Singer-songwriter SZA has been making the rounds selling her new highly-anticipated movie, “Certainly one of Them Days.” The comedy she headlines alongside her real-life gal pal Keke Palmer premieres Jan. 17. However when the “Kill Invoice” artist stopped by “The Drew Barrymore Present” on Monday (Jan. 13), she took a while to point out the host, who she says gave her permission to be herself, a bit love.
Through the interview, SZA informed Barrymore the story behind her 2017 hit, “Drew Barrymore.”
“It was impressed by you. It wasn’t simply titled after you. The vitality that you simply carry,” she stated. “Even my outfit [today] was impressed by the way in which you made me really feel my whole life.”
SZA went on to inform Barrymore a couple of letter she wrote however by no means despatched that honored all the completely imperfect issues in regards to the actress she’s all the time admired.
“I suppose while you’re youthful and also you’re a Black girl, there’s not a whole lot of examples on a regular basis, and one of many few beautiful white ladies that I seemed as much as a lot on tv, it was you since you had been so your self. You had been quirky,” she stated.
SZA, who ended 2024 going after trolls who made who made some not-so-nice feedback about her physique, went on to gush about how Barrymore has embraced her smile, her giggle and different issues she referred to as, “the youness of you,” that didn’t all the time match the Hollywood norms.
“It simply jogs my memory of all of the issues about myself that make me nervous however on you, it shines so brightly,” she stated.
The pair shared a candy hug because the viewers erupted in applause on the tender second.
The clip has obtained over 850,000 likes on TikTok, as commenters shared their very own tales about how Drew Barrymore – the individual and the music – impressed them.
“’Drew Barrymore’ by SZA really received me by way of my 20s. ‘I get so lonely I neglect what I’m value’ modified me,” wrote a commenter.
However one remark actually summed up how most individuals really feel in regards to the actress – discuss present host.
“Drew is actually that lady,” wrote somebody.