Sza is having a killer year with 'Ctrl.' Now she just needs to fight self-doubts
LOS ANGELES - Sza should have been celebrating. It was the day after her sold-out tour played at the Novo in Los Angeles, and she had just learned that her breakout single, "Love Galore," had gone platinum - yet she was agonizing over the concert.
"This is the second time I've had a really bad show ... I was certain that I was gonna have an amazing show, and I've never been that certain," the 26-year-old sighed, sitting cross-legged at Runyon Canyon on a recent afternoon.
A nature enthusiast, Sza often walks these winding trails with her 3-year-old French bulldog, Piglet, but this day, she was unwinding on a slab of concrete overlooking a busy dog park.
She was upset over the show, which had had a few technical snafus - minor ones, like her in-ear monitors going in and out. The glitches went unnoticed by an audience that had moved to her every whim, but she couldn't shake
