![]() Because I feel like so often black women are not allowed to be that way. Jenny: I just keep returning to "Garden." "You know I'm sensitive about having no booty / Having no body / Only you, buddy / Can you hold me when nobody's around us?" Something about the way she was being so openly "needy" felt so powerful. And self-care beyond like mud masks and deep breathing exercises, but in actual actions - or vocalizing that action - of celebrating, reflection, and even holding on to genuine reactions to pain (anger, sadness, bitterness, etc.).Ĭode Switch: Can y'all be even more specific? We're getting nosy here - but what lyrics specifically did it for you? And why? ![]() But this was complex in that young WOC are given the space to have a full range of emotion and agency and not feel as though one is more important than the other.īrandi: And because I feel as though SZA was able to reclaim themes surrounding the body pertaining to objectification with self-care. Sydnee: Yeah, like so often there's this sentiment that we're not allowed to share the less-than-publishable parts of ourselves. And you kind of have to say something - you don't have to say anything, but you have to mean it."īrandi: Definitely a thing of "tone policing," but I definitely thought about how black women are sexually and emotionally perceived. "When you turn down all the reverb and all the plugins and all the stacks.you're left with just your voice. She was talking about how this album she really turned down the reverb, etc., and the message was much more direct. Jenny: Yeah, there's actually this great quote from her interview with Breakfast Club about that. I really liked the last project's poeticism, it marked SZA as a great writer but Ctrl is a lot more personal and vulnerable - anecdotes and all. There was a sense that she was more removed from twentysomething problems.īrandi: Sydnee, I agree. Solange's album allowed for black girl vulnerability, but she's in her early 30s. Sydnee: Yes! I think age has a lot to do with my connection, too. This comes after almost like a stream of "Black Girl Magic" content in the last couple of years in music, but SZA's closer to my age to resonate with.so I guess I was waiting for that to happen and she delivered! I've been in an interesting time in my life for reflection and writing, understanding complex ideas about myself, race, sexuality, and so on. Which began the long wait for Ctrl.īrandi Fullwood: I've been a SZA fan for awhile now, I saw her last summer at Panorama Festival and even photographed her. But her first song that she dropped after her last project, "twoAM" was more honest and grounded than I was expecting from her. I liked the way it sounded, but the lyrics were so metaphorical and combined with her tone, I couldn't connect as viscerally as I do with this album. Sydnee Monday: To be completely honest, her last project (2013's Z EP) didn't really register with me. ![]() And also, the anticipation for this album really seemed to build among young black women this year - this album release had been rumored for a while so I was just excited to see what she was gonna come out with. ![]() So I was excited about what SZA would do on this label. I like the music of Kendrick, Schoolboy Q, and the other Black Hippy members but definitely always see it as pretty. ![]() And then she got signed to TDE - and she's the only woman signed to that label, I believe. Jenny Gathright: Have had my eye on SZA for a while. What brought you to this album to begin with? So, we heard that the three of you have some very strong feelings about SZA and Ctrl. ![]()
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