Sza shared one of her recent comments on her Instagram story where she clarified her comments about her only being labeled as a R&B artist because she’s black.
In the post, a person weighed in on her previous statement and said, “I’m curious what other category would she be assigned to?” Well, the singer shared a lengthy message back to the person and said: “I just want to be free to create anything! You can look at songs like: Julia, F2F, Drew Barrymore, Prom, Nobody Gets Me, Kill Bill, Ghost In The Machine, Hill Jack, Green Mile, Shattered Ring, Omega, and my entire first two projects before Z, none of those are R&B. Whoever connects to the music connects! It’s okay to be more than one thing lol. It’s also okay if you all know me from The Weekend and Snooze. I’m grateful regardless, call it whatever you want”
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As we previously reported, SZA recently spoke out about her music being categorized into one genre and opened up about how that can lead to keeping her into a box. While speaking with Dazed in an article that was published on Wednesday the singer spoke about how she’s not a fan of labels.
“The only reason I’m defined as an in R&B artist is because I’m Black,” the New Jersey singer said. “It’s almost a little reductive because it doesn’t allow space to be anything else or try anything else. Justin Bieber is not considered an R&B artist; he is a pop artist who makes R&B, folk music, or whatever his heart desires. “I simply just want to be allowed the same opportunity to make whatever I want without a label, [without it being] based on the colour of my skin, or the crew that I run with, or the beats that I choose. I want “FTF” to be seen as what it is. I want “Nobody Gets Me” to be seen as what it is. I want “Kill Bill” to be seen as what it is.”
She added: “At the same time, it’s nothing to get bent out of shape about, because it’s just how people are processing you. As long as I don’t process myself that way. I don’t necessarily box myself into anything. I’m just trying to make music, trying to vibe out and enjoy the experience.”
Despite SZA’s reservations about her portrayal in the music industry, she remains appreciative of her fans who acknowledge her talent. Recently, she thanked her supporters for helping her recognize the brilliance of her song “Snooze,” which she initially didn’t fully appreciate.
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“I’m not gon lie snooze wasn’t my favorite when I made the album but now it’s my favorite hands down,” she wrote on social media. “played it at the beach and it was noiiiiiiceeeee [teary eyed emoji]. I’m late but thank y’all for riding til I got some sense [laughing, heart hands and heart emoji]”
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