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After teasing the observe, Jean Dawson has unveiled his anticipated collaboration with SZA, “NO SZNS.” It begins off with an emotive sung portion, constructing to the rousing refrain and SZA’s characteristic.
Dawson co-produced the observe with Austin Corona, Elliott Kozel, Jesse Schuster, Wyatt Bernar, and Zach Bernard, and it options trumpet from CJ Camerieri of yMusic. Chatting with Rolling Stone, he stated, “I made this tune like I’ve made the remainder of my songs: The tune poses a query, then solutions that query upon completion. This tune allowed me to ask myself what I’m afraid of in my very own bodily voice and what it’s I’ve to say to anybody that deems my music value listening to. I then answered that query with the character of my want to cover from myself to talk in riddles so my views aren’t challenged. They’re incomplete or incoherent expressions to permit me to be uncomfortably simple whereas subverting its personal or my very own implied profundity. The tune itself is easy in my thoughts.”
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Dawson will help Lil Yachty on his Discipline Journey tour in Europe, and he additionally opens for Interpol in California in October. SZA lately appeared on songs with Drake and Justin Bieber, and he or she’s within the midst of a brand new spherical of SOS North American tour dates now.
See the video for “NO SZNS” beneath.