200: #1(=) @sza, SOS 93,000 (1,401,000 units since release).

SZA’s 2022 album “SOS” just tied Taylor Swift’s “Folklore” for the most weeks a female artist’s record has stayed at number one on the Billboard charts with eight.Riding that wave of momentum, the R&B star’s highly-anticipated, nationwide “SOS Tour” will kick off on Tuesday, Feb. 21 at Columbus, OH’s Value City Arena.Midway through the run, the “Kill Bill” singer will stop into New York City’s Madison Square Garden for back-to-back nights on Saturday, March 4 and Sunday, March 5.

Lizzo has dropped a new remix of her song "Special," featuring SZA. The original version of the Max Martin-produced song appears on Lizzo's 2022 album of the same name.

SZA has revealed that she has written 100 songs for her new album, adding that it could be released “any day” now.The singer’s long-awaited second album, and follow-up to her critically acclaimed 2017 debut ‘Ctrl’, has been touted for years, though she recently said she was in no rush to release it.Speaking to TMZ paparazzi at LAX airport, SZA has now revealed that she has written a huge amount of songs for the record over the last five years, and that its release date is still up in the air – but could be imminent.Revealing that the album’s rollout could start “any day” now, SZA was then asked how many songs she has written for the album.“Total? 100,” she replied. “Maybe, like, I don’t even know actually.

SZA has opened up about the progress of her long-awaited second album, but made it clear that she’s in no rush to release it.“I don’t even know what this album is about and what it sounds like,” the singer said during a recent interview with Complex. “Which is why I had to go to the mode of what feels good to my brain and to my energy and the songs that I think are hot, I just have to go with them.”SZA went on to say that she has “no idea” what the follow-up to 2017’s ‘Ctrl’ “sounds like to anybody else”, explaining that it was hard to pinpoint an exact sonic direction. “It’s a little bit of everything,” she said.

Back in July, SZA blessed Doechii’s March single “Persuasive” with a verse, and it was her remix that ultimately appeared on Doechii’s August 5 EP, she / her / black bitch. Today, nearly a month after that project’s release, the St.

SZA will make her movie acting debut alongside Euphoria’s Chloe Cherry in Tuna Melt, according to reports.The film is being written and directed by writer and restaurateur Eddie Huang and is the figure’s second movie project following his directorial debut Boogie last year.According to Deadline, Tuna Melt has been compared to “an updated Pulp Fiction meets High Fidelity”. Huang will also star in the film, taking the lead role as a hitman who, after rendering his services, meets the love of his life.SZA is set to play Huang’s love interest, while Cherry’s role has yet to be disclosed.

SZA is pivoting to Hollywood. Deadline reports that the TDE artist will star opposite writer and director Eddie Huang in his upcoming movie Tuna Melt.

Doechii has teamed up with SZA for a new remix of her single ‘Persuasive’ – listen below.Doechii released ‘Persuasive’ in March, which was followed by new single ‘Bitch I’m Nice’ this month. She teased the remix with a video that was posted on her social media earlier this month that suggested SZA was involved.“I created ‘Persuasive’ to uplift people and bring communities together,” Doechii said in a press release, “so having SZA jump on the song was a perfect fit because I’ve always connected with others over her music.“Knowing that SZA is with [Top Dawg Entertainment] was what originally got me most excited about being on this label, so now that we have a song together it’s a full-circle moment.“She really ATE! This collaboration is everything I always imagined it to be.”Speaking to NME earlier this year, Doechii explained how she ended up signing with TDE after releasing her 2020 EP ‘Oh The Places You’ll Go’.“I was sleeping on my dad’s sofa, and got this random call,” she said.

Tampa rapper Doechii's star is rising at an astronimic speed right now following the success of recent singles "Crazy" and "Bitch I'm Nice." Now she has recuited her TDE label mate SZA for a remix of latest release "Persuasive." Check out the updated version of the song below. "I created 'Persuasive' to uplift people and bring communities together, so having SZA jump on the song was a perfect fit because I’ve always connected with others over her music," Doechii said in a statement.

Coachella, Head In The Clouds, Cruel World and more – who cited “a combination of logistics, timing and production issues” for the cancellation.In a statement shared on social media, the festival’s team assured ticketholders that “the refund process will begin immediately”. Tickets purchased with credit cards will be refunded to the account used for the transaction, with the full amount expected to be processed within two to four weeks.

SZA has shared a deluxe edition of her lauded 2017 album ‘Ctrl’ to celebrate its fifth anniversary today (June 9).The singer’s critically acclaimed debut album remains her only record to date, and the expanded edition was teased earlier this week ahead of its anniversary.The new edition includes an alternate version of ‘Ctrl’ track and Travis Scott collaboration ‘Love Galore’, alongside previously unreleased tracks called ‘2AM’, ‘Miles’, ‘Percolator’, ‘Tread Carefully’, ‘Awkward’ and ‘Jodie’.In a new tweet today, SZA hinted that even more music may come this week, telling fans: “What isn’t on deluxe maybe on SoundCloud as well tomorrow? Deciding. Spring cleaning old thoughts.”What isn’t on deluxe maybe on SoundCloud as well tomorrow? Deciding .

SZA has celebrated the five year anniversary of her album Ctrl by sharing a deluxe edition featuring previously unheard material. The 2017 album was SZA's studio debut and featured the breakout singles "Drew Barrymore" and "The Weekend." Check out Ctrl (Deluxe) below.

SZA has teased the release of archived songs from 2017, in the lead-up to the five year anniversary of her debut studio album, ‘Ctrl’.In a tweet posted today (June 7), the R&B singer floated the idea of marking the milestone of her 2017 album by dropping unreleased tracks from that same year. While she didn’t directly reference the album, it’ll be five years since it arrived in two days (June 9).Unreleased songs from 2017 to celebrate 5 ..

SZA has discussed the impact the spotlight and pressures placed upon her as an artist have on her mental health, during an interview as part of the Community Voices series for Mental Health Awareness Month.During the 100th episode of the series, SZA discussed the toxic nature of social media. Specifically referencing online trolls, she said it was difficult when negative comments matched up to her own insecurities.“It’s weird sometimes, when your personal thoughts and feelings align with some of the things people say about you,” she said.

SZA has deleted her TikTok account for Mental Health Awareness Month after posting a series of tweets highlighting the horrible treatment she’s received at the hands of internet trolls.Last weekend, the TDE singer was one of the many artists in attendance at this year’s Met Gala at New York City’s Metropolitan Museum of Art.However, a number of fans have since taken to social media to call SZA out for attending the charity event, recalling a tweet she posted last month: “Not going to any more award shows or events til my album out.”The follow-up to SZA’s 2017 debut album ‘CTRL’ is still yet to arrive, although she did tell Vogue (via Hypebeast) on the red carpet at the Met Gala that her new LP is “ready to go, more than I’ve ever felt before”, adding that “this summer, it’ll be like a… it’ll be a SZA Summer.”This wasn’t enough for fans, though, who gave the singer-songwriter a hard time about her decision to go to the Met Gala given that her new album hasn’t been released.“I swear to God if I didn’t accidentally fall in love w music .. I would NEVER EVER COME OUTSIDE,” SZA tweeted in response yesterday (May 4).“Ya’ll suck the joy and life out of EVERYTHING.

Green Day, Post Malone and SZA topping the poster.Returning for its 14th iteration, the festival will run over the weekend of Friday August 5 through Sunday 7, taking place at the Golden Gate Park in San Francisco. This year’s bill sports a total of 92 acts, with sub-headliners including Jack Harlow, Weezer, Phoebe Bridgers, Illenium, Lil Uzi Vert, Kali Uchis, Disclosure, Mitski and Anitta.Elsewhere throughout the line-up, standout acts include the likes of Mac DeMarco, Pusha T, 100 Gecs, Wet Leg, Sam Fender and Pussy Riot.

When SZA hit the red carpet at Sunday's Grammys she was sporting an unlikely accessory with her gown: a pair of crutches. She told reporters she had fallen out of bed the day before the ceremony and was struggling to walk.

Doja Cat and SZA won the Best Pop Duo Performance Award at the 2022 Grammys. They beat out "Butter" by BTS, Tony Bennett & Lady Gaga, ("I Get a Kick Out of You"), Justin Bieber and Benny Blanco ("Lonely"), and BTS ("Butter"), but if there were any hard feelings in the room, they evaporated when Doja and SZA took the stage to accept the prize.

GRAMMYs seemed to be full of surprises when it came to some of the night's big winners. At least, a few victories seemed to take the actual winners by surprise.Before Jon Batiste won Album of the Year and reacted with absolute shock and confusion, it was Doja Cat who was apparently caught off-guard when she and SZA won the award for Best Pop Duo/Group Performance, for their song «Kiss Me More.»SZA surprised everyone by managing to get up the GRAMMY stage safely despite walking with crutches and incredibly high heels — and got a sweet assist with her super long train from Lady Gaga.By the time she got up there, Doja Cat was just rushing over from the back of the MGM Grand Garden Arena, and SZA laughingly joked, «Girl, you went to the bathroom for like five minutes, are you serious?”As it turns out, Doja Cat had taken the first chance she got to use the bathroom, and it just so happened to be when her category was about to be announced.»Listen, I have never taken such a fast piss in my whole life," Doja Cat said, still trying to catch her breath, as the audience exploded with laughter.

Doja Cat nearly missed accepting her 2022 Grammy Award, making it back right on time to receive the statue for the Best Pop Duo/ Group Performance for “Kiss Me More.”“I’ve never taken such a fast p— in my whole life,” Doja Cat said between heaving breaths, after sprinting to the stage in heels.She urged her co-creator on the track SZA, who limped to the stage on crutches and received a much needed gown assist from Lady Gaga, “to say something, give them something,” before handing over the microphone.The 32-year-old “Good Days” singer, who is up for Best R&B Song for the track joked “I am glad you made it back in time,” after thanking her family and God.“I like to downplay s–t,” Doja Cat, 26, said as she began to tear up, overcome with emotions. “But this? It’s a big deal.”“Thank you everybody,” the “Woman” singer continued before stepping off the stage in grateful shock.

SZA has shared that she will make her acting debut on a forthcoming project, details of which have yet to be announced.The R&B star told fans about the new development in her career in a recent post on her Instagram Story.“Can’t believe I got the part I wanted,” SZA wrote.

Isaiah Rashad was the musical guest on Jimmy Kimmel Live! on Thursday night and he brought SZA along for the performance. Check out their rendition of "Score" above.

SZA has officially unveiled her latest single, ‘I Hate U’, over three months after the the R&B icon dropped it as a “random thought” on SoundCloud.The song had initially come as one of three demos SZA shared back in August, alongside ‘Nightbird’ and ‘Joni’.

SZA has shared new song "I Hate U." Fans will know the song as one of three tracks she put out on SoundCloud earlier this year (under the slightly different title "I Hate You") but as of today the track is available wherever you stream music.

SZA halted a recent concert after a fan passed out in the crowd at Salt Lake City.The rapper – real name Solána Imani Rowe – stopped the show and instructed stagehands to bring water to those in need in the crowd.Addressing the crowd she said: “I’ve played concerts where people have passed out..also wait more water, [to security] do I have personal water in the back? Just bring all the water, I don’t care.”She also addressed recent events at Travis Scott’s Astroworld Festival which resulted in