SZA Gushes Over Sabrina Carpenter’s Jazmine Sullivan Cover: ‘She Got Down Like This?’
SZA keeps her fingers on the pulse of what’s happening in music, but there are even times the Grammy-winning singer-songwriter is blown away by her peers.
Solána came across a video of Sabrina Carpenter’s cover of Jazmine Sullivan’s “In Love With Another Man” over the weekend, and SZA gushed over Carpenter’s dulcet vocals while playing the piano.
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“Wait huh !??????? Am I crazy for not know she got down like this,” SZA wrote while in shock after coming across the viral clip in an Instagram comment.
Fans from both sides loved seeing the heartwarming interaction between the stars, and chimed in about hoping to see them collaborate down the line.
“I love how sza supports the true talent girlies,” one person replied.
Another added: “Imagine a SZA x sabrina collab tho omg?”
One more sang Sabrina’s praised: “Wait cause i ain’t know she got down like that either chi OUU SHES TAKING IT I HAVE NO CHOICE BUT TO STAN.”
“In Love With Another Man” hails from Jazmine Sullivan’s 2008 debut album Fearless.
SZA replies to a video of Sabrina Carpenter singing ‘In love with Another Man’ by Jazmine Sullivan pic.twitter.com/2Dksf6TEgV
— Sabrina Times (@SabrinaTimes) August 11, 2024
The 25-year-old will have the chance to show off her vocal range on her upcoming Short n’ Sweet album, which arrives on Aug. 23. In the weeks leading up to the project, Carpenter continues to dominate the Billboard Hot 100 with “Espresso” (No. 4) and “Please, Please, Please” (No. 9) remaining in the top 10.
Sabrina is slated to hit the road in September as part of an arena tour supporting the LP. The North American trek kicks off in Columbus, Ohio, on Sept. 23 and will make stops in Toronto, Detroit, NYC, Philly, Montreal, Dallas, Denver, Portland, Los Angeles and other cities.
Carpenter served as a headliner at San Francisco’s Outside Lands 2024 on Saturday (Aug. 10), where she surprised festivalgoers by bringing out Kacey Musgraves for a performance of Nancy Sinatra’s 1966 Hot 100 No. 1 “These Boots Are Made for Walkin’.”
As for SZA, she announced earlier in August that she’s stepping away from the stage for the foreseeable future. The announcement came after she headlined Montreal’s Osheaga Festival on Aug. 5.
“Yesterday was my last show for a while,” SZA wrote on X (formerly Twitter). “Finally bout to get my life together thank u God.”
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