SZA says she wishes she didn’t headline Glastonbury. The singer admits she was ‘scared’ of being a 2024 Glastonbury headliner as ‘nothing she could do would be enough ’during her interview with The British Vogue.
The Kill Bill hitmaker was the closing night headliner at Glastonbury 2024 and immediately ran into performance troubles, which caused an online backlash.
Unfortunately, SZA was hit by technical issues on stage which caused her audio to appear muffled and distorted.
People labeled her set ‘disastrous,’ and she shared a heartbreaking post on X after the difficult night, saying,
The bravery required to be alive in public is remarkable. S/o everybody doing that shit 🤝🏾
— SZA (@sza) June 30, 2024Related stories
Even though the singer, who is only the third Black woman to grace the Pyramid Stage at the festival after Beyonce in 2011 and Skunk Anansie’s Skin in 1999 did not spare her on the comments session.
While some fans defended her, others were harsh in their comments, questioning her suitability as a headliner.
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She went on to tell the outlet that:
I just felt like nothing I could do would be enough for Glastonbury, no matter what I did.
It scared me. I was like, well, I wish I wasn’t doing it, but I couldn’t walk away from it,’
The Grammy-winning artist started ‘freaking out’ when she couldn’t see the faces in the crowd and found herself thinking,
‘”I’m scared. I feel like I’m drowning on stage, and I feel like I’m failing.”‘
But she said her guiding light to push through came in the form of a sign ‘through the darkness’ from the Caribbean spiritual practice Santeria.
”Maferefún. I love you,” which, for her, calls to mind the Yoruba and Santería water deity Yemaya.
“It was a reminder that your guardians are with you. Everyone’s here. Even beyond. Keep going,”’ she recalled.
The star ended up drawing one of the smallest crowds observed by festivalgoers despite being one of the most dominant forces in the industry.
Although not all her live performances have ended in such a devastating way.
The same week as her Glastonbury set, she set London alight with an incredible performance at BST Hyde Park.
Nonetheless, she announced a break from live music just weeks after the controversial Glastonbury set to ‘get her life together’.
