“It’s a compliment,” included the South African star.
Tyla
Jeremy Soma
While there are definitely far even worse individuals to be compared to than Rihanna Tyla wishes to make it clear: She’s just thinking about charting her own course.
In her Cosmopolitan cover story released Tuesday (April 30), the South African star shared her ideas on current contrasts in between her and the Barbadian singer-turned-Fenty billionaire– which, while lovely, aren’t a sign of her complete story.
“Rihanna is Rihanna. It’s a compliment,” she informed the publication. “But at the exact same time, I’m my own artist. I’m Tyla. And I called individuals learn more about me and my music, they will see me as simply Tyla. I’m great with it now.”
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“People wish to connect me to something familiar to them, cool,” included the artist. “But at the end of the day, we’re doing something nobody’s done previously, and it can’t truly be compared to anybody.”
The 22-year-old vocalist is fresh off the release of her self-titled launching album, which dropped March 22 and includes cooperations with Tems, Travis Scott and more. The set debuted at No. 24 on the Signboard 200 and has actually invested 5 weeks on the chart up until now, led by mega-viral hit “Water,” which reached No. 7 on the Signboard Hot 100 in January.
Mentioning “Water,” Tyla likewise reflected on the somewhat uncomfortable procedure of getting her moms and dads on board with the track– particularly, its NSFW lyrics. On the steamy, popiano track, which influenced a wildfire TikTok booty-shaking dance pattern in 2015, she sings, “Make me sweat, make me hotter/ Make me lose my breath, make me water.”
“My mama was the individual that conserved me due to the fact that my dad resembled, ‘What are you singing about?'” she remembered of the tune, which won the Grammys’ first-ever African music efficiency award in March. “I resembled, ‘Nah, it’s absolutely nothing bad, Dad. It’s simply carefree enjoyable.’ He’s like, ‘Oh, alright.’ And my mom was the individual resembling, ‘Relax, unwind. Unwind.'”