SZA, Good Days | Track Review 🎵

Grammy-nominated R&B artist SZA compels on her thoughtful single, “Good Days,” released Christmas Day 2020. 

“Good day in my mind, safe to take a step out / Get some air now, let yo edge out,” 🏆 Grammy-nominated R&B artist 🎙 SZA sings on the opening lines of the first verse of 🎵 “Good Days.” Unfortunately, her ‘good day’ is derailed, as she goes on to state, “Too soon, I spoke / You be heavy in my mind, can you get the heck out?”  On the Christmas Day 2020 release, she wrestles with moving past the past and embracing both now and the future.  “Gotta let go of the weight, can’t keep what’s holdin’ me,” she sings on the pre-chorus, continuing, “Choose to watch while the world break up in front of me.”

SZA obviously has plenty to say on “Good Days” considering the record approaches five minutes in duration.  It’s a delectable 4:40 with solid production work courtesy of 🎛 Carter Long, 🎛 Nascent, and 🎛 Loshendrix, not to mention some guest vocals and songwriting by Grammy-winner and virtuoso musician 🎙 Jacob Collier.  That personnel alone are enough to make a good day for SZA.  Of course, beyond the adversity, she keeps her head up and embraces those good days:

“All the while, I’ll await my armored fate with a smile
I still wanna try, still believe in
Good days, god days, always.”

Final Thoughts 💭 

Once more, SZA ‘tickles my fancy’ with her third intriguing single from 2020, following 🎵 “The Other Side” (with 🎙 Justin Timberlake) and 🎵 “Hit Different” (featuring 🎙 Ty Dolla $ign). “Good Days” is well-rounded by all accounts. We get a great vocal performance, strong production, and thoughtful, relatable songwriting. 

🎙 SZA • 🎵 “Good Days” • 🏷 Top Dawg Entertainment / RCA • 📅 12.25.20

[📷: Top Dawg Entertainment / RCA]