SZA, winner of the Record of the Year and Best Melodic Rap Performance for "Luther", poses in the press room during the 68th Grammy Awards at Crypto.com Arena on Feb. 1. Leon Bennett/Getty Images for The Recording Academy Share on Facebook Share on X Google Preferred Share to Flipboard Show additional share options Share on LinkedIn Share on Pinterest Share on Reddit Share on Tumblr Share on Whats App Send an Email Print the Article Post a Comment After taking home two trophies at the Grammys on Sunday, SZA got real about what it's like to be celebrating at this moment in the United States. The star - who won both record of the year and best melodic rap performance for "Luther," her collaboration with Kendrick Lamar - told reporters backstage that "it's incredibly dystopian that we're dressed up and able to celebrate accolades and the material world and people are getting snatched up and shot in the face on the street." "It just feels bizarre and I find so many of us don't really know how to feel right now, besides rage and hopelessness, and I don't feel like that's the calling card that I want to subscribe to," she continued. "I really believe in great possibility. I believe that entropy can breed change. I believe that this is a time when we can dig deep as a community and really learn that OK, it's not time to count on anyone else but us and our neighbors to protect ourselves; to rally for each other, to be that morale booster, to disseminate mutual aid, to take care of each other. And I just feel like, yay, that's an amazing opportunity; boo that this is even happening." Related Stories Music Most Memorable Grammy Moments, From Bad Bunny Making History and Trevor Noah's Trump Jokes to Justin Bieber's Shirtless Performance Music Cher Mixes Up Grammy Win, Seemingly Forgets to Present Category After Accepting Lifetime Achievement Award SZA also echoed a frequent message of the night in saying, "it's always fuck ICE, but it's just a matter of, I just don't want everyone to fall into despair because when you lose steam and you lose morale, change becomes impossible but it's so not. It's so not. And I'm personally not going, I will not be going quietly into the dying of the light. So I encourage everybody to the same." Bad Bunny and Billie Eilish shared similar anti-ICE statements during their moments on stage, and SZA also said while receiving the record of the year honor, "Please don't fall into despair. I know that right now is a scary time; I know the algorithm is telling us that it's so scary and all is lost. There's been world wars, there's been plagues and we have gone on. We can go on, we need each other, we need to trust each other and trust ourselves, trust our heart. We're not governed by the government, we're governed by God." THR Newsletters Sign up for THR news straight to your inbox every day Subscribe Sign Up Tyler the Creator Most Memorable Grammy Moments, From Bad Bunny Making History and Trevor Noah's Trump Jokes to Justin Bieber's Shirtless Performance SZA Cher Mixes Up Grammy Win, Seemingly Forgets to Present Category After Accepting Lifetime Achievement Award Sabrina Carpenter Jack Antonoff Becomes Just Fourth Person to Win the Four Major Grammy Categories Rosé 'KPop Demon Hunters' Scores First Win, Rosé Brings Down the House During K-pop's Biggest Grammys Yet music Grammy Awards: Full Winners List music Bad Bunny Wins Album of the Year, Becoming First Spanish-Language Album to Do So Tyler the Creator Most Memorable Grammy Moments, From Bad Bunny Making History and Trevor Noah's Trump Jokes to Justin Bieber's Shirtless Performance SZA Cher Mixes Up Grammy Win, Seemingly Forgets to Present Category After Accepting Lifetime Achievement Award Sabrina Carpenter Jack Antonoff Becomes Just Fourth Person to Win the Four Major Grammy Categories Rosé 'KPop Demon Hunters' Scores First Win, Rosé Brings Down the House During K-pop's Biggest Grammys Yet music Grammy Awards: Full Winners List music Bad Bunny Wins Album of the Year, Becoming First Spanish-Language Album to Do So