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Information reaching Kossyderrickent has it that Tyla friendzoned Kai Cenat after asking her for a date as Zoey refused on live stream.
South African singer-songwriter Tyla releases her self-titled debut album on Friday, fresh off her win at the Grammy Awards last month.
The 22-year-old found success last year, reaching the top 10 on the U.S. Billboard’s Hot 100 chart and top 5 in Britain with amapiano hit “Water”, a genre fusing house, jazz and log drums that emerged in South Africa.
She describes the 15-track “TYLA”, which features collaborations with the likes of U.S. rapper Travis Scott and Nigerian singer Tems, as “a melting pot of all the influences” she had growing up.
The pillow talk is most potent when other elements help heat things up. Cue the frequent, energizing appearances by stacked vocal choirs, often echoing the choral call-and-response of old-school Afrobeat and Afropop. Tyla’s 2023 breakout, “Water” — an international hit that earned her the first-ever Best African Music Performance Grammy — demonstrates the balancing act beautifully: Tyla flexing regional slang (“haibo!” “asambe!”) between come-ons, with and without backing singers, over a groove apparently designed for gently rocking in couture without spilling your $20 cocktail on it. (The song appears twice here, in original form and a dubbier one with an uneventful Travis Scott cameo.)
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