All five nominees had a hand in hits that peaked at No.

That changed when she wrote Issues, however.

Its been the most fun, difficult experience,SZA told EW in advance of the project.

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This album is just straight up laying everything to bed.

Im talking a lot of grimy s, but its truth.

Im exposing a lot of skeletons of mine.

The reason we forget is because theres not really a true voice that talks from the perspective of youth.

For a while, pop music was really stagnant, she recently told EW.