A still from SZA's "Broken Clocks" video. YouTube hide caption

A still from "All The Stars." YouTube hide caption

A still from SZA's video for "The Weekend." YouTube hide caption

Sylvan Esso's What Now is Stephen Thompson's favorite album of 2017. Shervin Lainez/Courtesy of the artist hide caption

Hurray for the Riff Raff Sarrah Danziger/Courtesy of the artist hide caption

NPR Music's top five albums of the year. (Clockwise from upper left) Process by Sampha, DAMN. by Kendrick Lamar, Melodrama by Lorde, Crtl by SZA and Capacity by Big Thief. Courtesy of the artists hide caption

Clockwise from upper left: The singer, MILCK at the Women's March on Washington in January, Lorde, Big Thief, SZA, Partner, Moses Sumney Courtesy of the artists hide caption

Solána Rowe, aka SZA, released one of 2017's most anticipated albums on Friday. Courtesy of the artist hide caption

SZA on the cover of CTRL. Courtesy of the artist hide caption