It’s been four months since SZA first revealed that Solange would be directing her music video for “The Weekend,” and five long weeks since she teased a clip of it. But now it’s finally here.
In the visual, SZA is the sole star, hypnotically and enticingly dancing alone (and in varying get-ups) on balconies, in parking lots, and inside vacant buildings that are basked in sunlight, draped in plastic, and boasting artsy structures within. Bookending the video is the phrase: “One opted out…an imbalance of power, shifted the whole tide…it waved…and waved.” Watch it below.