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SZA's Endless Melody

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SOS - The Secrets Behind SZA's Endless Melodies

SZA has described SOS as an album featuring, quote, bizarre acts of self-embarrassment. In order to explain SZA's endless melodies, we have to dig into the themes and messages of the album. Something that I think is established at the very beginning of the record, the first track, the title track SOS, begins with the sound of sonar. The Morse code intro is immediately followed by what sounds like something being launched into the water,. maybe like a big splash.

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