set against an insect-themed backdrop that included a graphic video of a praying mantis consuming its mate, as SZA and her dancer executed a choreographed routine. As the dancer struggled to ...

you’d know that SZA like bugs. She’s starred in videos dressed as a bug. Throughout the concert, whenever SZA was on screen, so were images of insects or a dancer dressed as a praying mantis.

The magnetic push-pull of Kendrick Lamar and SZA — along with giant bugs and an Anita Baker sample — kept a Wednesday night crowd rapt for two-and-a-half hours during the second stop of the ...