I wish I didn’t headline Glastonbury – I felt like I was drowning on stage, says SZA after her set was slammed

SINGER SZA has admitted she wished she didn’t header Glastonbury Festival aft being near “freaked out” connected stage. 

The Kill Bill vocalist joined Coldplay and Dua Lipa successful headlining the three-day event, appearing connected the iconic Pyramid Stage successful June. 

However, her performance didn’t person the champion turnout and was dogged with method difficulties, causing fans to wantonness the acceptable arsenic they struggled to perceive her for implicit fractional an hour. 

Football fans besides ditched the euphony successful bid to ticker England successful the Euros 4th final.

Others aboriginal trolled her for taking a headlining slot fixed her comparative popularity successful the UK compared to her counterparts.

Speaking to British Vogue astir the full experience, SZA – existent sanction Solána Imani Rowe – said: “I conscionable felt similar thing I could bash would beryllium capable for Glastonbury, nary substance what I did."

"It frightened me. I was like, well, I privation I wasn’t doing it, but I couldn’t locomotion distant from it."

She besides said she felt unit arsenic 1 of 2 Black solo women to ever header – following Beyoncé successful 2011.

"It’s specified a gangly order," she added. “It’s like, nary substance what you bash here, you volition beryllium taxable to disapproval due to the fact that of who you are.

"But that’s life. That’s life, you know?”

Once connected the stage, SZA said she felt similar she was “drowning”, struggling to spot assemblage members from the signifier to link with. 

SZA wasn’t the lone prima to beryllium deed with problems connected the main stage, with Dua Lipa besides falling into occupation during her Friday nighttime performance. 

Paloma Faith, who took to the iconic signifier earlier SZA connected Sunday, aboriginal backed her up, accusing Glasto commentators of targeting pistillate performers.

Writing connected X, she said: "The mode radical criticise the women who performed a @glastonbury online is perfectly appalling.

"Women are not connected signifier to beryllium ridiculed and shamed we are determination successful each our pistillate brag b***h powerfulness and we basal by 1 different ... Give women a goddamn break!"