Snooze (SZA song)
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| "Snooze" | ||||
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| Single by SZA | ||||
| from the album SOS | ||||
| Released | April 25, 2023 | |||
| Genre | R&B | |||
| Length | 3:21 | |||
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| "Snooze" on YouTube | ||||
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"Snooze" is a song by American singer-songwriter SZA from her second studio album, SOS (2022).
Background[edit]
SZA released her debut studio album, Ctrl, in 2017. Primarily an R&B album that deals with themes like heartbreak, it received widespread acclaim for SZA's vocals and the eclectic musical style, as well as the emotional impact and confessional nature of its songwriting. The album brought SZA to mainstream fame. Critics credit it with establishing her status as a major figure in contemporary pop and R&B music and pushing the boundaries of the R&B genre.[note 1] Her next studio album was highly anticipated,[8][9] and she alluded to its completion as early as August 2019,[10][11] during an interview with DJ Kerwin Frost.[12]
From April to May 2022, SZA told media outlets that she had recently finished the album in Hawaii and said that it was coming soon.[13]
Music and lyrics
SZA had been working on the SOS album since 2019, but the song ‘Snooze’ wasn’t composed until late 2021 (Nelson, 2023). The song was written by SZA and produced by R&B artist Babyface and the production duo Khristopher Riddick-Tynes and Leon Thomas III (Songfacts). Thomas said “[SZA’s “Snooze”] wasn’t even originally for her album. It was a collaboration she was doing for Babyface’s new album, Girls Night Out. We were essentially just getting creative and having Babyface walk in and out of the room and lay parts,” (Nelson, 2023). When discussing how they created the song from ‘scratch’ Leon says “there was no ego; we were trying to make something cool that day. We did the beat that same day, and she recorded the song on the same day,” (Nelson, 2023). In an interview with Wild949 FM’s Angelina Narvaez, SZA reflects on the composition of the song saying, “so when I heard that [sample of song]... I just kinda, like, wandered into the room… he [Leon] was, like, building this beat from scratch, and I was like, this is crazy” (Wild949fm, 2023). She went on to explain that she loves vocal samples used in the beats of songs, such as ones she used for ‘SOS’ and ‘Broken Clocks,’ which is why she fell in love with the beat to ‘Snooze,’ because of Leon’s vocals (Wild949fm, 2023). Towards the end of the song, you can hear Leon’s vocals on the track.
Lyrics
SOS has many themes such as love, hate, self-worth, revenge, and growth. The song ‘Snooze’ has been described as a ‘dreamy ballad’ where SZA reflects on a relationship that she wants to put her all into despite feeling like she is the only one trying to make the relationship work (Songfacts). Throughout the SOS album, SZA alludes to other media such as movies. In her song ‘Kill Bill’ SZA directly references the Quentin Tarantino movie not only with the title, but also throughout the song lyrics and music video (Hopper, 2023). In ‘Snooze’ she references the movie ‘Scarface’ with the verse: ‘In a droptop ride with you, I feel like Scarface, Like that white bitch with a bob, I’ll be your main one” The song also gives the feeling of satire because throughout almost the entire song she sings of the passion she has towards her love interest, going as far as killing and hiding bodies for her said lover, yet at the ending bridge, the lyrics make a switch and start to give off a tone of regret and sadness. The language throughout the song is passionate with a hint of violence with lyrics like “kill” and verses such as “mobbin’, schemin’, lootin’, hide your bodies.” This violent language directly conflicts with tone of the title that is supposed to give off a dreamy, sleep-like effect, which again plays into the satire tone of the song as a whole. Despite her use of the word ‘snooze’ and ‘dreamin’ throughout the lyrics, she continuously throws in violent words to show her passion for the relationship and her anger toward the fact that she is willing to do anything to make the relationship work, but the effort is not being reciprocated.
Live performances[edit]
SZA is currently on tour for her SOS album and videos of her performing ‘Snooze’ are making their way across social media platforms such as TikTok, Twitter, and Youtube.
Release and reception[edit]
SOS is the first R&B album to spend its first consecutive seven weeks at No. 1 on Billboard’s 200 chart since 1987 when Whitney Houston’s album ‘Whitney’ was released (Caulfield, 2023). The song ‘Snooze’ has moved its way up to SZA’s top five most listened to songs on Apple Music and is currently being featured in Spotifies’ Top Hits playlist. ‘Snooze’ has been praised all over social media as of late. Listeners have described the song as ‘perfect’ (Ontha⁷⁷⁷, 2023). However, the song faced a bit of controversy when fans started crediting Babyface with the writing of the lyrics to the song and SZA went to twitter to clarify that she was the one who wrote the song while Babyface was just the producer saying, “I wrote EVERY lyric and melody on snooze. The amazing Baby face and Leon PRODUCED the track,” (SZA, 2023). The album itself has been described as ‘one of the most anticipated releases in 2022’ and is expected to make its mark at the 2024 Grammy Awards (Korrs, 2023). SZA has also been credited in her ‘genre-shifting abilities’ throughout the album which is ‘revolutionizing’ the R&B and pop genres (Siregar, 2022).
References[edit]
- ↑ Curto, Justin (December 9, 2022). "SZA Finally Unleashed Her Inner Rock Star". Vulture. Archived from the original on December 21, 2022. Retrieved December 15, 2022. Unknown parameter
|url-status=ignored (help) - ↑ Mitchell, Ashlee (December 13, 2022). "5 Takeaways from SZA's New Album SOS". The Recording Academy. Archived from the original on December 30, 2022. Retrieved December 15, 2022. Unknown parameter
|url-status=ignored (help) - ↑ Taylor, Ims (December 9, 2022). "SZA Hits the Heights on the Dense but Masterful SOS". The Line of Best Fit. Archived from the original on December 19, 2022. Retrieved January 2, 2023. Unknown parameter
|url-status=ignored (help) - ↑ Daly, Rhian (December 9, 2022). "SZA – SOS Review: A Comeback Album Well Worth the Wait". NME. Archived from the original on December 27, 2022. Retrieved December 27, 2022. Unknown parameter
|url-status=ignored (help) - ↑ McCormick, Neil; Haider, Arwa; Johnston, Kathleen (December 9, 2022). "Sam Ryder Is No One-Hit Wonder, SZA Channels Princess Diana – The Week's Best Albums". The Daily Telegraph. Archived from the original on December 17, 2022. Retrieved December 29, 2022. Unknown parameter
|url-status=ignored (help) - ↑ Pearce, Sheldon. "SZA: Ctrl (Deluxe)". The New Yorker. Archived from the original on January 2, 2023. Retrieved January 2, 2023. Unknown parameter
|url-status=ignored (help) - ↑ Siregar, Cady (December 9, 2022). "On SOS, SZA Once Again Blows Expectations Out of the Water". Consequence. Archived from the original on December 29, 2022. Retrieved January 2, 2023. Unknown parameter
|url-status=ignored (help) - ↑ Lee, Cydney; Lipshutz, Jason; Mamo, Heran; Robinson, Kristin; Unterberger, Andrew (January 4, 2023). "Five Burning Questions: SZA Holds at No. 1 for Third Week with SOS Album". Billboard. Archived from the original on January 5, 2023. Retrieved January 5, 2023. Unknown parameter
|url-status=ignored (help) - ↑ Kornhaber, Spencer (December 14, 2022). "What Gives SZA Her Edge". The Atlantic. Archived from the original on December 26, 2022. Retrieved December 30, 2022. Unknown parameter
|url-status=ignored (help) - ↑ Robinson, Ellie (June 7, 2021). "SZA Reveals She 'Burst Into Tears' During a Rehearsal of '20 Something'". NME. Archived from the original on December 28, 2022. Retrieved December 28, 2022. Unknown parameter
|url-status=ignored (help) - ↑ Alston, Trey (January 3, 2020). "SZA Is Dropping a New Album This Year but When Is Beyond Her Ctrl". MTV News. Archived from the original on December 30, 2022. Retrieved December 30, 2022. Unknown parameter
|url-status=ignored (help) - ↑ Reese, Alexis (August 20, 2019). "SZA Reveals Sophomore Album Is On the Way". Vibe. Archived from the original on May 20, 2022. Retrieved April 2, 2023. Unknown parameter
|url-status=ignored (help) - ↑ Kenneally, Cerys (April 4, 2022). "SZA Says New Album Is 'Finished' and Describes It as Her 'Most Unisex' Project Yet". The Line of Best Fit. Archived from the original on December 9, 2022. Retrieved November 17, 2022. Unknown parameter
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- ↑ Vulture,[1] The Recording Academy,[2] The Line of Best Fit,[3] NME,[4] The Daily Telegraph,[5] The New Yorker,[6] and Consequence[7] cited these qualities as the reason for the success of Ctrl and SZA's impact on the pop and R&B scene.
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