"In an interview with Laughing Place, Chong said he and Grindle decided to reach out to SZA for their soundtrack after using "Good Days" and "Saturn" as placeholder music in Hoppers ' credits. "I think there was an intuitiveness in talking with SZA that when she saw the movie, I think she immediately knew what the movie needed," Chong explained."
"A 2024 expanded edition of SOS, SOS Deluxe: Lana, featured fifteen new tracks. In 2025 alone, SZA toured with Kendrick Lamar and joined him at the Super Bowl; sang with Elmo on Sesame Street; and starred with Keke Palmer in the buddy comedy One Of Them Days. She also reunited with Lamar for the track " Luther," which won the pair a Grammy for Record of the Year earlier this month."
SZA released the song "Save The Day" for the Disney-Pixar film Hoppers, which premieres March 6. Hoppers is set in a world where scientists can 'hop' human consciousness into lifelike robotic animals, and the film was co-directed by Daniel Chong and Nicole Grindle with a voice cast including Meryl Streep, Dave Franco, Kathy Najimy, Jon Hamm, and Sam Richardson. Daniel Chong and Nicole Grindle reached out to SZA for the soundtrack after using "Good Days" and "Saturn" as placeholder music, and SZA reportedly understood immediately what the movie needed. SZA issued an expanded edition of SOS in 2024 with fifteen new tracks and remained active in 2025 with tours, media appearances, film roles, and a Grammy-winning reunion with Kendrick Lamar on the track "Luther."
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