SZA says she doesn’t want to be labeled as just an R&B artist, after latest release of “SOS” album

SZA opens up about being labeled as just an R&B artist

Last week, SZA finally released her highly anticipated sophomore album, “SOS.” This was led by hit singles such as “Good Days,” “I Hate U” and “Shirt.” 23 songs were available in total, as SZA also collaborated with Don Toliver, Travis Scott, Phoebe Bridgers, and the late Ol’ Dirty Bastard.

Following SOS’ release, SZA began to post strong streaming numbers, across all platforms. She’s also on pace to score her first number one album, with 275,000-300,000 units sold, in its first week. SOS is also SZA’s first album released, since June 2 2017, which was her debut studio album, “Ctrl.”

SZA also recently spoke about her range as an artist, in a new cover story with Consequence. There, she revealed how she’s tired of being just labeled as an R&B artist. This also comes after SZA experimented with different genres of songs, on SOS.

“I’m so tired of being pegged as an R&B artist. I feel like that’s super disrespectful, because people are just like, ‘Oh, ’cause you’re Black, this is what you have to be’ — like, put in a box. And I hate that. With songs on this album, it’s supposed to help round out the picture and the story. It’s very lazy to just throw me in the box of R&B. I love making Black music, period. Something that is just full of energy. Black music doesn’t have to just be R&B. We started rock ‘n’ roll. Why can’t we just be expansive and not reductive?”

SZA opens up about being labeled as just an R&B artist