SZA's Biggest Red Carpet Risk Involves a Funny Story: "My Crown Broke, Like, 40 Times"

"I've seen so many fire new small brands through and even before the pandemic. Myae Made, I love her. She's out of London, she's Black-owned, and she created that ruching style that has the lettuce stitching. Everybody basically just stole her sh*t and is remaking it now. Love her, love copping all things from her. We're also loving Telfar, Ottolinger, and Kim Shui . . . But I'm also dead on brands. I'm just down for wearing cool sh*t and things that feel good, and making my own sh*t, which is super fun."

"I had this red furry outfit on Valentine's Day. That was so fun. [Lizzo and I] made those — just with a hot glue gun and some f*cking fur from JoAnn. I bought fur in every colour, so I'm about to bust out with a blue one shortly, and I just made a skirt set and bikini set. I always just wanted to have furry, childish sh*t and it's just adorable. It's giving me Limited Too and Delia's vibes — they were literally game-changing for me."

"I'm about to go through a huge cleaning in my house for the merch that we're using coming up. It's all made from recycled clothing, clothing that was already thrown away and headed to the landfill, not even clothing that was slated to be purchased again . . . We created our own fabric based off quilted pieces of landfill fabric in different colorways. We're just trying to make sh*t that I really want to wear, but in a way that doesn't f*ck up our carbon footprint or my karma, and that's really difficult."

"My music video style is my personal style also, but just with exaggerated pockets. The patchwork tee that I wore in the 'Hit Different' video was just sh*t that I really liked. [My stylist] Alejandra [Hernandez] just made me one on the spot, out of whatever T-shirt. She was like, 'Choose six T-shirts that you love' and I'm like, 'These are the ones I want to make it out of,' and she just made it for me on the spot.

Even the beads and the braids on 'Good Days,' that was from my best friend Amber who did her own hair during quarantine like that. She threaded the beads and everything. The beads were from Michael's and JoAnn. She just freaked that sh*t during quarantine and I was like, 'I want to do this, can you do it for me?' She told me no, so I just asked my friend Randy to copy it . . . But I very much love incorporating who I am in a magnified state . . . And if it could be foolish, then I love that too."