SZA – Kill Bill (Audio, Lyrics, Video)

The SOS keeps burning hot as SZA returns with the music video for the track, “Kill Bill,” co-produced by Carter Lang & Rob Bisel. Listen, stream, read the lyrics, buy the song, mp3 download.

Sza Kill Bill

“Kill Bill” is a song by American singer-songwriter SZA from her second studio album, SOS (2022). The song gets its title from Kill Bill: Volume 1 (2003) and Kill Bill: Volume 2 (2004), a martial arts film duology that focuses on an assassin named the Bride and her quest to exact revenge on her ex-boyfriend by murdering him. Mirroring the films’ plot, the song’s lyrics discuss SZA’s fantasy to kill an ex-boyfriend and his new girlfriend out of jealousy. “Kill Bill” is a pop and R&B song backed by an electric bass and synthesizers, with a composition that consists of a midtempo, groovy rhythm and a detuned melody.

Critics praised “Kill Bill” for its candid exploration of SZA’s unfiltered, violent emotions, finding her murder fantasies extreme but relatable to a degree. The song was a huge success in streaming services—it became SZA’s first number one on the US Streaming Songs and Billboard Global 200 charts, and it surpassed 150 million global streams on Spotify within one month. The song reached the top 10 in over 10 territories worldwide, including the United States, with number one peaks in New Zealand and Singapore.

Following its success in streaming services, RCA Records promoted “Kill Bill” to US pop, rhythmic, and urban radio starting January 10, 2023. A music video for the song premiered on the same day; directed by Christian Breslauer, it reimagines several scenes from the Kill Bill films, featuring SZA as a rendition of the Bride and Vivica A. Fox, one of the actresses who starred in the duology, in a supporting role. The video ends as SZA confronts her ex-boyfriend and pulls his heart out, killing him.

SZA – Kill Bill (prod. Carter Lang & Rob Bisel)

9 December 2022
1 Song, 2 minutes
℗ 2022 Top Dawg Entertainment, under exclusive license to RCA Records

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Lyrics

[Verse 1]
I’m still a fan even though I was salty
Hate to see you with some other broad, know you happy
Hate to see you happy if I’m not the one drivin’

[Pre-Chorus]
I’m so mature, I’m so mature
I’m so mature, I got me a therapist to tell me there’s other men
I don’t want none, I just want you
If I can’t have you, no one should, I might

Chorus]
I might kill my ex, not the best idea
His new girlfriend’s next, how’d I get here?
I might kill my ex, I still love him, though
Rather be in jail than alone

[Verse 2]
I get the sense that it’s a lost cause
I get the sense that you might really love her
The text gon’ be evidence, this text is evidence
I try to ration with you, no murders, no crime of passion
But, damn, you was out of reach
You was at the farmer’s market with your perfect peach
Now I’m in amazement, playin’ on my patience
Now you layin’ face-down, got me sayin’ over a beat

[Pre-Chorus]
I’m so mature, I’m so mature
I’m so mature, I got me a therapist to tell me there’s other men
I don’t want none, I just want you
If I can’t have you, no one will, I (I might)

[Chorus]
I might kill my ex, not the best idea
His new girlfriend’s next, how’d I get here?
I might kill my ex, I still love him, though
Rather be in jail than alone

[Bridge]
I did it all for love (Love)
I did it all on no drugs (Drugs)
I did all of this sober
I did it all for us, oh
I did it all for love (Love)
I did all of this on no drugs (Drugs)
I did all of this sober
Don’t you know I did it all for us? (I’m gon’ kill your ass tonight)

[Chorus]
Oh, I just killed my ex, not the best idea (Idea)
Killed his girlfriend next, how’d I get here?
I just killed my ex, I still love him, though (I do)
Rather be in hell than alone