{"id":2295196,"date":"2026-02-23T11:40:28","date_gmt":"2026-02-23T11:40:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/?p=2295196"},"modified":"2026-02-23T11:40:28","modified_gmt":"2026-02-23T11:40:28","slug":"listen-to-szas-ethereal-new-single-save-the-day","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/listen-to-szas-ethereal-new-single-save-the-day\/","title":{"rendered":"Listen to SZA\u2019s ethereal new single \u2018Save The Day\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<p><a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nme.com\/artists\/sza\">SZA<\/a> has shared an uplifting new song called \u2018Save The Day\u2019, which will feature in a new film called <em>Hoppers<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p>The track is set to feature in the new Disney and Pixar movie, which will be released in cinemas worldwide on March 6, and stars Piper Curda, Bobby Moynihan, and Jon Hamm.<\/p>\n<p>According to <em><a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.laughingplace.com\/disney-entertainment\/hoppers-sza-song\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Laughing Place<\/a><\/em>, SZA\u2019s new song was written specifically for the film, and will be played during the ending credits.<\/p>\n<p>\u201c<em>Is it so bad to pause the future to appreciate the past?\/ Can we move on?\/ It\u2019s all so heavy, need more strength to carry on<\/em>,\u201d she sings in the slightly melancholic verse, backed by an ethereal piano melody before launching into the joyous chorus.<\/p>\n<p>\u201c<em>Caught in the friction, I\u2019m on a mission\/ Here\u2019s to hopin\u2019 there\u2019s still a way\/ In position, full of conviction\/ Miss Tunnel-Vision to save the day<\/em>.\u201d<\/p>\n<div class=\"jeg_video_container jeg_video_content\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"SZA - Save The Day (From &quot;Hoppers&quot;\/Official Audio)\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/0Hnx-BOmdyo?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<p>According to a report from <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/consequence.net\/2026\/02\/sza-new-song-save-the-day\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><em>Consequence<\/em><\/a>, the American singer-songwriter was asked to record a track for the <em>Hoppers<\/em> soundtrack because the film\u2019s director, Daniel Chong, is a big fan of hers.<\/p>\n<p>He even used her songs as placeholders in the end credits, he shared in a recent press panel, before reaching out to her directly to contribute an original release.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cEvery time we put a song there, it was a SZA song\u2026 We used \u2018Good Days\u2019 once, and then we used \u2018Saturn\u2019 once,\u201d he explained. \u201cAnd there\u2019s just a vibe for those two songs that I think had a melancholy (feel) to it, and a sort of joy but sadness to it that really felt like that is the mood for the end of the movie.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>SZA started work on the track after finishing her run of <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nme.com\/reviews\/live\/kendrick-lamar-sza-grand-national-tour-live-review-photos-setlist-3880238\">co-headline dates with Kendrick Lamar on the \u2018Grand National Tour\u2019.<\/a><\/p>\n<p><em>Hoppers<\/em> follows a young woman called Mabel (Piper Curda), who has her mind transferred into that of a robotic beaver, in an attempt to get her to communicate with animals and help protect their environment when it comes under threat.<\/p>\n<p>As for SZA, the contribution for the new movie comes as <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nme.com\/news\/music\/beyonce-scores-highest-grossing-tour-of-2025-despite-oasis-selling-more-tickets-3920178\">her aforementioned tour with Kendrick Lamar was confirmed to be the fourth highest-grossing of the year<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>She has also made it onto <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nme.com\/news\/music\/tracks-by-lady-gaga-olivia-dean-and-rosalia-among-barack-obamas-favourites-of-2025-3919372\">Barack Obama\u2019s music of the year list for 2025<\/a>, and finished that year by both <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nme.com\/news\/music\/listen-to-doechii-and-sza-team-up-on-defiant-new-single-girl-get-up-3920529\">joining forces with Doechii for a defiant new single called \u2018Girl, Get Up\u2019,<\/a> and <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nme.com\/news\/music\/sza-hits-out-at-donald-trump-for-rage-baiting-artists-for-free-promo-3917901\">slamming Donald Trump for using her music in an ICE video<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><script>\n  !function(f,b,e,v,n,t,s)\n  {if(f.fbq)return;n=f.fbq=function(){n.callMethod?\n  n.callMethod.apply(n,arguments):n.queue.push(arguments)};\n  if(!f._fbq)f._fbq=n;n.push=n;n.loaded=!0;n.version='2.0';\n  n.queue=[];t=b.createElement(e);t.async=!0;\n  t.src=v;s=b.getElementsByTagName(e)[0];\n  s.parentNode.insertBefore(t,s)}(window, document,'script',\n  'https:\/\/connect.facebook.net\/en_US\/fbevents.js');\n  fbq('consent', 'revoke');\n  fbq('init', '370979561341328');\n  fbq('track', 'PageView');\n<\/script><\/p>\n<p><em> \u2018 The preceding article may include information circulated by third parties \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n<p><em> \u2018 Some details of this article were extracted from the following source www.nme.com \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>SZA has shared an uplifting new song called \u2018Save The Day\u2019, which will feature in a new film called Hoppers. 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