SZA spoke about her appreciation of Beyoncé, Taylor Swift, and Megan The Stallion during a new interview with The Los Angeles Times. Speaking with the outlet, she reacted to Beyoncé losing at the 2023 Grammy Awards, Swift re-recording her albums, and the lack of empathy for Megan The Stallion following her case against Tory Lanez.
As for Beyoncé, she recently lost out at the Grammys in the Album of the Year category for her 2022 project, Renaissance. The Academy instead went with Harry’s House by Harry Styles. “Beyoncé — she’s so much bigger than a[n] fucking Grammy. She’s Beyoncé! She’s done it for women, she’s done it for Black people, she’s done it for artists,” SZA said while adding, “She’s done so much for the world by just being herself.” Despite the loss, Beyoncé still took home enough awards to become the winningest artist in the history of the awards ceremony. Of Taylor Swift, she added: “Even Taylor letting that whole situation go with her masters and then selling all of those fucking records. That’s the biggest ‘fuck you’ to the establishment I’ve ever seen in my life, and I deeply applaud that shit.”
SZA For The L.A. Times
From there, SZA spoke about dealing with misogyny in the music industry. “I was tired and angry, ” she said. “I feel like men just pick on women so much in music, it’s corny. Women sell so much music! A lot of y’all that are talking down on women — we sell more records than you. We literally make more money.” In particular, SZA says that she was upset with the negative response to Megan The Stallion regarding Tory Lanez’s recent trial. “Why did we require so much from Megan to have empathy for her?” SZA said. “It was inhumane how it all went, with the bizarre level of scrutiny on her sex life. But justice was served. I hope that Megan’s somewhere healing.”
SZA’s interview with The Los Angeles Times comes after the release of her second studio album, SOS. The project dropped back in December featuring Don Toliver, Phoebe Bridgers, Travis Scott, and the late Ol’ Dirty Bastard. It spent nine non-consecutive weeks atop the Billboard 200.
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