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"Take You Down" is a song by American singer-songwriter SZA. It was intended to be a track on Lana (2024), the reissue of her second studio album SOS (2022).

Background

American singer-songwriter SZA released her second studio album SOS on December 9, 2022. Immediately afterward, she posted about the release on Instagram while also teasing that it would have a deluxe edition.

In September 2023, SZA officially that the deluxe edition became a "whole 'nother" project, a reissue titled Lana. She once again suggested that its release was on the way through an Instagram video on March 12. Captioned "never fight over community dick", the teaser shows SZA as she poses in a camping tent, wearing nothing but a red bikini. A day later, she reposted the song on Twitter and revealed she recorded the video in her garage the night after she finished the song, on March 11.

Release

"Take You Down" was intended to appear on Lana, but SZA's manager, Punch, told her to exclude it from the final tracklist. Hours after the reissue's release, she shared text conversations between the two on social media in which they discussed its exclusion. According to the screenshot, SZA had asked Punch for permission to release "Take You Down" alongside "PSA", another Lana outtake, sometime soon. He replied by saying she can "give it to for new years or Christmas."

References

1. Williams, Sophie (February 23, 2023). "How SZA Inspired a Generation of R&B Storytellers: 'She's a Radical Light'". NME. Archived from the original on December 17, 2023. Retrieved December 17, 2023.
2. Mitchell, Gail; Unterberger, Andrew (October 5, 2023). "Why SZA's SOS Could Bring R&B Back to the Grammys Big Four". Billboard. Archived from the original on October 13, 2023. Retrieved December 17, 2023.
3. Calfee, Joel (December 11, 2023). "SZA Teases New Music with Mysterious Farm Photos on Instagram". Harper's Bazaar. Retrieved February 9, 2024.
4. Brodsky, Rachel (September 9, 2023). "SZA Says SOS Deluxe Is Actually "A Whole Nother Album" Called Lana". Stereogum. Archived from the original on September 14, 2023. Retrieved December 11, 2023.
5. Lyttle, Zoey; Blanchet, Brenton (September 9, 2023). "SZA Announces Deluxe Version of Sophomore Album SOS — Titled Lana — Featuring '7 to 10' New Songs". People. Archived from the original on October 26, 2023. Retrieved December 11, 2023.
6. Gonzalez, Alex (March 13, 2024). "SZA Sings About 'Community D*ck' on a New Snippet Teasing Lana, Which Is 'Bout to Drop'". Uproxx. Retrieved March 14, 2024.
7. Moore, Sam (March 13, 2024). "SZA Fuels Excitement for SOS Deluxe with Racy Video Teaser". HipHopDX. Retrieved March 14, 2024.
8. SZA (March 13, 2024). "1. Made this 48 hrs ago 2 .shot it for fun the night after in my garage 3. Should we add it to deluxe cause it feels nice n wanted to share 🤔" (Tweet). Archived from the original on April 11, 2024. Retrieved April 11, 2024 – via Twitter.
9. Molloy, Laura (2024-12-21). "SZA says even more new music is coming only hours after releasing deluxe album 'Lana'". NME. Retrieved 2024-12-21.
10. Aswad, Jem (2024-12-21). "The Long Road to 'Lana': Why SZA Took Two Years to Drop the 'SOS' Deluxe Album". Variety. Retrieved 2024-12-21.

• SZA songs
• Unreleased songs