Amapiano Star Tyler To Join Chris Brown On Tour. Hailing from South Africa, Tyla’s ready to make her statement as a global star fusing Amapiano-tinged dance music with soulful R&B. The 21-year-old shot to fame when she confidently remixed her sweet voice with a hypnotic amapiano sound in “Getting Late”, which featured Kooldrink.
South African singer and TikToker Tyla Seethal, better known by her mononym Tyla, is joining American singer-songwriter Chris Brown on the European leg of his tour this month.Tyla joins the Under The Influence hitmaker as his tour moves to London on Tuesday, 14 February, at the O2 Arena for four performances. The tour wraps up on 26 March in Paris, France.
Ahead of joining the musician on his tour, Tyla told Rolling Stone at the Black Music Collective ceremony, she is “excited” about the African music scene.”I’m so excited for African music. I’m from South Africa, so amapiano and afrobeats are really booming right now, and I just want it to go even higher from here,” she said.
In 2021, Tyla signed with American label Epic Records through a venture with Johannesburg/New York-based Fax Records, co-managed by We Make Music and Africa Creative Agency. She said about the signing: “I had no plan B, so this is something I invested my everything into, and I could not be more satisfied.”She added: “To be welcomed into the Epic family like this, it’s such an honour; I’m so grateful for everyone who believes in me. My team at FAX and I worked so hard to get here, and I’m super excited to keep growing with them and take it to the top.”
According to a press statement by Sony Music, Getting Late, featuring Kooldrink, has since amassed more than 5.5 million worldwide views. Tyla followed up the single with a collaboration with DJ Lag titled Overdue, which was soundtracked on Netflix’s Blood & Water.
