SZA shares cryptic post about ‘bravery after Glastonbury

SZA has posted a cryptic message about the ‘bravery’ needed to be ‘in public’ following her performance at Glastonbury to a near empty crowd on Sunday. 

The US hitmaker, 34, has spoken out after her set was blighted by sound issues while a significantly smaller crowd watched her in action on the famous Pyramid Stage. 

Footage from the festival showed a noticeably smaller audience than had been in attendance on Saturday. 

The singer took to Twitter the day after her performance and wrote: ‘The bravery required to be alive in public is remarkable. S/o everybody doing that s**t’. 

SZA, whose real name is Solána Imani Rowe, did not elaborate on the tweet but followed it up with a post thanking those who turned up to her performance. 

It comes after SZA admitted she was ‘shaking’ during her headline performance at the famous festival. 

Posting on Instagram, she wrote: ‘I was legit shaking lmao but we made it.’ 

In a lengthy post to thank her team, she added that ‘tonight I faced my fears. Tonight my entire team made the impossible possible !! 

‘THANK YOU @dan_norman_ for working tirelessly w me on this stage ! Thank you @fulloutcortland and the incredible dancers !

‘To my fire ass band and every single person that helped make this happen. Thank you from the bottom of my heart for dreaming w me Glastonbury 2024 down.’ 

SZA told the crowd she was feeling the pressure as she closed her set on Sunday, admitting: ‘Glastonbury, I was so nervous to be here with you today. I’m so grateful, you have my deepest love and my deepest respect.’ 

SZA became the latest star at this year’s Glastonbury Festival to be hit by sound issues, as she took to the stage as the third and final headline act.

She performed on Worthy Farm’s iconic Pyramid Stage, but the show sparked complaints from viewers, who slammed her ‘awful’ mic problems.

SZA’s show also struggled to draw in the huge crowds that were on display during Coldplay‘s headline slot the previous evening, as thousands of fans abandoned the show after tuning into England’s Euro 2024 match.

As SZA kicked off her headline slot, viewers were quick to complain about her sound problems, with some claiming it sounded like she was ‘singing into a fan.’

Posts on X included: ‘Why are the backing singers crystal clear and SZA sounds like she’s singing through one of these???’

‘Me after hyping SZA up to my mum and dad for months and then her sounding like she’s singing into a fan;’

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‘Fix SZA’s mic RIGHT NOW;’

‘Is something wrong with SZA’s mic? I can’t understand a word she’s saying rn;’

‘Who the hell is sabotaging SZA’s mic at Glastonbury????;’

The smaller crowd could also be seen during BBC’s coverage of SZA’s show, with one viewer tweeting: ‘That SZA crowd is one of the lowest I’ve ever seen for a Pyramid headliner. Wow.’

Many fans had opted to join Louis Tomlinson and his sister Lottie to watch England’s Euro 2024 victory over Slovakia earlier in the evening, after Glastonbury organisers confirmed they would not be screening the match.

However, despite this, some fans praised SZA’s performance, with tweets including: ‘@sza your Glastonbury performance was amazing!! Me & my best friends danced around the living room singing every work. 3/3 of us cried and wow you killed it;’

‘Sza at Glastonbury has changed my life.’

The hip hop star admitted to the crowd that she was ‘so nervous’ ahead of her performance, and ended her show by saying: ‘Glastonbury, I was so nervous to be here with you today.

‘I’m so grateful, you have my deepest love and my deepest respect. I love you always, god bless you. Get home safely, my name is SZA, good night.’

SZA was far from the only star to be affected by sound issues during the festival, with Shania Twain hit by similar woes during her much-anticipated Legends show earlier in the day.