"Open Arms" is a song by American singer-songwriter SZA (pictured) from
her second studio album, SOS (2022), featuring American rapper Travis
Scott. It is one of the album's guitar-backed acoustic ballads,
exploring a style of music that departs from SZA's usual R&B;-leaning
sound. Her deceased grandmother, whose vocals were in the album
preceding SOS, appears in the song as a way of paying tribute. With
lyrics about trying to stay with an ex-lover, "Open Arms" is addressed
to a subject whom the narrator eventually leaves to fix her self-esteem
despite persistent feelings of attachment to him. Upon release, it
charted in the United States, Canada, and Australia, and it peaked at
number 67 on the Billboard Global 200. The song is SZA's fourth
collaboration with Scott, whose uncharacteristically gentle delivery on
his verse was received positively by critics. A solo version was
released in January 2023 as a track on the website-exclusive digital
edition of SOS.
Read more: <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Open_Arms_%28SZA_song%29>
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Today's selected anniversaries:
1886:
American inventor Charles Martin Hall discovered an inexpensive
method of producing aluminium (sample pictured).
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_Martin_Hall>
1944:
In response to an insurgency in Chechnya, the Soviet Union
began the forced deportation of the native Chechen and Ingush of North
Caucasus.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Deportation_of_the_Chechens_and_Ingush>
1987:
SN 1987A, a supernova in the Large Magellanic Cloud, was
observed from Earth.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SN_1987A>
2021:
Caused by gang rivalries, riots in four Ecuadorian prisons
resulted in the deaths of 79 inmates.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/February_2021_Ecuadorian_prison_riots>
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Wiktionary's word of the day:
selfbow:
(archery) A bow made from a single piece of wood (often referred to as a
bow stave).
<https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/selfbow>
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Wikiquote quote of the day:
Today for the first time in more than a half century, the US has
returned to the moon. Today, for the first time in the history of
humanity, a commercial company — an American company — launched and
led the voyage up there. And today is a day that shows the power and
promise of NASA's commercial partnerships. … What a triumph! Odysseus
has taken the moon. This feat is a giant leap forward for all of
humanity.
--Bill Nelson
<https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Bill_Nelson>