Tyla's Global Takeover: Amapiano, Authenticity, and Allies

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The past week has been all Tyla, all headlines. Fresh from her
much-hyped Coachella 2025 performance where she revealed the remix
of her hit single live and debuted the new track Bliss, Tyla is
pushing boundaries and drawing global attention. According to
Variety, Tyla is making it clear she’s not a product of the pop
machine, focusing her image on authenticity as she readies her
second album—a project she claims will have a totally different
vibe. She’s riding the wave of her Grammy win for Best African
Music Performance, still the youngest African to ever take home the
award, and she isn’t letting up.

Her latest EP, We Wanna Party, dropped July 25 and is built around
movement and dance—echoing what fans loved from her breakout
Amapiano sound. Wizkid features on the energetic title track, and
outlets like Just N Life report Tyla herself has called it a phase
of creative experimentation, sidestepping the pressure of a full
album and reveling in rhythmic log drum-heavy beats. Bliss stands
out as the love song of the EP, opening a window into Tyla’s more
vulnerable side, while the rest is pure party. She’s making a
statement not just musically but culturally, insisting in
interviews and on stage at the VMAs that Amapiano—a genre born in
South Africa—is not Afrobeats and deserves its own
recognition.

Social media has been on fire. Tyla just became only the second
South African artist ever to net two billion Spotify streams,
joining rock outfit Seether, as reported by her team on Instagram.
But with visibility comes backlash: in recent days, Tyla has faced
a torrent of hate online. Cardi B, never one to stay quiet,
launched a heated defense of Tyla on August 13, telling haters
enough is enough, as covered by iHeartRadio and amplified by Pop
News Now. The support from Cardi, as well as fellow artists, has
only fueled Tyla’s momentum and cemented her place among Africa’s
top exports.

On the business side, new collaborations are brewing: culture
account CultureCollecter revealed Tyla will appear on Teyana
Taylor’s anticipated album alongside Jill Scott. Meanwhile, her
joint single with Wizkid, Dynamite, is dominating Afrobeats charts,
Billboard and Hits Daily Double calling it the biggest debut of the
year in its genre. Tyla doesn’t seem fazed by drama or
miscategorization in awards—she goes out of her way to recognize
fellow African stars like Ayra Starr and Tems, and keeps
highlighting her South African roots.

Major headline: Tyla takes charge of global pop, confronts backlash
with Cardi B in her corner, and sets new streaming records, all
while pushing Amapiano to the forefront and signaling a new era for
African stars. Unconfirmed rumors of further celeb collaborations
persist, but for now, Tyla’s every public move is defining her
legacy—and the music world is definitely watching.

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