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Steve Lacy and SZA make is it cool? sound like self-sabotage dressed in silk
By Editorial Team - June 29, 2026
Summary
Steve Lacy shares is it cool? featuring SZA and confirms the tracklist for Oh yeah?, his first full-length since Gemini Rights.
Key Facts
- Category: News
- Published: June 29, 2026
- Tags: steve lacy, sza, is it cool, oh yeah, indie soul, alt r&b, rca, Indie Soul / Alt R&B
Steve Lacy’s is it cool? featuring SZA gets a 29 June Best Fit update with the full Oh yeah? tracklist now confirmed, and the question in the title does exactly what the best emotionally messy R&B questions do: pretend to be casual while obviously being the whole problem. The song revolves around turbulent relationships and self-sabotage, which is a natural meeting point for Lacy’s stylish guitar-and-synth R&B and SZA’s gift for turning private spirals into highly singable psychology. Oh yeah? arrives on 17 July via RCA and also features Erykah Badu and Cecile Believe, with Lacy framing the record as a meeting place for guitar people, synth people and everyone who prefers genre borders to stay slightly blurry. is it cool? sounds like two people asking permission from a situation that has already gone wrong, but doing it with excellent tone.