On “Drew Barrymore,” SZA lays it all to bear: shame, worthlessness, isolation –. the parts of ourselves we’re made to believe we must hide. In that sense, there’s perhaps no more apt anthem for being a woman – or anyone marginalised, really – in 2017. The track, inspired by SZA’s love of Barrymore’s underdog roles in 90s teen flicks, is an ode to coming in second, to being the perpetual other, and ultimately, realising that those barriers and put downs are self-constructed. Which isn’t to say those who enable them get a pass. SZA is as ruthless with the song’s paramore subject as she is with herself, a dichotomy echoed in the rapped invectives of the song’s verses and the ache of its sung choruses. All the while, she casts her weaknesses like a gauntlet: “I get so lonely, I forget what I'm worth / We get so lonely, we pretend that this works,” she sings, grappling with a relationship she knows is toxic, but can’t bring herself to walk away from. The thing is, they’re not really weaknesses if you own them, are they? Strength, she shows us, is less about being tough than being unapologetic. —Andrea Domanick | LISTEN