SZA spilled the tea on pre-tour advice Kendrick Lamar shared before their Grand National Tour kickoff.
During her Jennifer Hudson Show appearance, she dished about touring with Lamar and witnessing his performances.
“I get to pick different tips and watch how he carries himself, how he emotes,” she said. “There’s something you can’t explain when there’s magic happening and to watch him perform is to witness something magical.”
SZA then revealed some performance wisdom he passed along.
“One time he gave me the pointer of pretending to watch myself from above. He sees himself while he’s performing, and it actually changed a lot for me,” SZA explained.
“It was weird, when I was watching myself from afar, I was like, ‘This not what I want to see, I want to see something different. I want to turn up,'” she added. “Then I just started, like, invoking a completely different energy and spirit within myself.”
Kendrick Lamar and SZA’s Grand National Tour launches in Minneapolis on Apr. 19. The stadium trek runs through June, wrapping on the 18th in Washington DC.
During their chat, SZA also hinted at a possible Taylor Swift collab.
“Every time she walks up to me or approaches me, I’m just like, ‘All right, this is happening, because that’s fully Taylor Swift,'” said SZA. “I think I mentioned that I would love to write with her and build some things together. I love her storytelling. She was open to it.”
This isn’t SZA’s first time praising Swift. Back in 2023 when her album SOS and Swift’s Midnights were battling for Billboard 200’s top spot, SZA squashed any beef rumors — admitting she’s a major fan. “I don’t have beef w ANYONE especially not Taylor lmao I genuinely loved her album and the writing!” wrote SZA.
