The brand new tune is the lead single off Lana, the deluxe model of SOS, set to launch Friday
SZA is again.
The R&B celebrity launched the music video for lead single “Drive,” starring Ben Stiller. The visible arrives forward of the discharge of Lana, the deluxe version of her smash album SOS. The signer took to social media to share that the venture is now slated to drop the morning of Dec. 20.
Directed by Bradley J. Calder, the video sees Stiller wistfully lip-synching to the gradual observe whereas driving by way of the rain. At one level, he hangs out the window after which steps out of the automobile in the midst of the lonely, open street. As Stiller drives out of focus, the digital camera strikes to the forest, the place a bug-eyed SZA frolics within the grass whereas the lyrics of “Crybaby” are previewed within the background. The second echoes Lana’s album cowl that she lately shared on social media and her look on Scorching Ones whereas disguised as a bug.
SZA beforehand teased Stiller’s look within the video earlier this week, sharing a number of clips of the video on her Instagram. Together with confirming her personal album, she additionally plugged the discharge date for Season Two of Stiller’s Severance, of which she is a widely known fan.
Lana has been within the works since SOS first dropped in December 2022. The unique album was one of many greatest data of the 12 months.
“It was gonna be [‘SOS’] outtakes and a few new songs, nevertheless it’s turn into greater than I anticipated,” SZA advised Selection final 12 months of the brand new deluxe version. “It was gonna be actually delicate, as a result of I had made all my screaming factors, and I simply wished to glide and never suppose [too much] and get out of my very own head — I used to be so completely satisfied to say some shit that didn’t imply a fucking factor.”
SZA shall be touring the brand new music all through 2025 when she hits the street together with her former TDE labelmate Kendrick Lamar for the Grand Nationwide tour beginning subsequent April. SZA was additionally featured on standout observe “Luther” off of Lamar’s shock album GNX.
