Tyla has announced her sophomore album ‘A*POP’, arriving July 24, and the rollout is already moving fast. The South African global superstar has shared the official album trailer and released “She Did It Again” featuring Zara Larsson, which racked up over five million video views in its opening weekend and drew “shook the culture” praise from Vanity Fair. Pre-order is live now.
‘A*POP’ follows ‘TYLA’ and ‘TYLA+’, the debut campaign that made her the highest-charting African female soloist in Billboard 200 history. The new album is supported by two singles already making noise: “Chanel,” which hit number one on Billboard Afrobeats and Billboard Rhythmic Airplay during its 17 weeks on the Hot 100 and has pulled over 120 million music video views, and “She Did It Again,” which earned Rolling Stone ‘Songs You Need This Week’ honors on arrival.
Tyla told Rolling Stone at this year’s GRAMMY Awards that the album had finally clicked into place. “I feel like I just did something really fresh and so… Tyla,” she said. That evening she took home her second GRAMMY, “Best African Music Performance” for “Push 2 Start,” the standout from ‘TYLA+’. Her hardware collection now includes two GRAMMYs, two Billboard Awards, two MTV VMAs, two MTV Europe Music Awards, an AMA, and an NAACP Image Award.
This summer, Tyla headlines Afronation in Portugal and plays marquee sets at Switzerland’s Montreux Jazz Festival, Romania’s Beach Please!, and Italy’s Hellwatt Festival. She also performs at the TODAY Show’s Citi Concert Series in New York City on July 24, the same day ‘A*POP’ drops. She’s also nominated four times at next month’s American Music Awards, including “Best Female R&B Artist” and “Best Afrobeats Artist.”
‘A*POP’ arrives July 24. It’s shaping up to be one of the year’s most anticipated releases.