SZA famously toiled for years on the follow-up to her star-making 2017 debut Ctrl. In 2020, she accused her label TDE of holding up her new music, nevertheless it feels like she was nonetheless engaged on sophomore effort SOS up till the final minute.
In a brand new interview with NME centered on her look as Sally in a stay model of The Nightmare Before Christmas, SOS visitor Phoebe Bridgers says she recorded her elements for “Ghost In The Machine” per week earlier than the album dropped. Sitting subsequent to Danny Elfman, Bridgers declared, “That record is insane,” then defined how the collaboration took place:
She simply hit me up. She simply despatched me a DM. And then all of it occurred so quick. I wasn’t actually used to that in that pop world, as a result of vinyl isn’t a lot of a consideration till means later. It’s identical to, “Do you want to be on this record? OK, it’s out next week.” It was so current, which I actually like. I like that turnaround time. Personally, I sit on stuff for thus lengthy and it takes me years to make albums. I like seeing another person’s world from that angle.
Bridgers additionally named SZA as “my favorite rapper” regardless of SZA not being a rapper. The topic comes up on the 10-minute mark of the video beneath.
I just like the half the place the interviewer says it’s bizarre to interview Bridgers whereas she’s dressed like a skeleton and Elfman replies, “Imagine being dressed as a skeleton!”