SZA Shared How She Feels About Her Ex-Boyfriend Drake, And I Have Follow-Up Questions

    Where? Who? You been where? With who? Mmmm. For real. Oh, really?

    Mychal Thompson
    by Mychal Thompson

    BuzzFeed Staff

    Christmas came early, and SZA finally dropped her new album!

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    I waited my entire life (aka two years and some change) for her new music.

    For years, we've been painstakingly surviving off her verse on "Kiss Me More" and her singles like "Good Days," and wishing and hoping for a complete project, and now — it's here!

    Solána Imani Rowe's second studio album is already a critically acclaimed hit, and it's barely a few days old.

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    SOS is a 23-track odyssey through heartbreak melodies and vengeful bops with tracks like "Seek & Destroy" and "Smoking on my Ex Pack."

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    Homegirl's lyrics have me curled up in the corner, burning a 2006 Black converse shoebox full of love notes from my imaginary lover.

    But, the album release-adjacent moment that surprised me to my core was when SZA spoke with Audacy and V-103 Atlanta’s Big Tigger about her ex Drake (aka Champagne Papi).

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    Am I the only one who didn't know that Drake and SZA were an item once upon a time? I missed this memo.

    While promoting SOS, SZA shared the current status of her relationship with the "Rich Flex" rapper. “We’re cool. And we’ve always been cool," she said.

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    And yes, she was extremely cool about their past relationship being mentioned in one of his songs. "It’s never been weird. It didn’t come completely out of the blue when he let me know. I didn’t know it was a song with 21 or anything like that."

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    And this whole time, I thought Drake was singing some made-up, fantasy lyrics. He does that sometimes.

    For context, the song she's referring to is Drake's 2020 collab with 21 Savage and Metro Boomin', "Mr. Right Now." The lyrics read: “Yeah, said she wanna fuck to some SZA, wait. / 'Cause I used to date SZA back in ’08.”

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    Based on that timeline, Drake would be about 22 years old, and SZA 19. So, this little romance was before they became megastars.

    And then, SZA added, “But anytime he’s ever mentioned me, it’s always been positive. He’s never said anything negative about me. I’m grateful for that. I think highly of him. … He’s King Drake.”

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    Wow. I learned something new today. I wonder which song from her past projects is about Aubrey Graham?

    Have you listened to SOS yet? If so, what's your favorite track? If not, it's never too late to turn yourself on to great music.

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