Tyla
Grammy-winning singer Tyla is ready to party after the release of her self-titled debut album last year. The South African songstress has been teasing her next project in recent months and giving fans a peek at her musical direction with the single “Bliss” in May. Now, just as the summer is heating up and fans are eager to get moving, the “Water” singer is helping them cool off with the new single “Is It.”
“Is it the f**ks that I don’t give? / Is it the men that I don’t miss? / Is this song why we get along? / Or am I coming on a little strong?” she sings on the track. “Is it the way this dress unzips? / Is it the girls that I came with? / ‘Cause the more that you tell me ‘Don’t’ / It’s the more that you turn me on.”
Tyla has been wasting little time since her debut as she puts in work on her sophomore LP.
“Every day I can be in the studio, I’m there. I’m working on the new project currently. I’m super excited because even though I love my debut album, I feel like a totally different person. Everything that has happened forced me to grow very fast,” she told Nylon of her progress. “I’m also the type of person that gets bored very easily. So I’m excited to see this new version of me and hear what it sounds like and just have fun with it — just bring back fun in music.”
Though it might feel like a quick turnaround from her Tyla album last April, the “Push 2 Start” singer explained to Billboard that a lot has happened since she made her stateside breakthrough in 2023. “I’ve changed a lot in a short amount of time because I was kind of forced to with how fast I had to adapt to everything,” she said. “I don’t think it’s going to be the same energy [as Tyla]
at all, especially with what I’ve started making. It’s different, but also still Tyla.”
It’s all in service of continuing to elevate her career as an up-and-coming star.
“I really want to be the best artist that I can be,” she told Nylon. “When you have a lot of pressure, it makes you feel like you need to live up to what people expect. A year from now, I want to be making whatever I want to make, doing whatever I want to do — regardless of the pressures. That’s where I want to see myself next year.”