SZA wants to make joint album with Kendrick Lamar
SZA has revealed she would “love” to record a collaborative album with Kendrick Lamar. The two artists have worked together numerous times and are set to go on tour together later this year in stadiums across North America, so the possibility isn’t out of the question.
During a conversation with Sherri Shepherd on January 8th, the interviewer asked, “Would you and Kendrick together consider doing a joint album?” SZA responded, “I would love that,” to applause from the studio audience.
Speaking more about an album between them, she told the Sherri chat show, “I think that would be amazing. He’s such a genius, and part of his genius is him being so elusive and so mysterious. I don’t know what’s going on as much as you don’t know what’s going on. When ‘Luther’ came out, I said, ‘OK, that’s the vocals we’re using.’ And same with ‘Gloria.’”
SZA touched on Kendrick being there for her when she was finding herself on her way to becoming the best-selling artist she is today. “I love that,” she said. “He’s a huge part of my ‘fumbling and finding’ era, because I’m just trusting all of his expertise and being thrust into these moments. He’s so good at saying ‘yes’ and staying grounded, so I’m just like, ‘Teach me, Sensei, what you know.’”
The singer most recently worked with Kendrick on ’30 for 30′ from SOS Deluxe: LANA. They also teamed up on ‘Gloria’ and ‘Luther’ last year, which appeared on Kendrick’s GNX album. Previously, they collaborated on ‘All the Stars’, ‘Doves in the Wind’, ‘Babylon’ and Jay Rock’s ‘Easy Bake’.
Kendrick and SZA are set to tour together between April and June. The North American stadium run, titled the ‘Grand National Tour’, will see them visit cities such as Atlanta, Charlotte, Philadelphia, Seattle, Los Angeles, San Francisco, Las Vegas, Chicago, Detroit, Toronto, and Washington, DC.
SZA’s comments about “fumbling and finding” align with Kendrick discussing her growth during a chat with British Vogue last year. “Today, I recognise a more expressive SZA,” he said. “The shy shit is completely out the window – to a degree, at least. She has the answers to some of the things she was curious about and is willing to tell it all in the most disruptive yet beautiful compositions this generation has ever heard.”
He added, “Her vulnerability through her music is brave and inspiring. She’s a reminder of what the human experience looks like: a roller-coaster of emotions. And that’s OK. We are alive.”