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As a child growing up in Atlanta, R&B powerhouse Summer Walker would wait until her mom went to bed before recording videos of herself singing songs and playing guitar. When she posted those clips online, the reaction was immediate—she had something. Her songwriting style is both mysterious and bare-bones; the more she reveals about her heart and mind, the more captivating she becomes. “I don’t really need the pain/But I love to feel the pain,” she admits on “Deep”, from 2018’s <i>Last Day of Summer</i>. To listen is to witness Walker working it all out in real time. It didn’t take long for her to pull some of R&B’s biggest talents into her orbit; Bryson Tiller (“Playing Games”), USHER (“Come Thru”) and Drake (“Girls Need Love (Remix)”) all appeared on 2019’s <i>Over It</i>. For 2021’s <i>Still Over It</i>, she explores all the dimensions of relationship drama, whether she’s teaming up with Ari Lennox on the reflective “Unloyal” or lamenting all kinds of messiness on “Constant B******t”.

After self-releasing a couple of EPs in her early twenties, SZA (born Solána Rowe in 1989 in St Louis, Missouri) became the first female artist signed to Top Dawg Entertainment, joining future collaborators Kendrick Lamar and Jay Rock. Her 2017 debut album, <i>Ctrl</i>, put her at the vanguard of contemporary R&B, mixing the expressivity of classic soul with a hazy, synth-heavy atmosphere and a playful sense of lyricism (“Broken Clocks”, “Garden (Say It Like Dat)”, “Tread Carefully”) that brought out Rowe’s inner monologue. Following a five-year gap, 2022’s <i>SOS</i> crystallised her status as one of the most dynamic and commercially dominant singer-songwriters of her era. Coated in an eclectic mix of hip-hop, R&B, folk, electronics and more, the sophomore LP (and its 2024 deluxe edition, with 15 new tracks) finds SZA tackling imperfect love, with tracks like the chart-topping “Kill Bill” and the Grammy-winning “Snooze” embodying the type of songwriting that can be as ironic as it is heartfelt—a trademark for artists that turn emotional chaos into idiosyncratic grace.