TDE's Punch on SZA's album delay: "An announcement will be coming sooner than you think"

Back in May, SZA said at the Met Gala that it'll be a "SZA summer" and that her follow-up to 2017's Ctrl was "finally like ready to go", but in a new Instagram comment responding to a fan asking about her second album, SZA claimed it's being held back.

SZA wrote, "It's 100% Punch and RCA on this one. I wanted the summer. They wanted more time. Atp [at this point] I'm jus tryna have a good time stress free lol."

HotNewHipHop reports that Punch responded In a now-deleted tweet shared yesterday (21 July), writing, "I guess I should give a bit of context. SZA and myself initially spoke about a summertime album. Which is why she mentioned summer in a post-Grammys interview. Shortly after discussing everything with RCA and Top, we decided it was best to do it a little bit later to set everything up correctly, giving it its proper space and lead time."

"There is a lot that goes into putting out a album and especially one with this much anticipation," he added. "We thank you for your continued patience and understanding. An announcement will be coming sooner than you think."