“We talked about synthesizers and sounds. She can get kind of nerdy and I really liked that”: Producer Carter Lang on his first meeting with SZA and how he ended up working on Kill Bill, her number one hit

SZA.

Released in 2023, Kill Bill became slow-burn superstar SZA’s first US number one, and one of the biggest hits of the year. This success represented the culmination of more than a decade of releases, which began in 2012 with a couple of well-received EPs. Her most recent album, SOS has achieved critical acclaim and commercial success, and SZA’s star is set to rise even higher this summer with a headlining appearance at the Glastonbury Festival. 

Carter Lang is one of Kill Bill’s co-writers and producers, and his first encounter with SZA (Solána Imani Rowe) came in 2015.