Meanwhile, the rock band frontwoman, Hayley Williams, previously spoke about wanting to work with SZA during an August 2023 episode of the 'Black People Love Paramore' podcast.
- Feb 1, 2024
AceShowbiz -
SZA has teamed up with Paramore for a new collaboration. The "Kill Bill" hitmaker announced the exciting news in a TikTok Q&A with Apple Music.
"So, the people want to know - 'Is a Paramore/SZA collab in the works? We need it,' " the 34-year-old R&B star, born Solana Imani Rowe, stated in the video. "Yeah!"
"Soon, soon," the musician, who has announced an upcoming deluxe version of her "SOS" album called "Lana", added. "It's in the works."
Paramore's frontwoman, Hayley Williams, previously spoke about wanting to work with SZA during an August 2023 episode of the "Black People Love Paramore" podcast. Asked if there's a Black artist she would want to collaborate with, the 35-year-old rocker said it's "been SZA for a long time."
"I love her voice," Haylew went on gushing. "SZA for about six years now has been the one. I'm sending the texts weekly at this point."
SZA herself revealed to PEOPLE in December 2022 that she reached out to Hayley for advice while branching out into different genres for "SOS". She shared at the time, "[The album was] literally me checking off goals. Just me wanting to be like, 'Oh, I can do this. I don't suck. I it possible to achieve this specific goal?' "
"And for each of those genres I would text people like Hayley Williams and be like, 'Does it sound like I'm trying to do something that I shouldn't be doing, or does it sound organic? Because it felt really natural to me, but you're the queen of this, how does it sound to you?' " she further elaborated. "And she'd be like, 'This is perfect.' "
