SZA hasn’t dropped a project since her EP Z in 2014, but the New Jersey singer is back today with her debut album Ctrl. The 14-track project features her TDE labelmates Kendrick Lamar and Isaiah Rashad, as well as Travis Scott and James Fauntleroy, while production is handled by Pharrell Williams, Cam O'bi, The Antydote, THANKGOD4CODY, Carter Lang, and more. The project also features her recent singles “Love Galore,” “Drew Barrymore,” and “Broken Clocks,” the latter of which samples River Tiber’s “West.”
“Ctrl is a concept,” SZA explained during a recent interview on The Breakfast Club. “I’ve lacked control my whole life and I think I’ve craved it my whole life. I couldn’t really arrive at it and now, I’m not really looking to arrive at it anymore. I’m just happy to be present. It’s weird. If you try to control a future moment, it’s impossible. There’s no such thing as control anyway. It’s just a concept, a word, a fantasy. But if you focus on the way you feel in the now and what you do with the now, I feel like it leads to having true control in the future.”
