The song samples "Set the Mood (Prelude)" from FutureSex/LoveSounds (2006), written by Justin Timberlake, Timbaland, and Danja, who also received writing credits for "The Weekend". Maybe you're not being honest with me—I just know that you have mad girls—and I still don't care, because I didn't want to be your girlfriend anyway! Some fans interpreted the song's lyrics to be about dating a taken man on the weekend and allowing his girlfriend to have him for the remaining days. Was Janet secretly married at 18? About “The Weekend” 6 contributors SZA has said that this song is about three women, not just two, all of whom are being played by the same man. Ayyy Bright ideas We got bright ideas Ayyy Bright ideas We got bright ideas Ayyy Bright ideas We got bright ideas SZA "The Weekend": You say you got a girl And now you want me How you want me when you got a girl? And like, you're not her boyfriend, and you're not her boyfriend. "However, the video also received criticism due its simple aesthetic, with negative commentaries from some publications and especially from the public whose anticipations for the video were high.The remix peaked at number 36 on the Belgium Urban "The Weekend" samples "Set the Mood (Prelude)" from the album On December 15, 2017, a remix for the single was made available worldwide.Worldwide digital release of "The Weekend (Funk Wav Remix)": SZA – real name Solana Rowe – released her second album Ctrl in 2017. In their list of "Best Albums of 2017", the magazine The much talked about "The Weekend", in which she discusses being the other woman and being cool with it, is particularly within the context of a year marked by a strong advocacy for (sex-positive) feminism, and echoes to black female-led TV shows such as HBO's Without being released as a single at then moment, "The Weekend" debuted at number 12 on The accompanying music video for "The Weekend" was directed by American singer-songwriter The video opens with repetitive scenes of SZA moving her arm back through her head, behind her image, there are some subtitles in yellow: "One opted out, an imbalance of power, shifted out the whole tide, it waved and waved. "The Weekend" is a song recorded by American singer SZA for her debut studio album, Ctrl (2017). In July 2013, she signed with the hip hop record label Top Dawg Entertainment, through which she released Z, her third EP and first retail release, in April 2014. Like, I know you have a bunch of girls, probably. Did he really set his piano on fire? by The Clash features some Spanish lines by the Texas singer Joe Ely.The "Electric Avenue" in the Eddy Grant song is a real street. It was written by SZA and its producer ThankGod4Cody. SZA told MTV News about her experience working with Beyonce's sister:
Its sultry production draws from So in this song, I'm opting in. Like the 1986 Janet Jackson album also called Control, there’s a boldness and perceptiveness about her takes on modern relationships and what can make them suck. in "Fight The Power," Chuck D raps, "damn if I say it you can slap me right here. "The Solange-directed visual shows SZA dancing in a deserted parking garage, high up on an art-deco apartment complex balcony and inside an empty building. However, one decided that they did not care. It got its name because it was the first street in London with electric lights.Billy Joel's "My Life" was used as the theme song to the 1980 TV show Bosom Buddies, which starred a young Tom Hanks as a guy who lives in a hotel for women by dressing up as a girl. It's cool, because at least it's starting a conversation, and it's getting people's attention. You're just out here wildin'.The song's producer Thank4GodCody considered its concept "crazy"; speaking to Upon its release, "The Weekend" received positive comments from music critics. SZA sings about shari… "It's the End of the World As We Know It (And I Feel Fine)" was inspired by a dream where Michael Stipe conjured up images of people with the initials L.B. Gerrick D. Kennedy from The song's lyrical content drew attention from some critics.