SZA Almost Has Wardrobe Malfunction While Struggling Up the Stairs at the AMAs in Skintight Look

SZA struggled to return nan shape astatine the 2025 American Music Awards — and almost had a wardrobe mishap because of it!

At nan May 26 awards show, nan “Snooze” hitmaker, 35, wore easy 1 of nan champion looks of nan night: a sexy, lace-up corset apical and skintight matching skirt. Mobility-wise, however, she floundered a spot successful nan group — which was Ellie Misner couture — peculiarly while stepping up to judge nan AMA for Favorite Female R&B Artist.

While taking nan shape to judge nan fan-voted grant — she hit retired Kehlani, Muni Long, Summer Walker and Tyla successful nan class — SZA appeared to recognize successful existent clip that acknowledgment to her ultra-tight mermaid skirt, she could not trek nan stairs astatine Fontainebleau Las Vegas by herself.

Instead, 2 group helped her up to nan stage, flanking her connected either side. The “Broken Clocks” vocalist grabbed onto nan helpers’ arms and, aft slow stepping up 2 stairs, tried a different approach: jumping.

The prima hopped to scope nan adjacent step, seemingly successful an effort to expedite her travel to nan stage, but almost had a wardrobe malfunction instead. Thankfully, however, she teamed a brace of sparkly pasties pinch her black, lace-up top, truthful thing but much rhinestones were revealed.

She past took a infinitesimal to laughter disconnected nan almost-mishap, and dropped 1 of nan helpers’ hands to readjust her apical earlier climbing nan remainder of nan stairs.

And erstwhile she reached nan stage, she appeared almost wholly unfazed, proceeding to convey her parents and fans, inquire her mom if she has lipstick successful her teeth and shout-out 1 of nan grant presenters, streamer Kai Cenat.

The “Kill Bill” songstress besides laughed astatine nan infinitesimal connected societal media aft nan awards show, wherever she besides snagged nan AMA for Favorite R&B Song for her way “Saturn.”

She reposted a video of herself struggling — and her apical almost slipping — connected Instagram Stories and, alongside it, wrote, “Lmaooo a slippery slope.”

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SZA’s sleek AMAs look, styled by Dunsin Wright, consisted of nan perfectly tailored Ellie Misner group and her instantly iconic glitter pasties, which she later revealed connected Instagram were from an big intermezo nine successful Houston called Area 29.

“Fun truth I sewage these rhinestone pasties from a beautiful exotic dancer astatine a random portion nine successful Houston,” nan prima wrote alongside a photograph of her awards show ensemble. She besides added a shoutout to nan dancer, who she said was “kind capable to springiness maine 3 caller packs.”

As for her sexy set, she rocked nan U.K. manner label’s made-to-order pleated lamp skirt and hoop corset, which unit for £1,125 and £725 (about $1,520 and $980) respectively.