SZA’s surprising celebrity crush isn’t any of the rappers or love interests who have appeared in her music videos. On her new album “Lana,” released on December 20, the 35-year-old singer seems to have revealed her crush on Martin Scorsese in a song aptly titled “Scorsese Baby Daddy.” In this unexpected tribute to Scorsese, who is 85, SZA sings lyrics like, “I rolled up all my problems / And then I smoked about it / I could’ve called my mom up / I’d rather f— about it / Addicted to the drama / Scorsese baby daddy.”
In the track, SZA also imagines scenes reminiscent of Scorsese’s iconic films like “Goodfellas,” “Taxi Driver,” or “The Wolf of Wall Street,” although she doesn’t specifically mention any characters or titles by the renowned director. She continues, “I would pretend to do my favorite man, he’d call me tasty / Furious lady, then I wonder if I could do, baby / One day, I’ll understand all that it takes to be a lady.”
Fans have been sharing their thoughts on the song, with many curious about how Scorsese will react. One listener expressed, “I need Martin Scorsese to listen and react to Scorsese baby daddy right NOW,” while another fan tweeted, “SZA having a song called Scorsese Baby Daddy on SOS Deluxe 😂😭🙌 Best track title ever.” Another commenter said, “I just listened to Scorsese baby daddy and I feel like I’m floating I swear this is just excellent.”
Despite being generally private about her love life, SZA’s admiration for Scorsese remains evident in this song. The Oscar-winning director, who has three daughters, married his fifth and current wife, Helen Morris, in 1999.
SZA had confirmed in 2020 that she had a brief romance with Drake back in 2009, after the rapper mentioned their dating history in his song “Mr. Right Now.” The “Snooze” singer has also discussed her former fiancé in interviews and in her music. She met him after high school, and they dated for 11 years before splitting. In an interview published in Rolling Stone in October 2023, SZA mentioned that many songs on her 2022 album “SOS” were inspired by this relationship, including the hit track “Nobody Gets Me.”
In a more recent interview with British Vogue, SZA mentioned that her ex-fiancé had requested that she refrain from discussing him at her shows. Despite this, SZA expressed a complex sentiment, saying, “I can’t even spiel about my experience? I’m in jail!” She added, “Despite his hatred for me, I would still trust him with my life. He’s one of the smartest people I know.”
