SZA says she got a Brazilian butt lift because she wanted a 'really fat' behind without having to go to the gym as much
- SZA has revealed the reason she decided to get a Brazilian butt lift.
- "I always wanted a really fat ass with less gym time," she said.
SZA has revealed the reason she decided to get a Brazilian butt lift.
"I always wanted a really fat ass with less gym time," the "Kill Bill" singer told Elle in an interview published on Thursday.
A Brazilian butt lift is when a doctor removes excess fat from a patient's arms, inner thighs, love handles, or anywhere else and injects it into their butt.
SZA first hinted that she had undergone the surgery on the opening track of her sophomore album "SOS," which was released in December.
"So classic, that ass so fat, it look natural / It's not," she rapped.
Getting a BBL is risky. A 2017 report found that 3% of surgeons had a patient die after the procedure, usually from a fat embolism.
Despite the risks, the surgery has grown in popularity in recent years. A 2019 global survey found that, since 2015, there has been a 77.6% increase in the number of buttock lifts performed, which includes BBLs.
A number of female stars in the music industry have had procedures to enhance their butts, including Nicki Minaj, and Cardi B.
SZA insisted that it wasn't "industry pressure" that made her get the surgery, however.
"I succumbed to my own eyes in the mirror and being like, 'No, I need some more ass,'" the 33-year-old star said.
"I treat my butt like a purse," she added. "It's just there to enhance whatever else. And that's why I paid for it, because it works all by itself."
Elsewhere in her interview with Elle, SZA opened up on not being content with the success of "SOS."
The double-platinum album spent a record 10 nonconsecutive weeks at No. 1 on the Billboard 200 album chart, a feat no other Black female artist has achieved since Whitney Houston's "Bodyguard" soundtrack held the No. 1 spot for 20 nonconsecutive weeks between 1992 and 1993.
"I want to know what kind of criminal activity happened where I'm not at 11 or 12 weeks. Someone did criminal activity," SZA said.
"People are like, 'Aren't you happy?' And I'm just like, 'No, I have to put out a better body of work.'"