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Sza is having a killer year with 'Ctrl.' Now she just needs to fight self-doubts

LOS ANGELES - Sza should have been celebrating. It was the day after her sold-out tour played at the Novo in Los Angeles, and she had just learned that her breakout single, "Love Galore," had gone platinum - yet she was agonizing over the concert.

"This is the second time I've had a really bad show ... I was certain that I was gonna have an amazing show, and I've never been that certain," the 26-year-old sighed, sitting cross-legged at Runyon Canyon on a recent afternoon.

A nature enthusiast, Sza often walks these winding trails with her 3-year-old French bulldog, Piglet, but this day, she was unwinding on a slab of concrete overlooking a busy dog park.

She was upset over the show, which had had a few technical snafus - minor ones, like her in-ear monitors going in and out. The glitches went unnoticed by an audience that had moved to her every whim, but she couldn't shake

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