"It was terrible. That's why I was really sad to come here," the 33-year-old singer told the crowd.
“I succumbed to my own eyes in the mirror," she shared.
"I love that it's her being free right now because people love to box women in," SZA said of the backlash surrounding Monae's "Lipstick Lover" music video.
The duo initially teased the track just hours before its release, when Doja told SZA that she "did something bad."
If you missed out on the official livestream, or just need another dose of inspiration, check out all of the 2023 Billboard Women in Music acceptance speeches.
The Grammy-winning singer interviewed his supermodel wife for Vogue Australia's March cover story.
Billboard's 2023 Women in Music Rising Star has a five-year plan to reach her "prime and never leave it" — and in the short term, to release her long-awaited first full-length album.
Plus: Shania Twain’s "Queen of Me" debuts in top 10.
The singer will be honored at the Billboard Women in Music Awards in March.
"I wish I knew then what I know now about listening to what your child has a passion for, and supporting that," Audrey Rowe said of her daughter.
