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DJ Snake, Ozuna, Megan Thee Stallion, LISA of BLACKPINK "SG"
Courtesy PhotoDJ Snake's new single "SG" -- short for "sexy girl" -- arrived alongside a music video on Friday (Oct. 22), and all its international featured acts are along for the ride: Ozuna, Lisa of BLACKPINK and Megan Thee Stallion.
Following early leaks this week, DJ Snake released the anticipated track with a new video from director Colin Tilley. The song mixes both Spanish and English lyrics and is driven by heavy bass production.
The tropical-themed music video incorporates all its collaborators, both alone and together, against bright summer visuals and on top of yachts, pools and the puddles of water that Megan Thee Stallion is splashing around in.
Watch the music video for "SG" below.
"SG" marks Lisa's first solo international collaboration. While BLACKPINK and Megan Thee Stallion fans begged the girls for behind-the-scenes selfies, the requests were quickly put to rest as they started to put together that LISA wasn't on set and had to be green-screened in.
Both stars did share individual behind-the-scenes shots on Instagram though, with a sparkly Lisa posing in front of a moon prop with the caption, "YOU KNOW I DON'T PLAY." Megan also shared a series of photos from her scenes where her verse -- "Thick thighs, brown eyes, pretty brown skin" -- is on display. The last slide on her post is a playful shot of her alongside DJ Snake and Ozuna.
Reneé Rapp is seen as a “huge inspiration” by SZA.
The 25-year-old artist performed SZA’s Good Days in the BBC Radio 1 Live Lounge, accompanied by two acoustic guitarists and a harp player. SZA, 35, was deeply moved by the rendition.
She posted a short video of the moment on Instagram Stories and wrote: “Renee is a HUGE inspiration, energy, voice spirit.”
During her chat with the BBC, Renee shared her thoughts about the track. She said: “I mean, I love SZA. I mean, she was one of my favorite artists in high school. And she's remained one of my favorite artists to this day. I think she's amazing. She's also, I mean, she's an incredible songwriter, but I think because she has so much swag. People don't realize how good of a singer she is. She's a fantastic vocalist and is really, really, really articulate. And I don't cover a lot of songs anymore. So I wanted to cover something that was, like, slightly challenging and also really vocally impressive, and frankly, hard for me to do.”
Renee is currently in the middle of promoting her second album, Bite Me, and opened up about how much more enjoyable it was to create compared to her first project.
She explained: “I mean, I feel like everything was incredibly different. I stopped listening to people that don't make music, because if you don't make music, then why the hell am I listening to you. And I also think the biggest difference, I think I just got a lot better. I think I have just become a better songwriter. I think I understand how to make pop music now in a way that I didn't really before. And I was very sure about what this album was and thematically, what it needed.
“So I felt like I was quite like, headstrong in like, what was gonna work and what wasn't. Because, nobody knows something better than yourself. I think a lot of things were different. I also just, like, had a lot of fun making it, like, I made it with like, three people, mostly, like, it was always like, four of us in the studio all the time, and we got so close, and some of us were already so close. So it was also just like a mess. It was such a mess, like we were just tweaking every day. It was so fun. And I don't think I enjoyed making the first one as much.”
