SZA has at long last unwrapped the video for ‘The Weekend.’
The Platinum jam is lifted from the songbird’s Gold certified debut ‘CTRL’ and arrives shortly after the singer received five nominations at the 2018 Grammy Awards.
Fellow eclectic Solange was tapped to direct the visual for the track.
Does it deliver? Watch below to find out…
A shocking shambles.
‘The Weekend,’ with its raw, candid, millennial mirroring lyrics, has been a favorite of many a fan and casual listener for the longest. Hence, it definitely deserved more visually. Much more.
With a song so narrative driven, this was not the time to skew abstract or overtly arty.
This played out like little more than a ‘Cranes In The Sky’ rehash that grew more boring as it went on.
We love both SZA and Solange, but this was a colossal let-down.
YOU HATE BLACK WOMEN ADMIT IT!!! COWARDS… EVERYTHING RITA DOES IS GOOOD BUT CRITIZE SZA & RIHANNNA HATERS
lmao chile shut up, if the sh*t is wack its WACK lmfaooo
Well they were nice about the song which I think is s-h-I-t.
The ‘Casual Listener’ as TGJ puts it has few reference poInts for this chick, so while you deem the video a fail – I’m not turned off by this output from SZA. No it wasn’t groundbreaking – but maybe they didn’t have enough budget enough for some hard hitting narrative driven storyline to do such a concept justice and just kept it classy instead.
I absolutely agree this video was very highly anticipated and couldausdd a very strong and epic storyline. Woulda been cool to see it all play out in how three women are linked to the same man and how they don’t necessarily hate each other because they have accepted their roles in his life. Instead she let Solance put her in parking lots and gave her some whack choreography. The sad thing is SZA is an amazing dancer but I couldn’t even get through this video. I hope she makes another video for this song.
Came on here wanting to like it because I like sza and everything solange but this did absolutely nothing for me. I like the video concept but maybe for a different type of song. This mood just doesn’t fit this song. It also looks like she was dancing to a whole other song.
Sza. ..directed by one thing of the biggest thieves in music….I know you gott jacked
Solange was so busy trying to make this “artsy”, that it just looks….cheap and tired. A visual interpretation of the lyrics would have been a lot more excited and effective.
*exciting
I actually like the video, not doing to much but she’s representing the song very well!!
Please do explain how these visuals represents this song, well at that.
lol please, you only like this crap cuz the roach’s sister directed it lmfao
This is some straight b*******… Hell I thought SZA was gone roll her ass off that ramp in the parking lot….
Solange needs to get this one thing in her head. YOU ARE NOT AS GOOD AS YOU THINK YOU ARE. It has to be said. I’ve been a DC fan since 97 and I saw how hard she has worked to be nothing like Bey and come across as an alternative and niche singer. The problem with this is that she is, like Bey, the product of a very guarded and privileged home and is completely dependent on other artists to create her art for her. When you understand that you’ll understand why this video is so bad. People like the idea of Solange more than the actual Solange herself so we expect her to be some second coming of Erykah but she falls short every time she has to do something without help from someone more creative than she is. I can’t believe that one of the most important songs to drop within the last decade for r&b was ruined because SZA trusted a woman with no real identity of her own. I’m hot.
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Ahhh chile, this entire comment is 100. Who are you? I like the way you think.
I do think solange thinks she’s way better than she actually is and I agree that her whole entire life and music career was basically try hard to be “opposite Beyonce”. But I disagree that she vastly depends on other more creatives for her art. Solange actually doesn’t have a big team like most artist. All the visuals from A Seat was basically just her and her husband. She did the art directing and choreography.
At the end of the day, everyone needs help. Anyone had a team. Even Erikah and other neo artist depends on others.
? ? this is beautiful.
All of you in this thread need to stfu. How you gonna tell someone they think they’re better than they are?! B I t c h you should think highly of yourself. And for you to say Solo needs other artist to create you’re a f u c k i n g lie! Watch her videos of her creating her own music and melodies. She probably more involved in her creative process than Beyonce. Did you not notice her critically acclaimed Grammy wining album was all written and produced by her? Foh with your fake a s s analysis! The most important RnB song of this decade? Are you dumb???
You hit the nail on the goddamn head. Totally agree!!
What is this shite? Why do I suspect that Solange is using her clout as Bey’s sister to sabotage the girls she knows are better than her by befriending them and getting them to agree to let her direct their videos. She’s doing the same thing with Kelela. Let this dollar 99 cent store video be a warning to any girls who don’t know how the Knowles sisters operate. Just say no. Rihanna wouldn’t let Beyonce direct one of her videos who why should SZA let Solange?
Thank you, thank you for that comment.
Doing the same thing to Kelela who has a huge following and fans of her own? Please stfu with these stupid conspiracy theories. Sza hasn’t even been out as long as Bey or Solange abd you wanna day she’s better? She doesn’t even do the same music as her!
Imagine if we didn’t know that Remy disliked Nicki, befriended her and asked to direct the Anaconda video. This is basically what this is and it’s so sad that SZA can’t see that she has been played. You can’t tell me that Solange had good intentions when she wrote the treatment for this. SZA girl, shoot another version.
This Video Is Very Disappointing! I Was Expecting A Inspired Players Club Video & SZA Havin’ Her Solo Performance Like How Diamond Had Her Solo Dancin’ To R.Kelly. It Makes Sense Cuz Where Do Most Cheaters Or Guys In General Go? The Strip Club. SZA Got The N***** Covered For The Weekend. Smh
Love Galore Is Her Only Decent Video She Has. The Songs She Has On The CTRL Album Are Dope, But The Art That’s Suppose To Bring It To Life Are Horrible.
Solange to me is much like Tamar. She has a talented older sister who uses the machine and plays the game and is desperate to be seen as an artist in her own light knowing full well she wouldn’t even have a deal if not for her sister ‘s connections. Instead of accepting that they she isn’t really an avant garde artiste she borrows ideas from lesser known artists and gets praise from her big sister’s fans because their limited musical knowledge means they don’t know much beyond what they see on the charts. To them, Solange is high brow and she believes her own hype which is how and why she screwed up with this song.
I find it fits the song perfectly. People attached the “side chick” narrative to the song on their own without considering the song as a whole (much the problem with the headline reading generation today) but SZA herself clarified the track is about 3 women sharing a man. One could argue this is exactly what having to share a partner feels like – dressed up for someone who isn’t only yours, the questions, lies, choosing to stay, the games; a performance of sorts. This “skews” a bit more personal in experience. I’m rocking with everything but the collaged imagery without borders to let ’em breathe.
A mess
How you look like an ant in your own video? The zoom in function couldn’t even help me see her in that dusty prison watchtower. Chai
Sam is 100% right this time.
They went with the vibe of the track and i have nothing to fault about it.
The Black queeers would love this.
Was really hoping for something similar to Janet’s “Anytime, Anyplace” video that tells the story in a more compelling way than just a color by numbers performance vid.
Nontheless, SZA looks gorgeous and Solange does have a really good eye for locations.
I’m beginning to see a trend with all the black women reviews that are being done on this site.
my point exactly!! not saying the video was good coz it isn’t but they heavily praise white female artists like RITA WHORA/ORAL &TAYLOR S***…then talk smack about black women
True, except for beyonce reviews. They literally think she sh*ts pure gold lol.
Um what the hell was this?
I could directed a better video on my IPhone 7.
Solange set her up bad with this. smh