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Jean Dawson teams up with SZA in “NO SZNS” for a duet we never thought we would get and now cannot remember life before its existence. The ethereal indie single officially separates the rising star from his peers and settles him next to his idols.

Melancholic and wistfully cinematic, “NO SZNS” blows dust off the stowed-away memories of a less noisy life. Whether it was the long summers of childhood or the untouched purity of who you were before heartbreak, the song makes you yearn for the comfort of naivety. Imbued with his longing, Dawson stuns with heart-strung vocals that ache alongside soft acoustic strums. SZA enters the track abruptly and elegantly, feet never touching the ground.

Their voices intersect beautifully, singing to a never-ending seasonal depression. It’s hard to feel the shift from summer to fall or winter to spring when you live in a city that never stops shining, checkpoints all blurring into one long day. “NO SZNS” arrives perfectly on time as we find our footing into fall, bracing for longer nights and louder silence.

The magnitude of this collaboration is not lost on anyone. The single follows SZA’s highly publicized features on Travis Scott and Drake’s respective projects, with her only other collaboration being with Dawson. A superstar in the prime of her career and rightfully discerning of who she associates her name with, this speaks to the potential SZA sees in the artist. She, too, bears witness to the impending stardom of Jean Dawson.

Watch the "NO SZNS" video below: