"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.

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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

_____________________________ 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

___________________________ 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