Jenny: Yeah, there's actually this great quote from her interview with Breakfast Club about that. I really liked the last project's poeticism, it marked SZA as a great writer but Ctrl is a lot more personal and vulnerable - anecdotes and all. There was a sense that she was more removed from twentysomething problems.īrandi: Sydnee, I agree. Solange's album allowed for black girl vulnerability, but she's in her early 30s. Sydnee: Yes! I think age has a lot to do with my connection, too.
This comes after almost like a stream of "Black Girl Magic" content in the last couple of years in music, but SZA's closer to my age to resonate with.so I guess I was waiting for that to happen and she delivered! I've been in an interesting time in my life for reflection and writing, understanding complex ideas about myself, race, sexuality, and so on. Which began the long wait for Ctrl.īrandi Fullwood: I've been a SZA fan for awhile now, I saw her last summer at Panorama Festival and even photographed her. But her first song that she dropped after her last project, "twoAM" was more honest and grounded than I was expecting from her. I liked the way it sounded, but the lyrics were so metaphorical and combined with her tone, I couldn't connect as viscerally as I do with this album. Sydnee Monday: To be completely honest, her last project (2013's Z EP) didn't really register with me. And also, the anticipation for this album really seemed to build among young black women this year - this album release had been rumored for a while so I was just excited to see what she was gonna come out with. So I was excited about what SZA would do on this label. I like the music of Kendrick, Schoolboy Q, and the other Black Hippy members but definitely always see it as pretty. And then she got signed to TDE - and she's the only woman signed to that label, I believe. Jenny Gathright: Have had my eye on SZA for a while.
What brought you to this album to begin with? So, we heard that the three of you have some very strong feelings about SZA and Ctrl.
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