Tyla may have spent most of her career being likened to the early days of Pop megastar Rihanna, but – as revealed via a recent Billboard interview – the Bajan bad girl isn’t exactly at the top of the ‘Water‘ singer’s list of musical influences.
Still hot on the promo trail for the Sean Paul-assisted remix of her latest hit ‘Push 2 Start,’ Tyla took to Billboard to not only chat about being honored at the magazine’s forthcoming Women in Music event but also her career-at-large.
When quizzed on which women inspire her most, the burgeoning diva named off a megawatt list.
“Tems is a big one. What she’s been able to do has been very inspiring. Britney [Spears], Whitney Houston, and Aaliyah,” the Impact Honoree told Billboard.
Elsewhere in the interview, Tyla confirmed she’s hard-at-work on a new studio effort – the highly anticipated follow-up to her eponymous debut album released in March 2024.
“New album,” she said when asked what’s in store for 2025. “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. 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.”
As of time of this report, the South African songstress has not provided a tentative release date for her sophomore LP.
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But your whole aesthetic is Rihanna and Beyonce. Girl bye
Why so much hate for this girl? What did she do???? Her music is cute and so is she.
Her next album is going be white gurl pop like how Rihanna ditched her reggae sounds from pon de replay to SOS. Good luck with that.
A flop. The “different” sound refers to the pandering they’re gonna do to try to make the Americans like her. This is another Tinashe story in the making. Except Nashe was more talented.
It’s weird yall left Tems off of the main image for her inspiration. Not cool at all smh.