Via Instagram/@szaMusicNewsSZA drops three new songs in a surprise Soundcloud dump‘Joni’, ‘I Hate You’, and ‘Nightbird’ make up a collection of ‘random thoughts’ from the singerShareLink copied ✔️August 22, 2021MusicNewsTextThom Waite SZA has shared a series of tracks under an alias on Soundcloud, offering fans a taste of new material as they await the follow-up to her 2017 debut, Ctrl. Sharing the link to the tracks on Twitter this afternoon (August 22), the musician wrote: “Dumping random thoughts.” The tracks themselves are titled “I Hate You”, “Nightbird”, and “Joni”. The latter — a one-and-a-half minute track in which she sings over plucked acoustic guitar — has also arrived on Instagram, alongside visuals directed by SZA and shot by Blair Caldwell. If the thought of a single drop from SZA has you excited, then there’s more good news: the singer herself has hinted that it could become a regular thing. Following the Soundcloud releases, a fan commented: “Can you start SZA Sunday’s (sic) and drop random thoughts once a week?” SZA simply replies: “Yes.” Responding to a question about her much-anticipated song “Shirt”, meanwhile, she teases: “She nex.” This year, SZA has also shared a psychedelic video for her song “Good Days”, alongside contributions to Doja Cat’s Planet Her, James Blake’s upcoming album Friends That Break Your Heart, and more. In lieu of a new studio album — which has been delayed amid complications with her label — SZA has also been keeping up with her fans by texting them daily from her personal phone number, and providing a hotline to use when you need a good cry. Watch the “Joni” visuals below, and listen to “I Hate You” and “Nightbird” here. Expand your creative community and connect with 15,000 creatives from around the world.READ MOREFrost Children answer the dA-Zed quizThe 5 best features from PinkPantheress’ new remix albumZimmermannKindred spirits and psychedelic florals: Zimmermann heads to 70s Sydney Moses Ideka is making pagan synth-folk from the heart of south LondonBehind-the-scenes at Oklou and FKA twigs’ new video shootBjörk calls for the release of musician ‘kidnapped’ by Israeli authorities‘Her dumbest album yet’: Are Swifties turning on Taylor Swift?IB Kamara on branching out into musicEnter the K-Bass: How SCR revolutionised Korean club culture‘Comic Con meets underground rap’: Photos from Eastern Margins’ day festWho are H.LLS? Get to know London’s anonymous alt-R&B trioTaylor Swift has lost her grip with The Life of a Showgirl