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Music Review: Saturn by SZA

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John Locher
SZA winning Grammy award for best pop duo/performance for “Kiss Me More” on April 3rd, 2022.

The Grammy-nominated R&B sensation SZA finally dropped a song she debuted in a commercial following her Grammy attendance. You may have heard her sing about getting violent revenge on an ex-lover in her insanely popular recent album.

She graces us this time with the song “Saturn” released in a live version, sped up, acapella, and instrumental. This time taking a much more lively and positive approach, singing about wanting to depart your sad planet and instead discover happiness on another. “Saturn” is an ethereal R&B vibe that SZA perfectly captured inspiration from her “Ctrl” album, while also having the significant poetic lyricism of her “SOS” album.

This talented woman with such an elegant voice does not fail to mesmerize her audience with her softspoken dialogue yet strong lows she’s able to vocalize. She wrote the song and co-produced it along with Carter Lang, Rob Bisel, Monsune (Scott Zhang), and Solomonophonic (Jared Solomon).

She begins the first verse by singing about her dissatisfaction with the love she had experienced on her current planet. Before getting into the chorus, she mentions that her mental health could be partly to blame. Then proceeding to talk about how much better life on Saturn would be during the chorus. Nearing the end, she contemplates the idea of karma, if there’s any point to move toward being good. Until finally ending off by fantasizing about a better life, in a “grass is always greener on the other side” sense, on Saturn.

The topic of the song began to make me ponder my relationship with the world. The celestial sounds make you feel like you are drifting through space on your way to Saturn, in a way it makes you feel more connected to the world as you become drawn into the vast empty feeling of space.

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