South African songstress Tyla is more versatile than expected.
Appearing in NYLON magazine’s Cover Story recently, the R&B star revealed that she has recorded rap songs and plans to release them in future.
Tyla answered that while she didn’t idolize one specific person, she essentially put all of her influences in a pot and tried to make something different when asked if she had a specific pop star she wanted to emulate as a kid. “I never really studied specific artists,” she said.
“Whatever songs, performances, music videos I liked, I just obsessed over those individual things. It was very broad. Pop stars, rappers, R&B singers. It started with the sound of music I wanted to make, because I knew that I wanted to do something completely different from what I’ve heard before. I was making anything and everything.”
She further disclosed that she has a couple of songs from different genres that haven’t been released. “I have full-on rap songs,” Tyla admitted. “Full-on R&B. Full-on amapiano. I played a lot and found a mixture that felt like me.”
The “Water” singer was then asked what those raps songs sounded like to which she replied, “I’m not going to lie, it’s hot.”
“I’m excited to show people that I’m more diverse than they think. I want to take my time with my artistry and give whatever feels right for that moment. So one day, you’re going to get that Tyla rap song,” added the singer.
In March this year, Tyla performed her current hit “Push 2 Start” at the Billboard Women in Music event at the YouTube Theater in Inglewood, California, and accepted the Impact Award for her breakout success. “I just feel very lucky for my fans who have given me such an exciting life, allowing me to grow in front of the world into all the different versions of myself as an artist and as a woman,” she told the crowd.
