Musicmimi

SOS is best defined by the word “melting pot” to me. Sza’s debut album, Ctrl, was released in 2017 while SOS was released in the last quarter of 2022. That’s 5 years to work on an album, 5 years to create music. With that time, you can literally see Sza experimenting over time to see what fits her. The album incorporates r&b, hip hop, pop, rock, indie pop, and more. SOS is sza being authentically herself but manifesting it in any way she possibly can. This ... read more

This is BEYONCÈ.

Girl whatever.

After listening to this project, I literally cannot tell you what emotion was evoked by it. There is no song I can tell you I straight up loved nor one that I hated, just a continuous stream of “meh” and “that was okay” for 32 minutes. Thankfully the 32 minutes feels like that exact runtime and doesn’t drag its feet but yet nothing I heard on this album made me want to come back for more. Nothing made me think “what is the artistic potential ... read more

Not much is to be said for this project nor is there much to be said BY this project. There are occasional standouts (touch) but it is very clear this is the attempt at finding musical identity (or the label testing what works and what doesnt) for the artists and not technically a focused project. There is hints at a sound that is more “natural” for the girl group but nothing is really solidified. This is expected from a first project, when artistic vision is still somewhat limited ... read more