SZA confirmed in a 2025 Rolling Stone interview: “Some of the RAR songs people been asking me for years — they evolved into ‘Saturn’ or ‘BMF.’ I didn’t forget. I just had to wait ’til the original SOS grew up enough to receive them.”

The girl, whose name he learned was Maya, finally conceded with a laugh. "Fine. It’s better because it refuses to be small."

Lyrically, the two albums represent different life stages. SZA herself has noted that Ctrl was about high school and college relationships, while SOS reflects her mid-to-late 20s .