With 5 Grammy nods, SZA emerges as music's breakout star
NEW YORK (AP) — After SZA created the drums-drenched, reggae-tinged song "Consideration," she thought she had finally found the sound of her debut album. But there was one problem: Rihanna heard the song and wanted it.
"And I'm just like, 'It has a video. I shot a video already to it. It's coming out on Wednesday. That was going to be the first song to prep the album,'" SZA recalled in a recent interview.
Rihanna kept SZA as a featured artist on the track, which opens her critically acclaimed "Anti" album, released last year. And while SZA said recording with the pop star "was a learning experience, it was just dope" — as for her own project? She felt lost. She cried like a baby. She was devastated.