Kill Bill (SZA song) explained

Kill Bill
Cover:SZA - Kill Bill.png
Alt:Cover art of "Kill Bill": SZA behind a training dummy, holding a katana towards its neck
Type:single
Artist:SZA
Album:SOS
Written:–
Studio:
  • Ponzu (Los Angeles)
  • Carter Lang's home studio (Chicago)
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Prev Title:Nobody Gets Me
Prev Year:2023
Next Title:Special
Next Version:remix
Next Year:2023

"Kill Bill" is a song by American singer-songwriter SZA and the fifth single from her second studio album, SOS (2022). It is a pop and R&B murder ballad, built around a midtempo, groovy rhythm and a detuned melody. Guitars, a bassline, and a flute that was sampled from a Prophet-6 synthesizer constitute the song's production, which is influenced by the boom bap subgenre of hip hop. Mirroring the plot of the Kill Bill film duology (2003–2004) after which the song is named, the lyrics discuss a fantasy to kill an ex-boyfriend and his new girlfriend out of jealousy, and they employ humorous irony alongside violent imagery that contrasts with SZA's soft vocals. "Kill Bill" was sent to US radio on January 10, 2023, after achieving success on streaming services.

A chart-topper in several territories, "Kill Bill" was SZA's first number-one on the Billboard Global 200 and US Hot 100 charts. The song spent eight weeks at number two on the Billboard Hot 100 before an April 2023 remix featuring American rapper Doja Cat propelled the solo version to the top, tying for the second-longest time at number two before reaching number one. On US Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs, it broke the record set by Lil Nas X's "Old Town Road" (2019) for the chart's longest-running number one, with 21 weeks. "Kill Bill" was one of the top 10 best-performing songs of 2023 in several countries, and according to the International Federation of the Phonographic Industry, it was the third best-selling single of 2023.

"Kill Bill" was praised primarily for its songwriting; critics liked its poetic quality, diaristic honesty, and relatability despite the violent content. The original version and the remix were placed in many year-end listicles for 2023, and in February 2024, Rolling Stone placed "Kill Bill" at number 267 on their list of the 500 greatest songs of all time. The song received many industry award nominations, including three nods for the 66th Annual Grammy Awards. "Kill Bill" won Song of the Year at the 2024 iHeartRadio Music Awards, as well as Top R&B Song at the 2023 Billboard Music Awards and Video of the Year at BET Awards 2023.

A music video for the song premiered the same day as its single release. Directed by Christian Breslauer, it reimagines several scenes from the Kill Bill films, with SZA as her version of the films' protagonist and Vivica A. Fox, one of the actresses who starred in the duology, in a supporting role. SZA confronts her ex-boyfriend at the end and tears his heart out, and the outro features her suspended by a rope using the shibari technique. On the SOS Tour, where she first performed "Kill Bill" live, she recreated various visual elements from the film duology and the music video, such as the costume. Other live performances also involved choreography inspired by the Kill Bill films, featuring background dancers who brandished swords and participated in fight scenes onstage.

Background

SZA released her debut studio album, Ctrl, in 2017. Primarily an R&B album that deals with themes like heartbreak, Ctrl received widespread acclaim for SZA's vocals and the eclectic musical style, as well as the relatability, emotional impact, and confessional nature of the songwriting. The album brought SZA to mainstream fame, and critics credit it with establishing her status as a major figure in contemporary pop and R&B music and pushing the boundaries of the R&B genre.

SZA alluded to possibly releasing her second album as early as August 2019,[1] [2] during an interview with DJ Kerwin Frost.[3] It, she said, retained the candid and personal qualities of Ctrl. In her words, the album was "even more of me being less afraid of who am I when I have no choice[,] when I'm not out trying to curate myself and contain."[4] When SZA collaborated with Cosmopolitan for their February 2021 issue, she spoke about her creative process as such: "this album is going to be the shit that made me feel something in my...[heart] and in [my gut]".[5]

One of the tracks from the album, named SOS, is titled "Kill Bill". It gets its name from the Kill Bill films (2003–2004), a martial arts film duology directed by Quentin Tarantino. The plot centers on Beatrix "the Bride" Kiddo and her plans to murder Bill, head of the enemy Deadly Viper assassins of which she was a past member. Bill was a former love interest who failed to have Kiddo killed on the day of her wedding.[6] [7] While watching the films, Bill caught SZA's attention, who found him a complex and nuanced character that "doesn't understand why he did what he did".[8]

She further spoke of Bill: "he's void of emotion, but he loved the Bride so much that he couldn't stand her to be with anyone else."[9] In Volume 2, Bill confessed jealousy was his motive for trying to assassinate Kiddo. He felt enraged at her for two reasons—her marriage to someone else and her unborn baby with the groom. Bill said: "Not only are you not dead, you're getting married to some fucking jerk and you're pregnant. I overreacted. […] There are consequences to breaking the heart of a murdering bastard."[10]

Music and recording

"Kill Bill" incorporates prominent, basic eighth notes[11] and is built around a midtempo, groovy rhythm[12] [13] and a detuned melody.[14] [15] The song has a retro, late 1990s–early 2000s sound, influenced by a subgenre of hip hop music called boom bap.[16] Music journalists have described the song as a blend of pop, R&B,[17] and hip hop;[18] some observed elements of associated genres like psychedelic pop, pop-soul,[19] and doo-wop.[20] Will Dukes of Rolling Stone wrote the "eerie chords [exuded] modish late-Sixties cool".[21]

"Kill Bill" was produced by Rob Bisel and Carter Lang, who wrote the song with SZA. Its creation, by SZA's account, was "super easy", and she deemed it a "one take, one night" type of song. While work on SOS had begun by 2019, "Kill Bill" was recorded in 2022 alongside a significant number of other tracks due to bursts of productivity from time pressure. Lang commented, "that's when [we] started feeling like, hey, 'We gotta do this shit like, it's been some years.' We bottled up that energy and everything was just sort of a preparation for that moment."[22]

Production began around May 2022 when Bisel, in his Los Angeles home's Ponzu Studios, played some chords on his Prophet-6 synthesizer. With it, he used Ableton to sample the synthesizer's flute-like sound. After adding a bassline from an electric guitar tuned down an octave, Bisel was unsure where he wanted the song to go, so he sent the Ableton clip to Lang for assistance. Lang's first approach to the beat consisted of a singular rhythm, which was an electronic fusion of bouncy bass drums, Roland TR-808 snares, and 16th-note hi-hat beats.[23] Settling on a polyrhythmic production with a swing style, he took more beats from a separate, vintage drum machine and made them twice as slow as the first approach, and he added more guitars and bass on top.[24] The two also incorporated a choir and backing vocals into the song. Most of the final version's instruments were recorded at Lang's home studio in Chicago.

Bisel asked Punch, president of SZA's label Top Dawg Entertainment, if he could mix "Kill Bill" on his own, to which Punch agreed. To Bisel, if anyone else took the task, the sonic vision he conjured for the song would get diluted: "I really wanted to see it through all the way to the end." His mentality for the sessions, which consisted of 120 tracks, was mixing the song "as if [he] had never heard the song before", a departure from his usual approach. Since reinforcing the song's boom bap influences was his primary goal, part of the task was making the drums from the rough recordings louder.

"Kill Bill", which was under the working title "Igloo", had five or six different demos from which Bisel and Lang had to pick for SZA. When she listened to the demos one night in July 2022,[25] she immediately gravitated towards the boom bap beat, which Bisel and Lang happened to like the most. About a week later, on July 13,[26] SZA was alone with Bisel in the studio for recording sessions, asking him to loop the beat in the background. He left her alone in a corner to give her space to ideate. It took five to ten minutes for SZA to come up with the hook's melody and lyrics, which she wrote on her phone. Humming the melodies, she turned to Bisel to say about the lyrics, "I have an idea. This might be a little too crazy, but let me know what you think." Within one day, the entire song was finished—SZA needed only one or two takes to record the vocals.

Lyrics

SZA told Glamour in 2022 that many tracks in SOS centered around themes of revenge, heartbreak, and "being pissed": "I've never raged the way that I should have. This is my villain era, and I'm very comfortable with that. It is in the way I say no[...] It's in the fucked up things that I don't apologize for."[27] The premise of "Kill Bill" is heavily based on the Kill Bill films, a reimagining of Thurman's tale of revenge. Shaad D'Souza of The Guardian wrote that unlike the films, however, the song "provides no real emotional payoff; its narrative is a cry of pure fatalism, with no return for its narrator other than a split-second of bloodlust".

"Kill Bill" was written during one of what SZA called "palate cleanser" moments, sessions where she would quickly write full songs in between ones she took more seriously and wanted to meticulously finish.[28] With "Kill Bill", she wrote all of the lyrics on-the-spot in under an hour. What resulted was a song about a protagonist who goes on a quest to avenge her broken heart by murdering her ex-boyfriend for quickly moving on from their relationship. The violent lyrics are juxtaposed by SZA's soft, croon-like vocals, suggesting wholesomeness.[29] Due to the violence, some radio stations played a censored version of "Kill Bill" with the word "kill" replaced by the sound of a slashing blade.[30]

In the first verse, the protagonist acts analogously to Bill, resentful about the new girlfriend that her ex-boyfriend has met: "Hate to see you with some other broad, know you happy/Hate to see you happy if I'm not the one drivin'." Restraining her murderous urges, she tries to look at the situation from a rational perspective. In a Slant Magazine review, Paul Attard writes that SZA explores how intense love and intense anger towards somebody can often coexist with one another. In spite of her fury, her love for her ex-boyfriend persists.[31] She tries to navigate her issues through consultations with a therapist, making her dryly say she is mature and mockingly congratulate herself for it.[32]

Her therapist has advised her to seek other men, but she loves her ex-boyfriend to such a degree that she would rather still be with him than with anyone else. According to her, if she cannot have him back, then "no one should".[33] What follows is the hook, in which she openly fantasizes about killing him and his new girlfriend. She acknowledges, self-aware, that her intrusive thoughts are unhealthy and wonders "how'd I get here?"[34] [35] Some critics argued that SZA amplifies the hook's unsettling nature and criminal themes using melodies evocative of lullabies.[36] For Philippine Daily Inquirer journalist Carl Martin Agustin, the hook conjures the imagery of "the bride preparing her mark for his eternal slumber". Thurman's character manifests itself within SZA in the hook, moving the perspective away from Bill's. Despite hesitations, she begins her plans for revenge. SZA ends the hook with the line "Rather be in jail than alone."

The song's next lyrics narrate how she carefully peruses past messages with her ex-boyfriend that might implicate her in the murder. The final hook contains several line changes that mark the culmination of the violent ideations that manifested in the first hook. SZA enacts the double homicide, solidifying the song's nature as a murder ballad.[37] Reasoning with herself, she claims what she did to her ex-boyfriend was an act of love and is not something that she regrets doing. Music journalists from Triple J[38] and Pitchfork found this humorous; Pitchfork Julianne Escobedo Shepherd wrote: "It's so funny to imagine killing someone and his new girl and then have a fleeting second thought about it. Like, 'Maybe I shouldn't have done that. Oh well!

The last lyric of the final hook, and the last lyric of the song, contrasts with the first hook. "I might kill my ex, not the best idea/His new girlfriend's next," becomes "I just killed my ex, not the best idea/Killed his girlfriend next." This final lyric shows her admission she would pick damnation in hell over his absence from her life. The "Rather be in jail than alone" from the previous hooks becomes "Rather be in hell than alone."[39] Some critics wrote that the last line unveiled the song's underlying tones of loneliness and turned "Kill Bill" into a tragedy.[40] In Nylon, Steffanee Wang thought it "will make you wonder how SZA can generate such devastation from such simplicity".[41]

Release

Original

From April to May 2022, SZA told media outlets that she had recently finished the album in Hawaii and said it was coming soon.[42] During a Billboard cover story published in November, SZA revealed the album title and release date, which was scheduled sometime next month.[43] On December 5, 2022, she posted the album's track list on Twitter, and SOS was released four days later. Out of 23 songs, "Kill Bill" appears as the second track;[44] [45] following its success on streaming platforms, RCA Records chose it as the next radio single from the album.

RCA and Top Dawg sent the song to US pop,[46] [47] rhythmic,[48] and urban radio[49] on January 10, 2023, as the fifth single from SOS.[50] Originally, only "Nobody Gets Me" (2023) was scheduled to impact pop radio on January 10. However, RCA and various radio programmers eventually decided to promote the two songs simultaneously despite the intricacies of planning dual singles, citing the large streaming numbers that "Kill Bill" gained in December and the radio-friendly appeal of the lyrics and production. "Kill Bill" became one of the week's most-added songs on pop and rhythmic formats,[51] with 2,257 plays from 129 pop radio stations. Top Dawg and RCA pushed it to R&B radio stations three weeks later.

On January 13, 2023, Top Dawg and RCA released a four-track bundle of the song to digital download and streaming platforms.[52] Apart from the original version of "Kill Bill", the release contains a sped-up version, an instrumental version, and an a cappella version.[53] An acoustic version of the song, with a different cover art, was released on January 24.[54] The sped-up version capitalizes and is based on a viral trend on TikTok where users would increase the pitch and tempo of certain songs and post them on the application. One user shared a sped-up audio of "Kill Bill" upon the release of SOS, and it was viewed over 21.7million times, liked over 1.9million times, and reposted in over 1.1million videos,[55] boosting streams for the song.[56]

Remix

In 2021, SZA collaborated with American rapper Doja Cat for the song "Kiss Me More",[57] serving as the lead single from the latter's third studio album, Planet Her (2021).[58] Their next collaboration was set to be "Shirt", SOS third single.[59] Three months after SZA teased "Shirt" was a collaboration, Punch told Complex that Doja Cat was to feature not on the song's original version, but on a remix instead.[60] Because of an emergency vocal surgery that Doja Cat underwent, the remix's release did not happen. SZA reacted in disappointment, and she hoped that she can work with her again on other projects.[61]

On April 14, 2023, Doja Cat hinted at another collaboration with SZA on Instagram, tagging her on a post that read "9 pm." On Twitter, the two had a public, back-and-forth interaction. Doja Cat told SZA "sis... I did something bad", to which SZA responded "Jesus.. What is it."[62] A remix of "Kill Bill", featuring Doja Cat, was surprise-released hours later at 9 pm,[63] [64] with a rap verse that opens the song and continues the storyline of the original version.[65] With the release came an animated video posted to YouTube that shows a pixelated Doja Cat as she uses a ball and chain to fight enemies.[66]

Commercial performance

"Kill Bill" saw massive commercial success, buoyed strongly by its streaming numbers.[67] According to the International Federation of the Phonographic Industry, it was the third best-selling single of 2023, earning 1.84 billion units based on streams and digital sales,[68] and it was Spotify's second most-streamed song of 2023.[69] It spent two weeks atop the Billboard Global 200 chart, which tracks songs' performance on streaming and download platforms,[70] and four weeks atop US Streaming Songs.[71] It was SZA's first song to top the Billboard Global 200, and it did so in early January 2023, bolstered by around 64million international streams.[72] [73] The week prior, it debuted atop Streaming Songs with 36.9million US streams for the December 24, 2022, issue. It was her first number-one there and the first non-holiday song since 2018 to be the top entry on the chart for the week of Christmas.[74]

With "Kill Bill" and "Nobody Gets Me", SZA acquired her sixth and seventh top 10 songs in the United States.[75] Meanwhile, in Canada, "Kill Bill" debuted at number 5 and later peaked at number 3.[76] SZA achieved her highest debut on the US Billboard Hot 100 when the song entered the chart as an album track in December 2022, at number three.[77] Once it was sent to radio, "Kill Bill" became SZA's first top 10 entry on the Radio Songs chart,[78] where it reached number two. It was her third and fastest song to top Rhythmic Airplay, the first radio chart "Kill Bill" topped,[79] and her first in a lead credit to top Pop Airplay.[80]

The song spent 17 of its first 18 weeks on the Billboard Hot 100 in the top 10. Of those 18 weeks, 8 were spent at number two.[81] Three songs kept "Kill Bill" from the top spot: "Anti-Hero" (2022) by Taylor Swift,[82] "Flowers" (2023) by Miley Cyrus, and "Last Night" (2023) by Morgan Wallen.[83] After 8 weeks at number two, "Kill Bill" topped the Billboard Hot 100, becoming SZA's first number-one in the United States, boosted by the remix. It tied with three other songs for the second-most weeks at number two before reaching the top, behind "Bad Guy" (2019) by Billie Eilish (9 weeks).[84] On US Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs, "Kill Bill" was SZA's second number-one debut, after "I Hate U" in 2021,[85] and was at number one for 21 weeks. It broke the record for the longest time a song spent atop the chart, surpassing Lil Nas X's "Old Town Road" (2019).[86] "Kill Bill" ended 2023 as the third best-performing song in the US,[87] and it has been certified quintiple platinum by the Recording Industry Association of America for selling 5,000,000 units.

The song peaked within the top 5 of the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region, and it had more several top 5 peaks in the Asia-Pacific. "Kill Bill" spent multiple weeks at number one in New Zealand[88] and Singapore,[89] and it was the highest-charting international song in Malaysia for over a week.[90] It also went number one in Indonesia and the Philippines,[91] and it reached number 4 and number 3 in Vietnam and the MENA's regional chart, respectively.[92] "Kill Bill" was SZA's first chart-topping song in Australia,[93] where it was certified six times platinum for selling over 420,000 units, and was the country's third-biggest song of 2023.[94] It received a platinum certification in New Zealand for selling over 30,000 units.

On the UK Singles Chart, "Kill Bill" debuted within the top 15 in mid–December 2022.[95] It rose to the top 10, SZA's first solo song to do so, in early 2023, once Christmas songs had left the chart.[96] [97] Peaking at number 3, "Kill Bill" tied "Kiss Me More" as her highest-charting song in the UK;[98] ended the year with over 100 million streams[99] and 1,069,727 total sales;[100] and was the country's seventh best-performing song.[101] Elsewhere in Europe, it reached the top 20 in Ireland, the Nordic countries, Lithuania, Portugal, Slovakia, Switzerland, Hungary, the Netherlands, Germany, and Austria.

Critical reception

Reviews

Many critics called "Kill Bill" a highlight of SOS, and Sophie Williams of NME attributed the choice to its vivid, detail-heavy storytelling.[102] Compliments toward the lyrics revolved around its cinematic narrative,[103] [104] poetic quality, and raw honesty. Some praised it for demonstrating SZA's lyrical versatility, capable of not only relishing in sadness but also expressing anger.[105] Meanwhile, Vulture Zoe Guy, Pitchfork Jill Mapes, and Rolling Stone Mankaprr Conteh lauded "Kill Bill" as an exemplar of how to blend pop-culture references with internal struggles and candid self-reflection to create a lyrically memorable song.[106] [107] Other critics pointed towards the lyrics' melodrama and relatability despite the extreme violence,[108] and Billboard writers cited these qualities as the reason for the song's critical and commercial success: "people just love violence, and seem to have a weird fascination with 'crazy in love' relationship dynamics."

Some critics praised "Kill Bill" for its novel approach to revenge songs, such as Giselle Au-Nhien Nguyen of The Sydney Morning Herald, who wrote that SZA provided a refreshing and "intoxicating" take to very common tropes associated with murder ballads.[109] Referencing the break-up songs that blocked the song from number one, "Flowers" and "Last Night", D'Souza argued that "Kill Bill" was a standout among its commercially successful contemporaries that, in his view, had more boilerplate and "easily digestible" lyrics about heartbreak. He continued that "SZA's success feels like a win for a kind of pop music that's in short supply right now."

Music journalists commended the song for its catchiness.[110] [111] [112] Lyndsey Havens for Billboard said that "Kill Bill" was good for singalongs, and in The Atlantic, Spencer Kornhaber wrote: "As if her evil genius was in doubt, [it] will have millions of people doing their holiday shopping with a serial-killer confession stuck in their head."[113] Other critics praised her vocals, writing that its softness elevated the song's vulnerability and intimacy, and its production, with two describing its melody as smooth as water.[114] [115]

Rankings

The original version appeared in best-of-2023 song listicles published on USA Today (unranked) and Pitchfork (6),[116] and it was placed at number one by Heran Mamo on Billboard.[117] Year-end rankings that featured the remix included ones published by Rolling Stone (16) and BBC News (6).[118]

"Kill Bill" placed at number 267 at the February 2024 iteration of Rolling Stone 500 Greatest Songs of All Time list, which wrote that it was "the epitome of what makes [SZA] one of this generation's greatest songwriters".[119] Billboard ranked the song as the 222nd best pop song of all time in October 2023,[120] as well as the 4th best breakup song of all time in February 2024.[121] On their 2023 listicle, the magazine wrote that "Kill Bill" marked SZA's "official crossover from subversive R&B tastemaker to bona fide pop star".

Accolades

List of awards and nominations received by "Kill Bill"
YearAwardCategoryResult
2023BET AwardsVideo of the Year[122]
Viewer's Choice Award
2023MTV Video Music AwardsVideo of the Year[123]
Song of the Year
Best Direction
Best Editing
Song of Summer[124]
2023MTV Europe Music AwardsBest Song[125]
Best Video
2023UK Music Video AwardsBest R&B/Soul Video – International[126] [127]
2023Billboard Music AwardsTop Hot 100 Song[128]
Top Streaming Song
Top Billboard Global 200 Song
Top R&B Song
2023Soul Train Music AwardsSong of the Year[129]
Video of the Year
The Ashford and Simpson Songwriter's Award
2024Grammy AwardsRecord of the Year[130]
Song of the Year
Best R&B Performance
2024Brit AwardsBest International Song[131]
2024iHeartRadio Music AwardsSong of the Year[132]
Pop Song of the Year
Best Music Video

Music video

Background

SZA expressed her gratitude for fans' warm reception of "Kill Bill" by posting a 20-second teaser of the music video to Twitter on December 29, 2022,[133] [134] having alluded to its creation around a week prior during an interview with Entertainment Weekly.[135] The video was directed by Christian Breslauer and produced by Luga Podesta through his production company London Alley Entertainment.[136] It premiered on YouTube the same day as the song's release, briefly going private after its first 10 minutes of availability before being made public again.[137]

With the video, SZA aimed to create something more narrative-centric compared to her past music videos which, while containing a few story beats, did not have full, coherent plotlines. In Breslauer's words, she wanted "less performance and [more] acting"; the result was a short action film heavily inspired by the Kill Bill duology. The music video recreates several scenes and plot points from the films, with SZA appearing as a recreation of the Bride. She appears in a red and black jumpsuit similar to the Bride's yellow and black one, and she uses a katana as her fighting weapon.[138] Vivica A. Fox, the actress who starred in Kill Bill as a Deadly Viper and the Bride's enemy Vernita Green, makes a cameo in the video.[139] [140] Her scenes were the last ones filmed during production; prior to Fox, the casting crew considered Uma Thurman, the actress for the Bride, for the cameo role.[141]

Pre-production began in the middle of December 2022, when Top Dawg approached London Alley to produce the video, and principal photography took place six days later. The scheduled period for filming was one day before the company's Christmas break, so all scenes had to be completed within 19 or 20 hours, in contrast to the usual two or three days allocated for similar music videos. The video is a blend of visual techniques from several film genres.[142] For example, it contains an anime-style interlude that was added in post-production, and it incorporates many split-screen shots, a choice inspired by the cinematography of several 1970s films. Regarding this, Breslauer said: "Tarantino is the ultimate chop and screw hybrid filmmaker in how he grabs from so many films and genres, so wanted to do a little of that here as well."

SZA had prominent authority in the creative direction; for example, she performed most of her stunts despite little time to choreograph, learning them in less than four hours. She had been promoting specific tracks from SOS by using the outros of her music videos to tease an upcoming song, and she wanted to continue the trend with the "Kill Bill" video. Her choice for the outro song was the album track "Seek & Destroy". It contains the line "I had to do it to you", which she deemed fitting because when applied in the context of "Kill Bill", the lyrics captured SZA's celebration of revenge and the glory it brought her. For the video's outro, she asked someone with expertise in shibari to tie her upside down.

Plot

The opening scene, set to "Nobody Gets Me", contains the first out of many Kill Bill references, set in a trailer reminiscent of the one in which Budd, another of Thurman's sworn enemies, resided. During this, the boyfriend breaks up with SZA and leaves her in the trailer before he tells his gunmen, who act as the video's Deadly Vipers, to shoot her dead while she is inside.[143] She survives the assault and gets in a car driven by Fox's character, who takes her to a warehouse where she prepares to enact vengeance on the hitmen. SZA dresses up in the jumpsuit, gets a katana which she uses to decapitate a dummy, and drives on a motorcycle to find her ex-boyfriend.

SZA arrives at a location analogous to the films' House of Blue Leaves, a Japanese bar that served as the headquarters for O-Ren Ishii, a high-ranking assassin of the Deadly Vipers. In there, she confronts several yakuza bodyguards who represent Ishii's Crazy 88, kill them one by one, and enter a room to face her ex-boyfriend.[144] [145] The confrontation scene, the anime-style interlude, alludes to the animated sequence that introduced Ishii's backstory in Volume 1. The video ends as SZA approaches the man, rips his heart out, and licks it, fulfilling her revenge. A naked and tied-up SZA, hung upside down from the warehouse ceiling, appears in the outro while a snippet of "Seek & Destroy" plays.[146]

Live performances

SZA first performed "Kill Bill" live on the SOS Tour, during a concert in Columbus, Ohio. It took place at the Schottenstein Center on February 21, 2023.[147] A live performance at one of the New York City shows was released as part of a video series on Apple TV+ covering the tour.[148] When the tour's concerts neared their end, she would change her outfit to wear red biker pants and a motor suit, similar to her look for the music video. Recreating the Crazy 88 sequence, SZA had a spiked ball and chain in one of her hands that she swung across the stage. Her prop was a callback to the fight scene in Volume 1 between Thurman and one of Ishii's fighters[149] [150] —the fighter in question was Gogo Yubari, who armed herself with a meteor hammer, a weapon consisting of a chain and a weight attached to both ends.[151]

At the 2023 iHeartRadio Jingle Ball, held in early December, SZA included "Kill Bill" as part of her headlining set. She, along with a group of backup dancers, brandished machetes on stage to complement the lyrics.[152] Before she performed the song at the 66th Annual Grammy Awards in February 2024, the broadcast showed a woman in the audience who was standing on a table and swinging a sword. The woman joined SZA and other dancers with swords for the performance,[153] [154] which featured a fight sequence involving one man whom SZA threw across the stage[155] and another man whom she pushed to the floor as red fabric fell towards her.[156] Her headlining set on Glastonbury 2024, where she performed on June 30, also featured "Kill Bill", and she specifically played it during the set's "Robot World" section.[157]

Credits

Adapted from Sound on Sound and the liner notes of SOS[158]

Recording and management

Personnel

Note

Charts

Weekly charts

Chart (2022–2023)! scope="col"
Peak
position
Australia Hip Hop/R&B (ARIA)[159] 1
Croatia (Billboard)[160] 22
Denmark (Tracklisten)[161] 7
Greece International (IFPI)[162] 5
Hong Kong (Billboard)[163] 22
Iceland (Plötutíðindi)[164] 4
India International Singles (IMI)[165] 12
Indonesia (Billboard)[166] 1
Italy (FIMI)[167] 78
Japan Hot Overseas (Billboard Japan)[168] 4
Latvia (LAIPA)[169] 4
Lithuania (AGATA)[170] 2
Luxembourg (Billboard)[171] 9
Malaysia (Billboard)[172] 1
Malaysia International (RIM)[173] 1
MENA (IFPI)[174] 3
Nigeria (TurnTable Top 100)[175] 54
Norway (VG-lista)[176] 5
Philippines (Billboard)[177] 1
Poland (Polish Streaming Top 100)[178] 23
Singapore (RIAS)[179] 1
South Africa (Billboard)[180] 8
South Korea (Circle)[181] 96
Suriname (Nationale Top 40)[182] 19
Sweden (Sverigetopplistan)[183] 5
Vietnam (Vietnam Hot 100)[184] 4

Monthly charts

Chart (2023)! scope="col"
Peak
position
South Korea (Circle)[185] 129

Year-end charts

Chart (2023)! scope="col"
Position
Australia (ARIA)[186] 3
Austria (Ö3 Austria Top 40)[187] 73
Belgium (Ultratop Flanders)[188] 97
Brazil Streaming (Pro-Música Brasil)[189] 156
Canada (Canadian Hot 100)[190] 6
Denmark (Tracklisten)[191] 35
France (SNEP)[192] 105
Germany (Official German Charts)[193] 82
Global 200 (Billboard)[194] 3
Global Singles (IFPI)[195] 3
Netherlands (Single Top 100)[196] 33
New Zealand (Recorded Music NZ)[197] 2
Philippines (Billboard)[198] 2
Poland (Polish Streaming Top 100)[199] 86
Sweden (Sverigetopplistan)[200] 34
Switzerland (Schweizer Hitparade)[201] 43
UK Singles (OCC)[202] 7
US Billboard Hot 100[203] 3
US Adult Top 40 (Billboard)[204] 30
US Dance/Mix Show Airplay (Billboard)[205] 43
US Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs (Billboard)[206] 1
US Mainstream Top 40 (Billboard)[207] 6
US Rhythmic (Billboard)[208] 3
US R&B/Hip-Hop Airplay (Billboard)[209] 15

Release history

Region! scope="col"
DateFormatVersionLabel(s)
United StatesJanuary 10, 2023Contemporary hit radioOriginal
Rhythmic contemporary radio
Urban contemporary radio
VariousJanuary 13, 2023Four-track single
January 24, 2023Acoustic[210]
United StatesJanuary 31, 2023Urban adult contemporary radioOriginal[211]
ItalyFebruary 3, 2023Radio airplaySony Italy[212]
VariousApril 14, 2023Doja Cat remix[213]
ItalyRadio airplaySony Italy[214]

See also

Notes and References

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  2. Web site: Alston . Trey . January 3, 2020 . SZA Is Dropping a New Album This Year but When Is Beyond Her Ctrl . dead . https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20221230070311/https://www.mtv.com/news/czsw6b/sza-releasing-new-album-in-2020 . December 30, 2022 . December 30, 2022 . . en.
  3. Web site: Reese . Alexis . August 20, 2019 . SZA Reveals Sophomore Album Is On the Way . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20220520143032/https://www.vibe.com/news/entertainment/sza-sophomore-album-on-the-way-661298/ . May 20, 2022 . April 2, 2023 . . en-US.
  4. Web site: Schatz . Lake . August 20, 2019 . SZA Says New Album Coming 'Soon as F*ck' . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20221228130346/https://consequence.net/2019/08/sza-new-album-update-justin-timberlake/ . December 28, 2022 . December 28, 2022 . . en-US.
  5. Web site: Kenneally . Cerys . January 5, 2021 . SZA Says New Album Will Feature Material That Made Her Feel Something in Her Heart and Gut . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20221228102934/https://www.thelineofbestfit.com/news/latest-news/sza-says-new-lp-will-feature-material-made-her-feel-something-in-heart-gut . December 28, 2022 . December 28, 2022 . . en-US.
  6. News: Scott . A. O. . October 10, 2003 . Film Review; Blood Bath & Beyond . en-US . . live . limited . December 27, 2022 . https://web.archive.org/web/20221103222235/https://www.nytimes.com/2003/10/10/movies/film-review-blood-bath-beyond.html . November 3, 2022.
  7. Web site: Dargis . Manohla . April 16, 2004 . Vengeance Is Theirs . limited . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20221227135944/https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2004-apr-16-et-dargis16-story.html . December 27, 2022 . December 27, 2022 . . en-US.
  8. Web site: Inman . DeMicia . January 11, 2023 . SZA Gets Bloody Revenge in 'Kill Bill' Music Video . March 30, 2023 . . en-US . March 31, 2023 . https://web.archive.org/web/20230331061622/https://www.vibe.com/music/videos/sza-kill-bill-music-video-1234726483/ . live .
  9. Myers . Owen . December 20, 2022 . SZA on SOS, the Story Behind Her SNL Bop 'Big Boys,' and Her Favorite Kill Bill Character . live . . en . https://web.archive.org/web/20221228161704/https://ew.com/music/sza-interview-sos-big-boys-snl-song-kill-bill/ . December 28, 2022 . December 24, 2022.
  10. Web site: Hopper . Alex . February 7, 2023 . The Revengeful Meaning Behind SZA's 'Kill Bill' . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20230210023553/https://americansongwriter.com/behind-the-meaning-of-szas-kill-bill/ . February 10, 2023 . March 30, 2023 . . en-US.
  11. News: Agustin . Carl Martin . January 12, 2023 . Listening Party: SZA Releases Music Video for 'Kill Bill' . en-US . . live . January 12, 2022 . https://web.archive.org/web/20230112134916/https://lifestyle.inquirer.net/437814/listening-party-sza-releases-music-video-for-kill-bill/ . January 12, 2023.
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  15. Web site: Daly . Rhian . December 9, 2022 . SZA – SOS Review: A Comeback Album Well Worth the Wait . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20221227143429/https://www.nme.com/en_au/reviews/album/sza-sos-album-review-3363708 . December 27, 2022 . December 27, 2022 . . en-AU.
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  18. Web site: Ruggieri . Melissa . December 7, 2023 . It Was a Great Year for Music. Here Are Our Top Songs Including Olivia Rodrigo and the Beatles . December 9, 2023 . . en-US . December 12, 2023 . https://web.archive.org/web/20231212022401/https://www.usatoday.com/story/entertainment/music/2023/12/07/top-10-best-songs-2023/71817757007/ . live .
  19. Web site: Kellman . Andy . December 9, 2022 . SOS Review by Andy Kellman . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20221219043428/https://www.allmusic.com/album/sos-mw0003876335 . December 19, 2022 . December 23, 2022 . AllMusic.
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  21. Dukes . Will . December 9, 2022 . SZA's Out for Blood and Big Moods on SOS . live . . en-US . https://web.archive.org/web/20221216094205/https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-album-reviews/review-sza-sos-review-1234642441/ . December 16, 2022 . December 27, 2022 . limited.
  22. Hiatt . Brian . January 29, 2023 . The Making of SZA's SOS . limited . January 30, 2023 . . en-US . January 29, 2023 . https://web.archive.org/web/20230129211852/https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-features/sza-making-of-sos-podcast-1234670550/ . live .
  23. Web site: Aswad . Jem . December 1, 2023 . SZA's 'Kill Bill' and 'Snooze': Opposite Songs That Became Two of the Year's Biggest Hits . January 18, 2024 . . en-US . December 13, 2023 . https://web.archive.org/web/20231213201922/https://variety.com/2023/music/news/sza-kill-bill-snooze-stories-behind-1235815786/ . live .
  24. Web site: Ragusa . Paolo . September 15, 2023 . Behind the Boards with Carter Lang: Producer Talks Working with SZA, Lil Nas X, and Post Malone . January 18, 2024 . . en-US . January 18, 2024 . https://web.archive.org/web/20240118072230/https://consequence.net/2023/09/carter-lang-interview-behind-the-boards/ . live .
  25. Web site: Bell . Sadie . November 29, 2023 . SZA Wrote Her Hit 'Kill Bill' in an Hour and Was Hesitant to Release It: 'I Was Like, Can I Say This?' . January 18, 2024 . . en . December 9, 2023 . https://web.archive.org/web/20231209142456/https://people.com/sza-wrote-kill-bill-in-an-hour-was-hesitant-to-release-song-8408037 . live .
  26. Web site: Aswad . Jem . November 29, 2023 . SZA, Variety Hitmaker of the Year, Unpacks SOS, Her 9 Grammy Noms, and Says 'F— You' to Song Leakers . January 18, 2024 . . en-US . January 16, 2024 . https://web.archive.org/web/20240116154035/https://variety.com/2023/music/features/sza-hitmaker-of-the-year-sos-grammy-song-leakers-1235810535/ . live .
  27. Web site: Saint-Vil . Sweenie . December 12, 2022 . SZA's New Album, SOS, Ties Cardi B's Invasion of Privacy on Apple Music Chart . March 30, 2023 . . digital syndication . March 30, 2023 . https://web.archive.org/web/20230330115122/https://digital.abcaudio.com/news/szas-new-album-sos-ties-cardi-bs-invasion-privacy-apple-music-chart . live .
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  30. Trust . Gary . January 13, 2023 . SZA Is Making a 'Kill'-ing on Pop Radio, Drawing Praise for Her 'Creativity and Storytelling' . live . . en-US . https://web.archive.org/web/20230115205503/https://www.billboard.com/pro/sza-kill-bill-nobody-gets-me-climb-pop-airplay-chart/ . January 15, 2023 . January 16, 2023 . subscription.
  31. Web site: Attard . Paul . December 10, 2022 . SZA SOS Review: Finding Comfort Amid the Chaos . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20221224113814/https://www.slantmagazine.com/music/sza-sos-album-review/ . December 24, 2022 . December 27, 2022 . . en-US.
  32. Web site: Yalcinkaya . Günseli . December 9, 2022 . New Music Friday: 4 Albums to Stream This Week . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20221216065936/https://www.dazeddigital.com/music/article/57746/1/new-music-friday-4-albums-to-stream-december-2022-sza-sos . December 16, 2022 . December 29, 2022 . . en.
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  34. Web site: Guy . Zoe . December 9, 2022 . Everything SZA References on SOS (Including Herself) . limited . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20221220165422/https://www.vulture.com/2022/12/sza-sos-lyrics-samples-movie-references.html . December 20, 2022 . December 15, 2022 . Vulture.
  35. Web site: Shepherd . Julianne Escobedo . December 9, 2022 . SOS: SZA . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20221229074553/https://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/sza-sos/ . December 29, 2022 . December 15, 2022 . Pitchfork.
  36. Web site: O'Brien . Millie . December 12, 2022 . Album Review: SZA – SOS . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20221212185112/https://gigwise.com/reviews/3428175/album-review-sza-sos . December 12, 2022 . February 6, 2023 . Gigwise.
  37. Web site: January 5, 2023 . All the Best Kiss-Offs, Jokes, and Wisdom on SZA's SOS . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20230315044544/https://pitchfork.com/features/podcast/all-the-best-kiss-offs-jokes-and-wisdom-on-sza-sos/ . March 15, 2023 . March 30, 2023 . . en-US.
  38. Web site: Newstead . Al . December 13, 2022 . SZA: Is SOS Worth the Wait or Too Much of a Good Thing? . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20230123043646/https://www.abc.net.au/triplej/news/sza-sos-feature-album-review-worth-the-wait-too-much-good-thing/101765932 . January 23, 2023 . March 30, 2023 . . en-AU.
  39. Web site: Kornhaber . Spencer . December 14, 2022 . What Gives SZA Her Edge . limited . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20221226021827/https://www.theatlantic.com/culture/archive/2022/12/sza-sos-2022-album-review/672462/ . December 26, 2022 . December 30, 2022 . . en.
  40. Web site: Phan . Karena . December 9, 2022 . Review: SZA's Perfection Takes Time in Second Album SOS . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20221228133656/https://apnews.com/article/travis-scott-entertainment-reviews-hip-hop-and-rap-623ad8d680b71cc142b06c9b00fd8bf1 . December 28, 2022 . December 28, 2022 . . en.
  41. Web site: Wang . Steffanee . December 9, 2022 . SZA's SOS in 5 Essential Songs . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20221215093619/https://www.nylon.com/entertainment/best-songs-sza-sos-album-phoebe-bridgers . December 15, 2022 . December 15, 2022 . Nylon.
  42. Web site: Kenneally . Cerys . April 4, 2022 . SZA Says New Album Is 'Finished' and Describes It as Her 'Most Unisex' Project Yet . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20221209000759/https://www.thelineofbestfit.com/news/latest-news/sza-says-new-album-is-finished-describes-it-as-her-most-unisex-project-yet . December 9, 2022 . November 17, 2022 . The Line of Best Fit.
  43. Web site: Serrano . Athena . November 16, 2022 . SZA Is 'Currently Stressed' About Releasing New Album S.O.S. . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20221229005159/https://www.mtv.com/news/8znfna/sza-sos-album-announcement . December 29, 2022 . December 15, 2022 . . en.
  44. Web site: Curto . Justin . December 5, 2022 . SZA Puts Fans on Alert, Announces New Album S.O.S . limited . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20221219211034/https://www.vulture.com/2022/12/sza-album-sos-release-date-details.html . December 19, 2022 . December 15, 2022 . . en-us.
  45. Paul . Larisha . December 5, 2022 . SZA Taps Phoebe Bridgers, Travis Scott for S.O.S Album . limited . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20221215144257/https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/sza-phoebe-bridgers-travis-scott-sos-tracklist-1234641720/ . December 15, 2022 . December 15, 2022 . . en-US.
  46. Web site: A . Aron . January 4, 2023 . SZA Chooses 'Kill Bill' & 'Nobody Gets Me' as First S.O.S Singles for Radio . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20230104224113/https://www.hotnewhiphop.com/617535-sza-chooses-kill-bill-nobody-gets-me-as-first-s-o-s-singles-for-radio . January 4, 2023 . January 5, 2023 . . en-US.
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  48. Web site: Top 40/Rhythmic-Crossover Future Releases . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20230105020753/https://www.allaccess.com/top40-rhythmic/future-releases . January 5, 2023 . January 5, 2023 . All Access Music Group.
  49. Web site: Urban/R&B Future Releases . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20230108230037/https://www.allaccess.com/urban/future-releases . January 8, 2023 . January 9, 2023 . All Access Music Group.
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  51. Web site: Abraham . Mya . January 13, 2023 . SZA Releases 'Kill Bill' Bundle Featuring Sped Up Version for TikTok . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20230114071236/https://www.vibe.com/music/music-news/sza-kill-bill-tiktok-bundle-1234727496/ . January 14, 2023 . January 15, 2023 . . en-US.
  52. Web site: January 13, 2023 . 'Kill Bill' . live . https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20230113151633/https://www.amazon.com/music/player/albums/B0BS4CS8DV . January 13, 2023 . January 13, 2023 . . Amazon Music.
  53. Kaufman . Gil . January 13, 2023 . SZA Drops Four-Track 'Kill Bill' Bundle . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20230114180228/https://www.billboard.com/music/rb-hip-hop/sza-four-track-kill-bill-bundle-1235198747/ . January 14, 2023 . January 15, 2023 . . en-US.
  54. Web site: Powell . Jon . January 26, 2023 . SZA Unveils Acoustic Version of 'Kill Bill' . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20230130053525/https://www.revolt.tv/article/2023-01-26/269044/sza-kill-bill-acoustic-single/ . January 30, 2023 . January 30, 2023 . Revolt.
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  56. Lee . Cydney . Lipshutz . Jason . Mamo . Heran . Robinson . Kristin . Unterberger . Andrew . January 4, 2023 . Five Burning Questions: SZA Holds at No. 1 for Third Week with SOS Album . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20230104204756/https://www.billboard.com/music/chart-beat/sza-sos-five-burning-questions-1235194018/ . January 4, 2023 . January 5, 2023 . . en-US.
  57. Web site: C . Yashira . July 10, 2022 . SZA Confirms Another Doja Cat Collaboration . May 28, 2023 . . en . May 28, 2023 . https://web.archive.org/web/20230528055841/https://www.iheart.com/content/2022-07-10-sza-confirms-another-doja-cat-collaboration/ . live .
  58. Web site: Langford . Jackson . June 10, 2021 . Doja Cat Reveals Planet Her Tracklist, with Features from Ariana Grande, the Weeknd and More . May 28, 2023 . . en-GB . June 10, 2021 . https://web.archive.org/web/20210610045254/https://www.nme.com/news/music/doja-cat-reveals-planet-her-tracklist-with-features-from-ariana-grande-the-weeknd-and-more-2965134 . live .
  59. Mier . Tomás . July 11, 2022 . SZA Reveals Doja Cat Is Featured on Long-Awaited Song 'Shirt' . May 28, 2023 . . limited . en-US . October 26, 2022 . https://web.archive.org/web/20221026185034/https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/sza-reveals-doja-cat-featured-on-shirt-1381064/ . live .
  60. Web site: Cerys . Kenneally . October 3, 2022 . TDE's Punch Reveals Doja Cat Is More Likely to Feature on a Remix of SZA's 'Shirt' than the Original Track . May 25, 2023 . . en-US . May 25, 2023 . https://web.archive.org/web/20230525042154/https://www.thelineofbestfit.com/news/tdes-punch-reveals-doja-cat-is-more-likely-to-feature-on-a-remix-of-szas-shirt-than-the-original-track . live .
  61. Rowley . Glenn . December 7, 2022 . SZA Explains Why Doja Cat's Guest Feature on 'Shirt' Didn't Happen . May 25, 2023 . . en-US . February 7, 2023 . https://web.archive.org/web/20230207111351/https://www.billboard.com/music/music-news/sza-why-doja-cat-shirt-guest-feature-didnt-happen-1235182484/ . live .
  62. Web site: April 14, 2023 . Tyler Damara . Kelly . SZA Links Up with Doja Cat for Surprise 'Kill Bill' Remix . May 25, 2023 . . en-US . May 25, 2023 . https://web.archive.org/web/20230525042155/https://www.thelineofbestfit.com/news/sza-links-up-with-doja-cat-for-surprise-kill-bill-remix . live .
  63. Web site: Brodsky . Rachel . April 14, 2023 . SZA Reunites with Doja Cat for 'Kill Bill' Remix . April 16, 2023 . . April 15, 2023 . https://web.archive.org/web/20230415113003/https://www.stereogum.com/2220322/sza-reunites-with-doja-cat-for-kill-bill-remix/music/ . live .
  64. News: Zhan . Jennifer . April 14, 2023 . Doja Cat Was Down to 'Kill Bill' with SZA . limited . April 14, 2023 . . April 14, 2023 . https://web.archive.org/web/20230414050806/https://www.vulture.com/2023/04/doja-cat-sza-kill-bill-remix.html . live .
  65. Web site: Barnes . Paul . April 18, 2023 . SZA & Doja Cat's 'Kill Bill' (Remix): Review . January 26, 2024 . . en . January 26, 2024 . https://web.archive.org/web/20240126061827/https://www.hotnewhiphop.com/661913-sza-doja-cat-kill-bill-remix . live .
  66. Web site: Richards . Will . April 15, 2023 . Listen to Doja Cat's Relaxed New Remix of SZA's 'Kill Bill' . May 28, 2023 . . en-GB . May 28, 2023 . https://web.archive.org/web/20230528055840/https://www.nme.com/news/music/listen-to-doja-cats-relaxed-new-remix-of-szas-kill-bill-3430564 . live .
  67. Rys . Dan . January 6, 2023 . How SZA's SOS Cut Through the Holiday Noise to Rule the Charts . subscription . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20230106193850/https://www.billboard.com/pro/sza-sos-rollout-tde-president-terrence-punch-henderson-executive-week/ . January 6, 2023 . January 7, 2023 . . en-US.
  68. Brandle . Lars . February 26, 2023 . Miley Cyrus' 'Flowers' Wins IFPI Global Single Award For 2023 . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20240226153802/https://www.billboard.com/music/awards/miley-cyrus-flowers-ifpi-global-single-award-2023-1235614759/ . February 26, 2024 . February 26, 2024 . .
  69. Web site: Fekadu . Mesfin . November 29, 2023 . Taylor Swift, Bad Bunny, Miley Cyrus Top Spotify's Most-Streamed Lists . February 2, 2024 . . en-US . February 2, 2024 . https://web.archive.org/web/20240202004223/https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/music-news/spotify-most-streamed-artist-song-album-2023-taylor-swift-miley-cyrus-bad-bunny-1235683899/ . live .
  70. Trust . Gary . February 6, 2023 . Miley Cyrus' 'Flowers' Adds Third Week at No. 1 on Billboard Global Charts . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20230207064723/https://www.billboard.com/music/chart-beat/miley-cyrus-flowers-third-week-number-one-global-charts-1235213895/ . February 7, 2023 . February 7, 2023 . . en-US.
  71. Trust . Gary . February 21, 2023 . Miley Cyrus' 'Flowers' Tops Hot 100 for Fifth Week, PinkPantheress & Ice Spice Surge to Top 10 . February 21, 2023 . . en-US . February 22, 2023 . https://web.archive.org/web/20230222010522/https://www.billboard.com/music/chart-beat/miley-cyrus-flowers-number-1-hot-100-fifth-week-1235256842/ . live .
  72. Trust . Gary . January 9, 2023 . SZA's 'Kill Bill' Bounds to No. 1 on Billboard Global 200 Chart . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20230109223638/https://www.billboard.com/music/chart-beat/sza-kill-bill-number-one-global-200-1235195738/ . January 9, 2023 . January 10, 2023 . . en-US.
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