Video stars LaKeith Stanfield
Top Dawg Entertainment’s multi-platinum selling, chart-topping and award-winning recording artist SZA, releases the visualizer for “I Hate U” starring actor and rapper LaKeith Stanfield. The clip is directed by Jack Begert.
“I Hate U” was released last month via TDE/RCA Records and earned SZA her first No. 1 on the Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs chart and debuted at No. 7 on Billboard’s Hot 100, marking SZA’s fifth top 10 record and second debut on the chart. Her first Hot 100 top 10 debut as the main artist was “Good Days,” which is currently Grammy nominated for Best R&B Song. “I Hate U” also broke the record for the most-streamed R&B song by a female artist on Apple Music in its first week.
The genre-defying recording artist released her major label debut album Ctrl (TDE/RCA) in 2017. Revered for its raw and honest lyrics, it landed at No. 1 on Billboard’s R&B Albums chart, No. 2 on the R&B/Hip Hop Albums chart and No. 3 on the Billboard 200 chart, according to Nielsen Music. The RIAA-certified 2x Platinum album received five Grammy nominations in 2018 and more than half the songs on Ctrl are now certified Platinum and Gold. Her hit song “All the Stars” with Kendrick Lamar from Black Panther: The Album, Music From and Inspired By, earned her an Oscar and four Grammy nominations in 2019.
In 2020, SZA released the hypnotic track “Hit Different” featuring Ty Dolla $ign along with the stunning visual that took the internet by storm.
To this day, SZA continues to set the standard on creativity and break records with over 7.2 billion streams worldwide across all platforms. Ctrl remains on the Billboard 200 chart since its release in 2017 (over 207 weeks) and holds the record for the longest run for any black female artist’s debut album.
