6 years ago today, SZA released “Hit Different” feat. Ty Dolla $ign & The Neptunes. Pharrell Williams and Chad Hugo, working together as The Neptunes, produced 'Hit Different' alongside Rob Bisel, with SZA and Ty Dolla Sign co-writing the track during a session recorded at DJ Khaled's house that February. The release marked SZA's first new solo music since her breakout 2017 album, 'CTRL,' arriving after months of visible frustration on her part, having publicly tweeted that Top Dawg Entertainment president Punch was intentionally holding her new album back, a moment that sparked fans to rally around the hashtag #FreeSZA. Speaking with Apple Music's Zane Lowe, SZA described the collaboration with Pharrell and Chad Hugo as almost surreal given how formative they'd been to her growing up, admitting she cried explaining to Pharrell what his music had meant to her as one of few Black kids in her suburban neighborhood. Lyrically, the song plays as a torch song about being pulled back towar...