Editor’s Note: We’re not exactly keeping proper records of these sorts of things, but it felt like SZA’s show at Royale this past Friday night (August 25) was one of the fastest-selling shows of the year. Tickets sold out in an instant back when the show was announced back in July, and those who hustled were provided with quite the spectacle from the woman born Solána Imani Rowe. The New Jersey-based R&B and neo-soul singer, who was nominated for Best New Artist in last night’s MTV video Music Awards (Khalid took home the Moonperson), is riding strong off this year’s breakout LP CTRL, and now even your parents know how to say her name (it’s “Sizzah,” by the way). Vanyaland’s Cara DiFabio was at the Theatre District venue Friday night to capture some sights of SZA’s sounds, and you can get up close with her full gallery below.
