SZA performs in February 2023.Photo:Kyle Gustafson / For The Washington Post via Getty
Kyle Gustafson / For The Washington Post via Getty
During a recent show,SZAwas open with her fans about what was on her mind.
At the O2 Arena in London earlier this week, the “Kill Bill” singer told the audience that her ex boyfriend cheated on her in that city.
She continued, “It was terrible. That’s why I was really sad to come here, but you guys made it so much better. Thank you! This song is about my other trash ex-boyfriend.”
SZA in May 2023.Dimitrios Kambouris/Getty
Dimitrios Kambouris/Getty
She then went on to play her hit song “Nobody Gets Me.”
Last month, SZA revealed in aninterview withEllethat shereceived a text from an ex’s dadafter she candidly told a crowd in Portland, Oregon that he’d blocked her on his phone.
“My ex’s father just texted me and was like, ‘My son is really hurt about what you said about him to the crowd,'” she said. “You don’t get to block me on everything. Tell our mutual friends terrible things about me like I’m a monster, or whatever the case may be. And then I don’t get to speak my piece in my way. You go do your healing and I’ll do mine.”
According to fan videoshared to TikTok, the singer (real name Solána Rowe) did indeed talk about her ex at her concert in Portland on March 18, telling the audience that she wrote most of the songs she was playing about someone who lives in the city.
“He’s not here ‘cause I’m blocked on everything,” she said, adding later, before “Nobody Gets Me,” “This one is extra sad because I did write this song about the person that lives here… F—. Being blocked on everything is so f—ing hard.”
In 2022, she toldHot 97that “Nobody Gets Me” was about an ex and the issues that led to their breakup.
“This particular song in entirety is a story about my ex-fiancé and how we went through all these arguments, and we broke up,” she said. “And when we first broke up, it was like terrible, and I just felt like I was gonna be doomed to be in hell for the rest of my life because nobody understood me the way he did, and nobody motivated me the way he did.”
She continued, “He was just this rock in my life that just no longer exists. The stories that I tell in that song about our arguments… That’s the theme on that. I feel like a lot of people don’t understand me but it’s okay.”
SZA released her sophomore albumSOSin December to major critical acclaim andchart success; it spent 10 weeks atop theBillboard200 albums chart.
source: people.com
