SZA, 34, has been acknowledged for her glorious songwriting. On Thursday, June 13, she was inducted into the celebrated 2024 Songwriters Corridor of Fame Awards Gala held on the Marriott Marquis Resort in New York Metropolis. Music legend Nile Rodgers introduced her with the Hal David Starlight Award.
The “Snooze” singer shared some honest phrases throughout her acceptance speech. SZA started, “As an artist, I’ve been a variety of totally different individuals. I’ve been 200 kilos. I’ve been 130 kilos.”
She continued to open up about among the challenges and modifications she went by throughout her music profession.
“I’ve been somebody who doesn’t dance in any respect onstage, somebody that may solely shut their eyes and look down, somebody that’s dancing and making an attempt their finest,” SZA recalled.
“I’ve simply been all this stuff, and I really feel like, ‘Oh man, I battle on the artist factor.’ Like writing was the place I felt like an individual and that I had worth and that I may present that I used to be good, and it was past, ‘Am I fairly? Am I appreciated?’ And that mainly meant all the things to me.”
She completed, “It made me really feel like an individual, that I used to be doing one thing value one thing. So mainly, receiving this award validates my complete profession.”
Rodgers additionally acknowledged that Spotify didn’t give sufficient recognition to all of the proficient songwriters on its platform earlier than SZA carried out an acoustic model of “Snooze” along with her long-time collaborator Carter Lang.
SZA has now change into one among many distinguished Hal David Starlight Award Honorees, these of which embody Alicia Keys, John Mayer, John Legend, Lil Nas X, Ed Sheeran, Drake, and others.
Thursday’s celebrations additionally featured different artists in attendance. Walter Becker of Steely Dan, Timbaland, Mike Mills and Michael Stipe of R.E.M., Diane Warren and Hillary Lindsey have been celebrated.
