Top Dawg Entertainment/RCA RecordsSZA, who was the most nominated female artist at the 2018 Grammy Awards with five nods, walked away empty-handed during the ceremony in January.
The “Drew Barrymore” artist tells GQ magazine that she was “mad as hell” after losing, but “felt a shift” afterwards.
“I came a really long-a** way,” she adds.
“I didn’t imagine this album doing much anyway. I was so grateful to even have been honored by being nominated and having so many people f*** with my music.”
“I feel like at some point you start to get sucked up into the accolades and you’re like, ‘Oh, this is what this is about, and this is what quantifies my success or me as an artist or a human being.”
SZA further explains, “We reached a billion streams on Spotify. The United States f**** with my songs. We’re changing little girls’ lives across the world, and we didn’t even know what we were doing when we started. This is something much bigger than me and a f***ing trophy.”
“I’m appreciative of the opportunity. But s*** happens.”
The recording artist also says that losing at the Grammys was “super weird,” but “felt like I had all this weight off my shoulders.”
“It’s just learning how to process the lesson, the opportunity, the gift of the moment, rather than just letting your ego dictate what it all means.”
“That was hard, but it was a really beautiful lesson,” she continues. “I’m super grateful.”
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