SZA has a lot of powerful people in her corner, from Taylor Swift to Kendrick Lamar. While guesting on The Jennifer Hudson Show Friday (March 21), the “Saturn” singer revealed that she and the pop superstar have discussed collaborating as well as opened up about learning from the Compton rapper ahead of their Super Bowl performance and their upcoming Grand National Tour.
The topic of Swift first came up when host Jennifer Hudson pulled up a clip of the “Karma” artist and SZA posing together at the 2025 Grammys. “Every time she walks up to me or approaches me, I’m just like, ‘All right, this is happening, because that’s fully Taylor Swift,’” gushed the R&B hitmaker.
“I think I mentioned that I would love to write with her and build some things together,” SZA continued. “I love her storytelling. She was open to it. I think she’s awesome. She’s so bossed up.”
SZA then took the chance to name some of her other favorite singer-songwriters who use their music as avenues for storytelling: Gracie Abrams, Lola Young, Doechii, Olivia Rodrigo and Chappell Roan.
The talk-show visit isn’t the first time the “Kill Bill” artist has praised Swift. In early 2023, when the former’s SOS and the latter’s Midnights albums were competing for a No. 1 spot on the Billboard 200, SZA clarified with a post on X that the competition was nothing but friendly, writing, “I don’t have beef w ANYONE especially not Taylor lmao I genuinely loved her album and the writing!”
Two years later, SZA is now gearing up to join Lamar on their joint tour, which kicks off April 19 in Minneapolis. The duo gave the world a taste of what to expect in February during Dot’s Super Bowl Halftime Show performance, which featured the “I Hate U” musician accompanying him on the field at New Orleans’ Caesars Superdome for two songs: “Luther” and “All the Stars.”
Ahead of the joint trek, SZA told Hudson that she’s “really excited to learn” from her longtime collaborator on the road. “I get to pick different tips and watch how he carries himself, how he emotes,” she said. “To watch him perform is to witness something magical.”
“One time he gave me the pointer of pretending to watch myself from above,” she continued. “He sees himself while he’s performing, and it actually changed a lot for me. It was weird, when I was watching myself from afar, I was like, ‘This not what I want to see, I want to see something different. I want to turn up.’ Then I just started, like, invoking a completely different energy and spirit within myself.”
Watch SZA discuss touring with Lamar and wanting to work with Swift below.
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