Draft:Storytime (SZA song)

"Storytime" is an upcoming song by American singer-songwriter SZA.

Background
Upon the release of her second studio album, SOS (2022), SZA revealed through Instagram that there was a deluxe edition of the album set for release soon. She kept teasing the deluxe version throughout 2023, saying in a September concert in Brooklyn that the deluxe version became a "whole 'nother album" she called Lana. The plan was for it to be released before December and consist of new music alongside outtakes from SOS, but it ultimately did not happen.

In March 2024, after three songs intended for Lana were leaked online, SZA posted on Twitter to say that it would become a separate project from the SOS deluxe edition; Lana would consist only of music the public has not heard beforehand. SZA gave a preview of the album's aesthetic on May 31, when she shared pictures of herself dressed in a full-body insect costume. An insect motif featured prominently on her set at BST Hyde Park on June 30; during the concert, she addressed the crowd and said, "new album, you ready?" After the show, she shared a brief video of herself dressed as a grasshopper on social media, singing the lyrics to an unreleased song publications called "Storytime": "I know you told stories about me. [M]ost of them awful. All of them true." Carson Mlnarik of Nylon wrote that the song is backed by a "groovy bass line and distant nature sound effects".