In May 2013, SZA revealed that she had been working with producers
Holy Other and Emile Haynie, the latter of whom had previously worked with
Lana Del Rey and
Kid Cudi. SZA met Holy Other through mutual friends. After being in the same area as one another and working in the same studio, the pair began working together. SZA met producer Felix Snow via a mutual friend and they later began "hanging out", SZA described Felix as being "completely not the textbook producer" continuing to expand on working with Felix SZA said; If you've ever seen him he wears sunglasses inside all day and sandals all year round. He's basically always in yacht mode. He has a
Tamagachi and a
Giga Pet, so he's a character-and-a-half. But we're like family. I went to his house in Connecticut and played with his menagerie of animals and met his parents and ate soup. In a June 2014 interview with the YouTube channel "Star Sessions", SZA revealed that the songs "Terror.Dome", "Castles" and "Wings" were all recorded the night before the EP was released. She additionally described that 2013 was a tough time in her life as she was going through a lot of personal changes, and when it came to music: "I was just kinda winging it, like SUPER winging it". == Critical reception ==