SZA Says She's Taking a Break from Performing to 'Get My Life Together'

Mar. 15, 2025

SZA performing at Glastonbury in June 2024.Photo:Joseph Okpako/WireImage

Joseph Okpako/WireImage

SZAis taking a break from performing to prioritize her mental health.The Grammy winner, 34, shared the newson social mediaon Monday, Aug. 5 after her final tour stop in Montreal the night before.“Yesterday was my last show for a while,” the singer wrote to her fans. “Finally bout to get my life together thank u God.“SZA, born Solána Imani Rowe, recentlyfinished showsin London and Dublin before playing atLollapalooza 2024in Chicago on Aug. 2.She is expected to perform two shows in the Middle East in November with stops planned in Bahrain and the United Arab Emirates.SZA in Los Angeles in April 2024.Gilbert Flores/Billboard via Getty ImagesLeading up to her announcement, she has been vocal about her relationship issues on social media, writing messages like “I wanna be loved so madlyI can’t think I can’t breathe” and “I love embarrassing myselfto the point of having to ghost someone.“The “Saturn” singer also previously expressed interest in wanting to take a break. Shewroteon June 29, “I need a beach n some rubs statt.“The PEOPLE Puzzler crossword is here! How quickly can you solve it? Play now!In October 2023, SZA opened up aboutseeking support for her mental health. She told theWall Street Journalthat she accidentally saw a life coach thinking they were a therapist and found herself in a mental health crisis.“After I had box breathed myself for three months and didn’t get better, I called her in a f—ing frenzy like, ‘I’m about to commit myself to an institution today, I need help!’ I said, ‘What form of therapy do you do? DBT?’ " SZA told the publication, referencing dialectical behavior therapy.The singer continued, “She was like, ‘I don’t have a clinical form of therapy because I’m not a licensed therapist, honey. I thought you knew that.’ It turns out she was not a board-certified therapist. She was a f—ing life coach.“In that same interview, SZA shared that she struggles with anxiety at high-profile events.“Sometimes when I’m in those situations, it makes me more anxious, because I’m like, ‘Damn, they’re about to judge me for being a bitch, or quiet, or looking rude,'” she said. “It’s everything, it’s not you, it’s me, and I’m freaking out, and I don’t know how to be any different right now.“Never miss a story — sign up forPEOPLE’s free daily newsletterto stay up-to-date on the best of what PEOPLE has to offer, from juicy celebrity news to compelling human interest stories.Earlier this year, SZA won a Grammy for best R&B song for her song “Snooze.” She expressed feeling shockedduring her acceptance speech, saying, “I just.. I’m sorry, I’m just really overwhelmed. You don’t really understand. I came really, really far and I can’t believe this is happening and it feels very fake.“Shelater spoke with PEOPLEabout her onstage moment and said she was “just very shocked and very confused and just trying to not miss my award.““I swear it was the most terrifying thing that has ever happened to me prior, and I didn’t think I’d survived it, but I can’t believe I did. And I think that at all is a relief,” SZA added.

SZAis taking a break from performing to prioritize her mental health.

The Grammy winner, 34, shared the newson social mediaon Monday, Aug. 5 after her final tour stop in Montreal the night before.

“Yesterday was my last show for a while,” the singer wrote to her fans. “Finally bout to get my life together thank u God.”

SZA, born Solána Imani Rowe, recentlyfinished showsin London and Dublin before playing atLollapalooza 2024in Chicago on Aug. 2.

She is expected to perform two shows in the Middle East in November with stops planned in Bahrain and the United Arab Emirates.

SZA in Los Angeles in April 2024.Gilbert Flores/Billboard via Getty Images

Gilbert Flores/Billboard via Getty Images

Leading up to her announcement, she has been vocal about her relationship issues on social media, writing messages like “I wanna be loved so madlyI can’t think I can’t breathe” and “I love embarrassing myselfto the point of having to ghost someone.”

The “Saturn” singer also previously expressed interest in wanting to take a break. Shewroteon June 29, “I need a beach n some rubs statt.”

The PEOPLE Puzzler crossword is here! How quickly can you solve it? Play now!

In October 2023, SZA opened up aboutseeking support for her mental health. She told theWall Street Journalthat she accidentally saw a life coach thinking they were a therapist and found herself in a mental health crisis.

“After I had box breathed myself for three months and didn’t get better, I called her in a f—ing frenzy like, ‘I’m about to commit myself to an institution today, I need help!’ I said, ‘What form of therapy do you do? DBT?’ " SZA told the publication, referencing dialectical behavior therapy.

The singer continued, “She was like, ‘I don’t have a clinical form of therapy because I’m not a licensed therapist, honey. I thought you knew that.’ It turns out she was not a board-certified therapist. She was a f—ing life coach.”

In that same interview, SZA shared that she struggles with anxiety at high-profile events.

“Sometimes when I’m in those situations, it makes me more anxious, because I’m like, ‘Damn, they’re about to judge me for being a bitch, or quiet, or looking rude,'” she said. “It’s everything, it’s not you, it’s me, and I’m freaking out, and I don’t know how to be any different right now.”

Never miss a story — sign up forPEOPLE’s free daily newsletterto stay up-to-date on the best of what PEOPLE has to offer, from juicy celebrity news to compelling human interest stories.

Earlier this year, SZA won a Grammy for best R&B song for her song “Snooze.” She expressed feeling shockedduring her acceptance speech, saying, “I just.. I’m sorry, I’m just really overwhelmed. You don’t really understand. I came really, really far and I can’t believe this is happening and it feels very fake.”

Shelater spoke with PEOPLEabout her onstage moment and said she was “just very shocked and very confused and just trying to not miss my award.”

“I swear it was the most terrifying thing that has ever happened to me prior, and I didn’t think I’d survived it, but I can’t believe I did. And I think that at all is a relief,” SZA added.

source: people.com