Tyla Opens Up About How Her Remix With Maphorisa Came About. 21-year-old South African sensation, Tyla has been making headlines since breaking into the mainstream. Signed to Epic Records through a joint venture with Johannesburg/New York-based Fax Records, and co-managed by We Make Music and Africa Creative Agency, Tyla is poised to achieve international dominance with style, soul, and spirit.
Following the success of her debut song, which currently sits at over 4 million streams on Spotify, the South African singer has released ‘Overdue’, which was featured on Netflix’s hit series “Blood and Water,” and ‘To Last’, which was remixed by DJ Maphorisa. Her latest single, ‘Been Thinking,’ was released on January 27 alongside a sultry dance music video that sees the South African singer exude Main Pop Girl energy.
Speaking on how the song came about, Tyla said: “Years ago, I was in the shower and I was singing to myself—I always sing in the shower, by the way—and I came up with the chorus lyrics, and they really stuck. I wasn’t even thinking melody, but when I said those words, I was like, “Yeah, this hits!” So I recorded it on my phone and kept it there.”
“Years later, I returned to it while recording music at a camp in South Africa, and it just sat so perfectly on the beat that the song literally flowed out of me. I finished very quickly, and it was the perfect timing because the song is about what a friend was going through at the time, so I was speaking through her in the song. That’s how it came about.”
The song also gained traction from Maphorisa who also did a remix. “It was actually crazy because he really liked the song, and we’d been wanting to work for a while. So I got in with him, he played some other stuff, some exclusives, and we just got into it. We started making the remix, and it came out so great that we knew that it was actually going to be nice. After that session, we even made more bangers that are on the way. It was a very natural and nice experience.”
