Solange Directed SZA’s New Music Video And It’s Everything We Need Right Now

Anyone else got 'The Weekend' on loop

Solange Directed SZA's New Music Video

by Jazmin Kopotsha |
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If there's a name in music to take note of this year, it's SZA. She released her debut album, Ctrl, back in June and since then has only grown to become the voice behind some of our favourite songs of 2017.

There's *Supermodel, *for which SZA is up for Best R&B Song at the Grammys. Then there's *Love Galore *with Travis Scott which is nominated for Best Rap/Sung Performance. And then, of course, there's The Weekend which is nominated for the Best R&B Performance award, only last week received the Calvin Harristreatment with a Funk Wav remix and is probably the track that cemented SZA's place in our hearts, souls and Spotify playlists.

Thankfully, we've finally been granted visuals to go with the track. The music video for *The Weekend *was the brainchild by non other than musical visionary Solange. You might remember her video for *Cranes In The Sky *which she directed with her husband last year - Solange is no stranger to making magic behind the camera either. And the product of her project with SZA is as dreamy and beautiful as you'd hope for.

The video opens with SZA dancing on a balcony. It's got a futuristic, minimalist industrial kinda vibe. The words 'one opted out, an imbalance of power, shifted the whole tide, it waved and waved', appear across the screen before we slide into the first verse and happily drift away into SZA's world.

Let's put it this way. If you're tense, stressed or agitated by the strain that has been 2017, take 4.08 minutes to forget that and mellow the fuck out with SZA's voice to sooth you into a better 2018. Trust us. We've got this on loop.

WATCH: SZA - The Weekend

A Brief History Of Solange And Beyonce's Coordinated Style

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Beyoncu00e9 & Solange Knowles' Matching Style

GALLERY >> See Solange and Beyoncu00e9's Matchy Sister Style >>1 of 15

GALLERY >> See Solange and Beyoncé's Matchy Sister Style >>

Beyoncu00e9 and Solange are All American girls (together)!2 of 15

Beyoncé and Solange are All American girls (together)!

Both sisters favour a big knickered bikini on holiday3 of 15

Both sisters favour a big knickered bikini on holiday

Talking of holidays... boho is the girls' go-to in the heat4 of 15

Talking of holidays... boho is the girls' go-to in the heat

Super-long braids have been whipped into shape by both Bey and Solange5 of 15

Super-long braids have been whipped into shape by both Bey and Solange

Block colour separates and artsy backdrops? It's a Knowles sister insta-formula6 of 15

Block colour separates and artsy backdrops? It's a Knowles sister insta-formula

Summer styling for these sisters is often based around the denim cutoff and a bit of headgear...7 of 15

Summer styling for these sisters is often based around the denim cutoff and a bit of headgear...

Doing the double digi print dress8 of 15

Doing the double digi print dress

It's not just digi prints you know, Solange and B do like a bit of leopard too.9 of 15

It's not just digi prints you know, Solange and B do like a bit of leopard too.

Oranges and... not lemons, more orange! The sisters like this zingy shade.10 of 15

Oranges and... not lemons, more orange! The sisters like this zingy shade.

It's silk shirts ahoy! Bey and Solange strike a pose in a jazzy button-through.11 of 15

It's silk shirts ahoy! Bey and Solange strike a pose in a jazzy button-through.

To finish off the vacay wardrobe? A big ol' smattering of artisnal jewellery, please.12 of 15

To finish off the vacay wardrobe? A big ol' smattering of artisnal jewellery, please.

If the Knowles girls do suiting, they do it with extra (bright and bold) pizzazz!13 of 15

If the Knowles girls do suiting, they do it with extra (bright and bold) pizzazz!

B and Solange in not-so-mellow printed yellow!14 of 15

B and Solange in not-so-mellow printed yellow!

Graphically printed co-ords have both received the Knowles seal of approval15 of 15

Graphically printed co-ords have both received the Knowles seal of approval

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This article originally appeared on The Debrief.

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