SZA at the 2018 Soul Train Music Awards Presented by BET at Orleans Arena at the Orleans Hotel & Casino in Las Vegas, NV on November 17, 2018.
SZA at the SZA Sighted at LAX Airport in Los Angeles on June 1, 2018 at LAX Airport in Los Angeles, CA on June 1, 2018.
SZA at the 60th Annual Grammy Awards at Madison Square Garden in New York City, New York on Sunday January 28, 2018.
SZA at the 2015 Essence Music Festival at Mercedes-Benz Superdome in New Orleans, LA on July 5, 2015.
SZA celebrated her debut studio album “Ctrl” by getting the title tattooed on her left forearm. The album was officially released on June 9, 2017 but SZA got the tattoo a few month prior.
Some of SZA’s die-hard fans have showed their devotion by getting their own “Ctrl” tattoos. One fan posted a picture of the tattoo that he got before the album was released and captioned it “I don’t listen yet but it already changed my life.” SZA was so flattered that she reposted the picture and wrote “You’ve already changed mine. (got mines in the same spot too)”.
The album title “Ctrl” represents living in the present moment and just letting life happen without trying to control every little thing.
“It’s about analog and being at a time where we were brought information more slowly,” she told Complex. “Control is a concept, you think about getting away from analog, control is an illusion, you try and force it.”
In November 2015, SZA got this tattoo on her collarbone of a maple log and leaf as a tribute to the town of Maplewood, NJ where she grew up. She told Complex:
I was born in St. Louis, but I’m from Maplewood, New Jersey. Maplewood is completely different than the rest of New Jersey. It’s very small. It’s quietly affluent but more lowkey. Lauryn Hill is from my town though. It was predominantly white, Jewish. I went to school with all white kids and my Girl Scout troop everyone was white. I was being the token black everyday.
SZA has a tattoo of a light bulb on the left side of her stomach. Light bulbs are commonly used as a symbol of inspiration and genius ideas.
SZA has a rarely-seen tattoo on her left buttocks.