The Thing About Tyla
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- Опубліковано 18 вер 2024
- MAKE ME SWEAT, MAKE ME HOTTAAAA. 😩💦
...then hold my award. FYTB. 🙄
Tyla's recent VMAs speech has the internet buzzing, but I just think people don't know a diva when they see one! Let's talk about it..
#tyla #popculture #rnbmusic #rnb #amapiano #rapblog #hiphopblog #tylawater #vmas #mtv #mtvvmas
There's nothing wrong with her it's how us as black people treat & deal with each other I can see the hatred was starting to build when she first came on the scene and her explaining what she would be considered in her country and it rubbed alot of black Americans the wrong way
Lots of the hate definitely started after the racial identification topic…it’s a shame really because we should be encouraging mixed people to acknowledge ALL parts of their heritage, not just the black side. And Tyla is about 25% black…25% has never been a whole 🥴
People can be so strange.
@@alkahinat4558 THANK YOU
@alkahinat4558 that's the truth
@@alkahinat4558 You made those 25% up you don't know
@@mkmc94her mother is multiracial and father is Indian she's definitely not 50%
Tyla reminds me of the stereotypical popular girl character in teen movies. Not the mean ones but the ones that cant do wrong in everyones eyes because they have looks and talent. So I think the people that don’t like those kind of characters in movies are the people that dont like Tyla lol
😂 this is a little too accurate. if she’s looking for a movie role… she needs to go for that!
@@maxvendome8662yesss, this is exactly what I’m thinking
@@maxvendome8662her saying she can draw and edit videos just makes this comment accurate
@@maxvendome8662yeah I don’t get bad vibes from her, I just get the vibe that she’s kinda shy and has to put on the show for the cameras and she’s just a lil anxious hahah
i enjoy her music but this makes so much sense
the fact everyone was mad at her for “asking someone to hold an award” is crazy. especially when olivia rodrigo did the same thing and no one said anything.
I was surprised people were quick to jump on her about it 😩😂 I think people have been waiting to drag her.
@@tripleohcee 100% but Tyla will always stay on top
Olivia Rodrigo was holding a damn microphone in her hand and she won during her moment speaking on the preshow when they gave her the award. So ofcourse she had a hard time, Not to mention she asked someone off camera to hold the award, not two superstars like Lil nas X and halle bailey who didn’t get awards.
Tyla was holding nothing BUT the award, Olivia already had something in her other hand and wasn’t waiting to be announced but doing something where she didn’t know she’d be getting one. Two different scenarios.
The Olivia moment didn’t go viral though
@@marquethagod1769
But still is not a big deal and also the award self is heavy and tyla doesn’t have much upper body strength
I think people don’t like of the coloured controversy and have decided to hate on her since then. Also there’s deffo projection cuz people are making up that fact she thinks she’s better than black Americans or that she thinks she’s better cuz she’s light skin when she never said it. There’s so much projecting insecurities into tyla which is sad. Lastly, there’s a lot of xenophobia going on because she’s African that she needs to dilute her personality to fit into American culture which is extremely imperialist. Tyla doesn’t need to change herself to fit into the box of the ‘humble just be grateful African’ trope they want her to be. Tyla should be herself and if people don’t like then BYE. With love from entitled uppity African to another ❤🇳🇬
All of this
Hey Fellow Uppity African from South Africa 🇿🇦😊
Yes the hate started after she said she's colored. Black people in 🇺🇸 were not impressed with that.
White young girls are just mostly jealous.
Heyy fellow uppity 🇳🇬 African😂❤
💯
Tyla isn’t an afrobeats artist. She is an amapiano artist. Afrobeats is Nigerian amapiano is South African. The fact that these two things are being grouped together is problematic. And the fact that a light skinned racially ambiguous artist is being propped up above black Nigerian artists in their own categories is problematic. Is it her fault directly? Absolutely not. But I think that the powers that be are really trying to push her in an attempt to lighten and brighten the face of African music genres, just like what’s happened with all other types of black music. Black Americans are peeping it and while I don’t think the hate towards her directly is warranted, her not acknowledging race, out of fear or obliviousness to how much it unfortunately does matter in this country is going to be a turn off to a lot of people unfortunately.
Her other songs might not be afrobeat songs but water has afrobeat elements from the beat down to the video but she ain’t no afrobeat artist anyways
As a blk SA t's so weird to me that the face of South African blk music is an Coloured Indian girl. Why out of everyone it had to be a coloured 😂😂.
@@thobileluthulifrankers7612 Please this should be a comment on its own. She represents a small democraphic, which is the coloured people. But she is not an accurate representation of a South African girl. It's very misleading. A huge democraphic of South Africa, which is black people, does not look like Tyla.
What race?she doesn't has to identify as black.
@@dhsf5937 show me exactly where I said that in this long ass paragraph
The thing is...Tyla's personality is VERY "South African". Coming from a South African myself, we often "act" this way. I understand that people may see her as over-energetic or too much' BUT you have to understand that's how we are raised. I've read a few of these comments that say she lacks relatability or a good backstory, but imo, someone who is talented and clearly works hard doesn't need to be 'tragic' to be good. I find her relatable as she makes music related to the music in South Africa but makes it HERS and she is South African. I'm not saying that her whole personality should be based on this BUT she is going to be relatable for a group, and not all. Additionally, her songs tell a story which anyone can listen to the lyrics and form their own connections to their own lives. She doesn't need to tell a tale of her background to justify this, she is curating her own story by being an artist. Also the award thing? Yes, I do think that it was a bit overplayed but she did say please and wasn't rude about it.
Update: Pls read replies, bc I understand my point wasn't too clear to some but I still strongly stand by what I've said so far.
You’re absolutely right. We’re raised with so much confidence. Most of us are not shy and bold AF. You can tell by the music we make and the dancing. South Africa is a vibe and a party every day!
Thats a good thing really but it just doesnt translate well in American culture. Im Caribbean but i dont think Americans should be forced to understand and accept her way of thinking simply becuase shes Tyla and shes "sweet" . I do hope she keeps her personality tho
Stop the cap most south africans don't act like tyla
say it louder for the people in the back!!
I'm carrebean and we are very energetic. However, I'd put the award on the floor bf I ask another artist who isn't my friend to hold it fr me.
As an African American woman who is very unfamiliar with South African culture, There is ABSOLUTELY nothing wrong with Tyla.
All I know is Arya Starr should be getting shine and is a true Afro beat artist. Tyla is an amapiano artist
Did you vote for Ayra?
@@CherylLove-w2kAre you sure Tyla won because she was the people choice or the industry choice?
They should both be getting shine but the industry wont allow. The industry has been having black american artists fight for scraps by only ever classifying them as rnb or hiphop or only ever awarding them in those categories, and now they are doing the same to us africans, which is why we only ever get nominate in one category even though artists like tems, ayra starr and tyla herself can fit into so many other categories. I also feel like tyla is the only african getting that shine because she's the main one making a marketing push in the US. The rest are aiming for a more international reach
@@GraceE.-ms7di peoples choice. most ppl who voted for her just saw her name and picked her
Exactly 💯 she & Tems should definitely be further than they are in the industry....SMDH
THEY HATE the fact that she refuses to back peddle on what she said. Imagine someone telling you that something you were told all your life was wrong, and having to adjust to that in real time in front of millions. She's given little grace and The hate grows with every award she gets. I hate that it's predominantly from ONE demographic.
She's gorgeous, talented and successful. It reminds me of the random and COMPLETELY unnecessary hate Megan thee Stallion gets. They do it to do it.
I saw another angle, a fan cam of the award acceptance and she was clearly motioning to Nas. I showed it to a lady who was going on about how "she tried my girl Halle". The lady saw the video and said "she has her perspective and I have mine and this changes nothing". Just goes to show people will believe what they want to regardless of reality. The more successful you get, the more people want to "hate".
I’ll be honest and say I did think Tyla shouldn’t have asked Halle to hold her award-however, it really isn’t that deep, whatsoever 🥴
But people have been waiting for a moment to pounce on her, ever since that racial classification conversation.
I’m so happy Tyla didn’t pretend to be fully black like so many mixed artists do. She’s about 25% black…and you want the woman to claim that identity?! 😂 When none of you who have 25% white genes could ever claim to be white? 🥴
Nah, she did the right thing and I think it’s been misinterpreted as elitism when really, the one drop rule isn’t a thing in every country and those countries which don’t follow it, are correct. Learn something from her, instead of being ready to flex that tired xenophobia 🙄
She asked lil Nas x a man never Halle there another angle of the video
She didn’t ask Halle
I’m a fan! Her music is great and she’s a cutie. But is she heavily industry pushed? Yes. And are people confused and exhausted with how overwhelming her presence is? I say yes. And maybe that’s why people are turning on her, at least partly
Spot on!
Agreed! I think most people are tired of feeling manipulated and pushed to listen to certain artists so when there’s this obsessive need to shove someone down our throats (Tyla, Sabrina carpenter, etc), it’s normal to turn away and ignore them.
All mainstream artists are backed by the industry. Do you think Drake would be where he's at were it not for Wayne and his connections? Do you think Kendrick or The Weeknd would be as big as they are, if Drake did not help shine a light on them during his Take Care tour? Networks are how artists get big, no mainstream artist gets there without support from the industry in one way or another.
tyla has the drive and the smarts to achieve her dream. she is not afriad to put herself out there. shes posted covers, mukbangs, and tiktoks before her fame. tylas condifence is what going to keep her going up.
i dont think she was being rude for asking the award being rude, and she doesnt have to abandon her culture, being colored for others sensablities. it seems like having hate train of some sort is part of being successful and tyla seemed to flip it to benefit her (the "uppity african" trend thats going around)
people claim that black americans are jealous and confused by her existence. anyone would be confused by someone who's first award was a grammy and you heard one song by them. i'm not a fan bc i don't listen to afrobeats. my homegirls, it's the same thing 😂. i don't hate tyla, but i'll never stream her. it's just like burna boy, wizkid, and tems. i don't listen to their music.
now before you reply to me saying i must listen to sexy redd, she was never a part of my playlist. i still have mariah carey's entire discography in my playlist. truth be told im a foxy brown type of girl. if i want to hear a girl sing, ill listen to mariah, ariana, brandy, tinashe, etc. tyla just never did it for me. however i am happy to see a woman from south africa tearing the scene up. idc about the award stuff, people hate on celebrities for everything they do.
Exactlyy like 1 song that blew up on tiktok does NOT deserve a gramy. She makes good music tho i just think she needs to be around longer first
Grammy is all about popularity,she is the most popular african artist.
@@thejayisokay33 Who should've won the Grammy that year?
You sound like an RnB person. I suggest you listen to Tyla's song title Butterflies it's so good. It's her full RnB song and that song showed me that Tyla is a versatile artist. Listen to the song and give me your rating about the song.
@@dhsf5937 *one of the most popular. Rema and Burna boy are still more popular but Tyla's up there too
I don’t see what people’s problem is with tyla
Jealousy. Tyla is do to herself and bothers no one.
@@Tobzzzz_jealous of what?
@@thobileluthulifrankers7612 her crazy amount of success at the age of 23.
@@thobileluthulifrankers7612 her famr
I think anyone who becomes famous so quickly and starts winning awards they don’t deserve would have the same attitude. People simply don’t like her because there’s no come up story for her. She’s cool and all but i don’t get the hype
Very good point. We all love a good come up story, a few struggles before the rise.. she lacks that.
The only struggle is convincing her parents to allow her to pursue music. They only gave her a year and she did enough to get noticed and scouted by Epic.
Every award she's won she's been the favourite in them so it's not like she's pulled highway robberies and stole the top categories.
There it is!!
@maxvendome8662 so true. Lots of artists don't have struggle stories but because she's from Africa people want her to have a shocking sad story. She shouldn't have to apologise for being young gifted and coloured. As someone from Southern Africa , l know she is coloured and has her own culture. Let her be and stop 'Umona' (jealousy)
I hate that we gotta have discussions about some things. Ppl just wanna take an issue with everything and they leave their brain behind when they do it. I appreciate that you invite everyone to share their opinions but I’m like damn do we rlly gotta entertain the dumbest shit lol
This!!!
EXACTLY!!!!!
With the hate tyla is getting it feels like BAs are punishing her for not claiming blk.
I don’t believe it’s that exactly. Honestly I think after the colored debacle BA saw her SA fans be extremely xenophobic and cruel at times literally calling BA slaves. Those actions unfairly have been applied to her so her small hiccups are over analyzed and act like a confirmation bias. She hasn’t done anything and just seems to be caught in the middle of diaspora wars
The idea that Tyla must change her South African personality is weird
She can just stay there. Who cares.
@@ludlowaloysiusit’s not gunna happen
What the heck is a South African personality?
@@ludlowaloysiusyall care. It’s so annoying. Let her live.
@@ludlowaloysius u clearly lol
She's a product of the ongoing issue wit labels today - she has NO artist development. They are just giving these young adults money and fame but no training. That was clear with her breakfast club interview. She was asked the hard questions and she just looked at her manager or whoever she was to save her.
The issue is the American market because the rest of the world loves her ? You guys are not used to Africans being stars
@@4uCraziiewe genuinely don't listen to afro beats. we just don't. no matter what fame she succumbs to, she won't successfully take off in the american sector bc we just don't listen for afrobeats lmao. water stuck bc it's a pretty, smooth summer song. something like burna boy. if it hit, it hits. however, we aren't *actively* looking for it.
And the randome execessive awards plsss its too early
@@whatthehellizgoingonCool and ?
Agreed. I think the problem is she's bubbly and cute now, but to the Americans market that gets bored and annoyed very quickly, we expect growth and maturity at certain stages of success or better yet, appreciation of your fans. We're use to a certain standard set previously so her behavior might play well oversees or on the continent but you have to tone it down if you want longevity here. Oh and you have to have GOOD MUSIC which is something people are over looking. Being cute can only get you so far, ask an artist like Cassie who was beautiful. One bop is not enough
Its really funny how she said the award was yoo heavy for her to hold but when shr got to the red carpet she started taking pics while holding the award with one hand
Plenty of artists have done that before
@@SbonisoZuma-pf3btthen they’re just as weird
@@rayeeiffel480 Yeah u only choosing to cry now like someone pressing ur buttons
Black Americans are clearly still mad about the “Coloured thing”. I can I understand why they would be mad about the Coloured thing but as a South African 🇿🇦 I also 100% understand why Tyla has to represent her Coloured community.
Exactly and she has cleared this up, there shouldn’t still be confusion
Yall don’t focus on Tems or Burnaboy as much as yall focus on Tyla and we know why.
Unfortunately, that’s how the industry is
Burna boy get's way more publicity stop Tems on the other hand no
@@SbonisoZuma-pf3bt Not as much as Tyla. Y’all act like she’s only African artist on the planet. No shade.
@@szacntrl no then u definitely not paying attention to burna his selling out stadiums everywhere Tyla doesn't get as much publicity
@@szacntrl Do u have to say African literally no body calls Lil Wayne North American artist say the name of the country
do i think tyla was doing too much? not really. we've seen a glimpse of her personality already. she knows she's that girl. and i think that the entire video of halle, lil nas x and her was taken out of context. however i do believe that she didn't deserve that award. i find it a lil wild that you completely ignored the other african artist in the best afrobeats category! ayra starr! she's always been that girl! im not trying to compare ayra and tyla because their fans have already done enough of that & there's nothing to compare. the difference between the is language they sing in. tyla sings in english while ayra uses pigin which is a mix of yoruba and English. ayra starr debuted a whole two years before water blew up! and she definitely deserved that award. she dropped a really dope album this year and i've been rooting for her ever since she became apart of the mavin (her label) family). she's even done a song with tyla and the two seem to be close friends. i just believe that everyone should been pushing ayra the same way they pushed tyla. and i don't wanna hear no sorry ass excuse like "but her accent is so thick?! i can't understand anything she's saying!" yeah but Americans love aya nakamura and bad bunny. two non-american artists who don't speak English primarily in their music.
thank you 😊 justice must be serve
I think it rubbed ppl wrong because she didn’t acknowledge the presenters and appeared to ignore Halle trying to hand her the card. If those two things didn’t happen then I believe people would have thought it was a cute moment. Tyla did say sorry and thank. It was just the combination of events. She’s a young girl. Maybe a lil grace 🙏🏻
She didn’t ignore Halle trying to give her the card. She was trying to balance the award on her one hand to free the other one but by the time she reached out to grab the card, Halle already pulled it away. Watch it again. Also, I think she was really nervous. I could actually hear it in her voice. Why can’t she be given some grace?
@@teeraynee fr, the way her every reaction is getting dissected is so disturbing. it's like they want her to act like a doll or a robot just because she's pretty and talented. it's definitely because she's a woman of color from a different country + the fact that her identity directly clashes with the one-drop rule cuz I've never seen this level of cyber harassment over absolutely nothing before.
If Tyla had put that award on the floor like Chappell Roan did there'd be even more think pieces about how she should've just asked someone to hold the award for her.
Coloured girls are always confident in South Africa but I feel like America wouldn't understand that "it's our thing"
Exactly, I am a black South African from Bloemfontein, and grew up seeing girls exactly like Tyla even at UFS, Americans won't get it😅oh well
Leave the girl alone we Nigerias love her but we only get mad when they give her all the awards
You are not nigerian. Stop pretending.
She asked Halle to hold it first then Lil Nas X took it
No she didn’t. She was always asking lil nas. She’s turned towards him the whole time. Y’all just racist.
@@danellymani205 I saw the video from a different angle and she definitely was trying to hand to to Halle first. After Halle did not move, Tyla said "ah!" Then looked toward Lil Nas X. Stop using the race card. No one cares what race she is.
Tyla is an Amapiano artist, not an Afro beats artists, if Americans choose to be ignorant on that, thats their problem, not hers.
Her other songs might not be afrobeat songs but water has afrobeat elements from the beat down to the video but she ain’t no afrobeat artist anyways
Well shes still accepting afrobeats awards so...
She does NOT do Amapiano, she only says that cos she’s from SA, what she does is absolutely NOT Amapiano, please let’s refrain from confusing things. Kabza, Maphoriza, Kelvin Momo, Uncle Waffles etc, so Amapiano, Tyla does fusion that is gearing towards pop, definitely not Amapiano.
@@szacntrlher music isn’t Amapiano either .
@@seektruth5750It's not only her, because she is considered by international media the amapiano angel.
I’m not a fan of her music, not through hate, it’s just that we don’t listen much to this kind of music in SA , but I’m a big fan of her and her career. It’s amazing to watch a fellow South African living the American dream, it’s truly unimaginable, she literally caught lightning in a bottle. But I have to say Americans are too obsessed with this chick 😂😂😂😂.
Well she is coming into there spaces cos playing as blk
@@thobileluthulifrankers7612She isn't.
Beautiful gowns...
Listen… I say this wayyyy too often. 😂
@@tripleohcee 🤣🤣🤣 I miss Queen Aretha!!
@@cloudlesscliche9508literally! Queen of Soul and Shade!👑😂
I feel like an artist these times you need to be more relatable and humble people are tired of the fake facade and people get anything without having humility and hard work involved. We are moving into AI ( which is so fake ) and the rise of TikTok and relatability.
Relatability is so important these days. It’s apparent when an artist feels a bit out of touch with reality, because they never had to work hard!
Honestly, I really don’t like it when celebrities act relatable. Most of the time it comes across as very fake since celebrities don’t have the same experiences we do. There’s only a small amount of celebs for whom it works🤷🏼♀️
@@qqqqqqqqqqqqqq7665 such a nuanced take! i agree, you worded this perfectly
@@tripleohcee'Relatability' is a word that needs to be thrown in the bin.
Artists create art and we interact with it. That's it. That's the relationship and the exchange between an artist and an audience.
The idea that on top of their talent they also *have* to be humble, hardworking, likeable, grateful, and a walking wishlist of ideal traits is inviting audiences to project their own ideals on to artists. Then they get angry when the artist has a personality of their own that isn't in line with who they want or imagine them to be.
Artists aren't supposed to be avatars or extensions of their audience...
Relatability is really a demand for parasocial fakery. People want multimillionaires to lie to them and pretend that they are really 'just like them', or the boy or girl next door. They need them to justify their come up with a rags-to-riches story--real or fake.
It's madness.
These industry plants are getting besides themselves!
What annoys me is when people say we are jealous just because we have our own opinions about Tyler. It's like you just can't have your own opinions about a pretty person. But what about our observation about the person? To me she's a bit unlikeable. And yes, she is uppity, not "Uppity African" she's just an uppity person period. Did she really need someone to hold her award? This is not the first time she has done this. Respectfully, she's not there as an artist. And this thing of saying we are jealous of pretty people, is part of the reason why pretty privilege continues to prevail.
Plenty of artist HV done that even Mike jack
Tyler?? 😂😂🤣🤣😭😭
@@SbonisoZuma-pf3bt yes and even Michael was called out on stage by Eddie Murphy for treating him like the help for that
@@sillylovebiscuit123 No Michael did it plenty of times so did cardi B she wasn't called this happened last year nobody cried
9:39 Mariah carey, Beyonce, Whitney Houston, Aretha Franklin, Etta James.. are all artists I can accept Diva behavior from cause they got the talent to back that behavior up. I’ll even let Diana Ross & Rihanna slide cause they got the catalogues to back it up. Tyla is not up there to be acting like a diva yet.
Cry more
Tyla is always making headlines. I think the truth is that people are obsessed with her, especially Americans. They tend to forget that she's not 🇺🇸
As for winning the VMA... That was just unfortunate. 😢
Naah, Tyla is already seen as a culture vulture artist and not as a full artist since she wants to be characterized as a colored woman and not as a black woman because she is in the black music culture that is not her culture and imitates that, to be something
How is she a culture vulture for doing music that’s from her culture . Clothes are just clothes . And hair is just hair .
“Uppity Africans” stand up! 😅
If people wanted the other nominees to win over Tyla, why didn’t they vote??? The hate towards Tyla just comes off bitter
Tems being mentioned in video really made my day
I love her r&b afro vibes
I told my sister the other day that it looks like Tyler is going to get the Beyonce treatment. You don't have to be a Beyonce fan to notice that Beyonce gets hate so easily with everything she does.
This is very balanced and well thought out commentary. You didn’t dunk on Tyla. You highlighted her achievements and personality very well and also pointed out what those who criticise her are saying
Thank you! Truthfully, I didn’t see what she did as a reason to dogpile on her. But I can see everyone’s point of view!
Tyla is doing better than most black American artists right now . And she winning in black& white American spaces and doesn’t claim it she’s pissing the black community off. Because they want to have an artist that’s black at the forefront because there hasn’t been one in so long . And right now where in a weird time in culture where you can’t be both it’s either or . 🤷🏾♀️
No tf she's not. That's the arrogance right there. Now yall want to compete with us and we already been here. Calm tf down. Yall trying to get attention from the west, not the other way around.
Tyla is sweeping Afrobeat/African award categories. She’s rarely competing against Black Americans
@@sillylovebiscuit123 because she doesn’t make that type of music but if she starts she’ll likely win . Because the music industry likes lighter tone women in all genres.
@@alexiskaryna maybe but until that day that she is competing in the categories Black Americans are most prominently represented she’s not their competition.
Watching from South Africa, lmao nice to see you talking about Tyla.
Her team is actually nuts because a lot of the new talent has been self destructing, and they have made sure to keep her focused on music. Hopefully, the Rihanna 2.0 experiment doesn't feel.
Clearly her team is doing their job well because this girl’s only hit was water and she has been pushed like she had the #1 album and sold out tours. When she had to cancel her tour because of low ticket sales
I love Tyla and her personality! She's a refreshing talent
Eh that situation at the vma’s rubbed me the wrong way, I also didn’t like it when Olivia Rodrigo did it either, idk why it just seemed so weird to me. Like cmon you’re TWO hands can’t hold a reward? (Which if heard is max 10 ponds) She wasn’t even grabbing the mic or anything either. I Lowkey unfollowed her on Spotify and un-added her music after that and maybe I’m crazy for that but I can’t help how I feel😅🤣
Damn I missed Olivia Rodrigo doing it!😂
Wasnt olivia holding a mic at that moment? Like if that award is acc as heavy as some make it seem then fair to not be able to hold it w one hand
@@rahmahajjem9923 that’s why I emphasized in my comment that Tyla had BOTH of her hands to hold the reward compared to Olivia
@@rahmahajjem9923 plus I’m also pretty sure someone offered Olivia to hold her reward which makes the situation a bit different too, if tyla was offered by someone to hold her reward it would’ve been different but it’s almost like she expected that someone would do it for her which feels a bit like entitlement to me.
@@raquelnavarrete776I don’t it’s that deep I saw a video of Nicki doing the same thing and cardi b. I think people are using as an excuse to hate on her
You should all do your research before coming to the internet. Tyla is NOT Afrobeats, she's Amapiano, you couldn't even pronounce it right! So you can't compare her to Tems, Burnaboy and so forth, she gave an excellent speech explaining how diverse it is. I'm from SA, if you think Tyla is a diva then so are all of us, South African women carry themselves like that, periodd! And also her being coloured, is not her not being black, what?? That's a race here and that is what she is!! For once make videos that educate, instead of spreading the American ignorance. Leave the girl alone!
Her other songs might not be afrobeat songs but water has afrobeat elements from the beat down to the video but she ain’t no afrobeat artist anyways
Relax mft wrote an entire paragraph 😂
Relax mft wrote an entire paragraph 😂
If you did yours too you’d know that she does NOT do Amapiano either, if you listen, you’d know.
@@thobileluthulifrankers7612 and i'll do it again!!
Tyla is too cute. I love her energy and everything. Idk where the hate she gets comes from but they need to give this girl a break 😩
So what if she was handing over the award to Halle. Tyla isn't beneath Halle, they are both just people and should be treated accordingly. What happened to humility? The thing about us Africans is that we don't subscribe to the same notions of celebrity that the West does. She could have been handing over that award to Michael Jackson for all I care and it wouldn't have mattered because under all that celebrity he was just a man not a god or some idol.
But she doesn’t have that IT factor to me! Tems and Burner sales way more than Tyla, and numbers don’t lie!
I find it funny how pero were so quick to come at her to hold an awards show people should really quit coming at tyla and being so quick to attack her I never understood why anyone would hate on her people should really stop attacking her
Something about her personality really upsets people.
@@tripleohcee they must not have anything to do with their lives
@@tripleohcee What is it about her personality that upsets people? can you please explain it to me if you don't mind?
@@tripleohceeIt comes down to jealousy that’s it
Finally, some fair reporting! We, South Africans, are humble but confident; and Coloureds in our country are known to be loud and expressive, hence Tyla’s personality. This pseudo hate train is tired. I’m glad our national gem is shooting for the stars! 🇿🇦
I think because of past comments and the whole colored thing people see her as disingenuous and disrespectful. Now I did see a problem with her asking somebody to hold the award cause she’s gotten many awards and atp you should be used to it. If somebody like Beyoncé can hold 6 at 1 time Tyla can hold that 1 award. I just didn’t get it. Then to troll on Twitter later that night and go by “uppity African” she does stuff like that to be funny but it’s always taken the wrong way. So idk maybe tyla has an icy personality and u have to warm up to her.
Yeah a VMA award is 7 pounds basically. Grammy awards are about 5 pounds & Tyla had no problem snatching it from that man. Beyonce held 5 Grammys together at the same time. That’s 25 pounds all together. Also I definitely thought her making “uppity african” her bio made it worse. She should’ve just stayed quiet & let it pass.
@@rayeeiffel480 “snatched it quick af” lmaooooooo but she definitely should’ve just remained quiet. She gives a nice nasty
She’ll be forgotten in USA in a few months. We know Africa will keep her on top. She doesn’t need American support. No one needs to be popular in America to be famous.
😂yall been saying that since last year
I remember when Rihanna came on the scene. She was humble! Tyla came through the door, from another country, not wanting to do interviews and explain how race works where she’s from. Media training! You can’t come over here and act any kind of way and not want to respond to questions. We don’t know you! She has to build that Diva-ness. If an American artist went over to Africa to “make it” you best believe Africans would speak on it too! She is being pushed on us and she doesn’t seem grateful. When she won her BET award she didn’t seem humble. It was like she just expected to win. There are many amazing afrobeats esque artists that are better than her. Halle tried to give her a card at
The vma’s she paid her dust! Then wanted somebody to hold her award. Girl bye! Myself and many other woman peeped it as soon as it happened. She’s young and head strong, but somebody on her team gotta calm her down. She wants our American money, so she needs to get with the program.
You are just bitter and jealous
@@sportsnumber1567 you're a stan and I have an opinion. Nice try tho.
Let’s REALLY get into it. Olivia didn’t ask anyone to hold it. She accepted it on stage, held it while giving her speech and later on the carpet mentioned it was heavy in passing and someone came to grab it for her. People may very well have been waiting for a moment to “pounce” on Tyla but this scenario (along with others) has rubbed many people the wrong way. I do in fact think the whole exchange was tacky on stage, from her not grabbing the cards from Halle who was clearly motioning her to take it, to asking the presenters (fellow, more notable artists) to hold it the way she did. And had she’d been a white artist asking these black artists to hold it y’all would DEFINITELY be up in arms. But I see it as an inherent lack of respect for those around you type thing. Had the lady who assisted her from her seat to the stage been asked to hold her award, I honestly don’t believe anyone would have had an issue. I think it was the lack of procedures in place that made it look tacky; as if she lacked tact to keep asking the way she did and didn’t respect the fact she’d be given this award. I think her defiant unwillingness to hold it, also emphasized to many they don’t believe she really earned this award or involved herself with the process it took to get it because from their perspective she fast tracked fame. Though, I can understand that narrative and I don’t necessarily agree. Ultimately, I just think shawty is often tacky as heck. Down to staring in the camera, as she suddenly stopped dancing to Mamushi 😂. And lacks the American understanding of media training. Ultimately, I do think people have a right to be bothered by this situation but also should identify why they see it as a way to dismiss Tyla entirely from this one exchange.
I love tyla and I love South Africa is very beautiful country gorgeous beaches
People say Ayra Starr is better but they are both Certified Uppity African its just that Tyla is more energetic and Ayra is more chilled, even Tems, its an African thing to be confident and in love with yourself to that extent
No one hates her because she’s pretty- but there’s something off about her!
She’s becoming annoying.
Since the VMA scandal - Tyla gained 100 million streams! The haters are becoming so ridiculous that even CARD B - Had a go at them. LOL.
In South Africa we all help each out.. Americans just need to chill🇿🇦 AFRICA TO THE WORLD!!! Get used to it
Tyla will never be everyones cup of tea, and thats okay. Lets get to thr crux of it. Many AA be hating on her becsuse they simply dnt see themselves in her or what she represents. She is Proudly South African in everything from her sound to her dance and even her demeanor is a real 'coloured goose' as we call it in South Africa.
Now with all that said, she has had a quick & a dramatic rise to fame snd she also is doing well in Asia, South America, Europe and Africa and Americans are not happy with her not bowing at their feet &acting like a African housemaid to be thankful for using the platform they gave her. She is NOT disrespectful, arrogant or 'entitled' she purely is her young, confident and mature self. In South African we have this thing where we are not star struck. We suppory snd love celebrities but we ususlly hsve a VERY STRONG MORAL COMPASS & will be direct about it. You will also notice she is not following the American norms because she was raised with that in her inherently.
Also if she denies her roots she will learn as Trevor Noah has... our people wont stand for it.
I love you Tyla ❤
The hate is very strange to me. She is pretty and talented so I guess that’s enough for people to start dragging her. I see her being like a Rihanna in the coming years
i think ppl dont like her cuz her fame come up was just like 🧊 🌶️ yet nobody knows who she is really but acts like she is an OG celebrity that been relevant for yrs. i don’t think she is a problematic person its just that she has higher expectations when she just a new artist. to me her music is quite mid she can sing a lil but gives more bubblegum type music. now she got her fame we just see her as conceited person with no struggle like others had like there’s no story.
Nah you guys are just jealous and mad because she identifies as coloured person not black 🤷🏾♀️
Come on now. She can actually sing and is also a really great dancer. Y’all just haters atp
damn Tyla really got dedicated haters🤣🤣🤣
Praying on her comeup🙏
Tyla's face has a Mandela effect on me, i think it's because op75% of the time her chin mole is covered.
There’s an obsession with humbling BW in America that she’s probably not use to. We’re mad she won’t Americanize her entire identity and we’re mad she asked someone to hold an award….something sooooo many people have done in the past. The sooner she realizes this the sooner she can ignore the noise and keep it pushin
WELL, HERES THE THING (MY VIEW)
IM FROM SOUTH AFRICA, FROM JOBURG TOO, AM BLACK
FIRST AND FORE MOST, TYLA DOES NOT MAKE AMAPIANO MUSIC, SHE SIMPLY DONT. SHE MAKES AFRO-PIANO AND AFRO BEATS. THAT WATER SONG GAVE AFROBEATS. WE DONT PLAY HER MUSIC LIKE THAT IN TOWNSHIPS AND IN JOZI CBD, LETS NOT LIE BAFETHU. Put people like KAMO MPHELA , THATS A REAL AMAPIANO ARTIST KEEPING THE CULTURE. And again if i compare Tyla to makadzi, IS NOT MAKE SURE, IF TYLA WAS A BLACK GIRL, SHE WOULDNT BE WHERE SHE IS RN AND THAT IS DAT. TAKE A BLACK HER FROM SOWETO AS TALENTED AS TYLA N SEE IF SHE WILL GO ANYWHERE, JUST SAYING
YES I SUPPORT HER BECAUSE SHE IS ONE OF US BUT I FEEL LIKE SHES TOOO GENERIC, SHE IS HEAVILY PUSHED BY THE AMERICAN LABEL 4 REAL, I THINBK SHE FUNNY SOMETIMES
WHY DID NT SHE POP IN SOUTH AFRICA LIKE THAT BEFORE WE KNEW HER LIKE THAT. when she had that 1 song, GETTING LATE, WE WERE NOT CHECKLING 4 HER LIKE DAT. no shade at all
WHEN SHE SAID SHE WAS REPRESENTING HER CULTUREE...,I WAS LIKE U KNOW 4 SURE DAT AMAPIANO IS NOT UR CULTURE LIKJE THAT, U WANNA MAKE POP MUSIC NJE N I FEEL LIKE U USE AMAPIANO TO ADVANCE,. NOT EVEN BY MAKING IT BUT BY CLAIMING IT. But she dopin the tinggzzzzzzzzz though , unimaginable things for an African.
I feel like she should have just apologised without saying STFU and let it slide.
I appreciate the work it probably took to get this instrumental for this video.
Water has 9 writers and she was planted by becoming the girlfriend of an industry videographer who had a girlfriend lol
Wow, people expected Tyla to have grown up in some hut with 20 siblings sleeping on the floor and eating nothing but ants collected from some anthill and was riding lions as a form of transport to go to school while being “helped” by humanitarian projects from the West. The “famous” African image the world has about Africa. Nope, get over yourself and learn something. African has both good and bad parts just like everywhere else. She has her own struggles and she been making music for long time and worked hard for it. She got lucky with the Water song mainly coz of TikTok. Give the girl a break, geez. And about the race thing, I hope Americans understand that USA is not the whole world. As someone who has been in South Africa, the colored thing is a real thing there, it’s recognized and generally accepted by everyone even the government. Now all of sudden Tyla has to change that identity and start looking at things in a different way when that’s all she has known her whole life, apparently because USA is the whole world? Wow😂. And she didn’t ask Halle to hold her trophy she asked Nas. Y’all just hating on that girl for no reason.
Lmaoooo the first part is so hilarious and true. People have this preconceived notion about African folks and how they live. Clearly, Tyla is teaching them she’s far from the struggle bus. 😂
She's so tiny she needed a guy to help her
Mariah earned it. Some people need to see the time a person put in 🤷🏾♀️But some are just looking for a reason.
Don't care for her it's like the brought her to outshine Tems
FKA twigs is the perfect example of what Tyla's said. she been releasing the finest most sophisticated experimental music from the past decade but media still categorizing her as "Alternative R&B" when most of her music doesn't have ANY element from this genre. and that's just because she's black. Tyla did the right thing. being a POP star is not only following the script but also standing up for what is RIGHT.
It was not that deep lmao like wtf
If Tyla was a different race. Let say filipino, and she made Kpop music. But she said she was of some special word that means an offshoot of Spanish. Not Asian. She would be in the same mess she is in today. Lol. Yes she is is coloured. Yes she is mixed. But on the international stage coming from Africa, you claim Blackness before your Indian or Irish heritage. Especially if the music you make is black African before Indian or Irish. Though she and Hallie can pass as sisters, it felt a little colorist when she asked her to hold her award. Like if Black people are stronger than non Black people. So you should hold the award like a servant. Just a thought. No hate to Tyla. She needs better media training to understand the world around her. Especially if she is going to be a world entertainer.
Whatever haters gonna hate cuz guess what when Olivia did it nothin nobody said not a thing
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Also, the kind of music Tyla makes is not a direct representation on Amapiano music. Her's I'd say is Popiano, not really Amapiano.
even if she said she was black yall would come for her women just cant win smh
There is no thing about Tyla, but there is thing about black Africans. They used to be confident people and producing great music. They produced great artists we all admired and inspired many, including this young girl Tyla. In fact Tyla copied everything about them. This confident she has is from this people, they now call it arrogance when is displayed by Tyla. We know their pure rich culture because it was never hidden under the carpet. They displayed it with pride and self believe and confident. Tyla is doing the same, she copied everything. " Teenage Tyla wanted to be an American because only them become famous".She is now living her dream, she is now in America. But things have now changed. Those confident black Americans she copied are no longer the same. They accuse, they vilify, they victimize, vindictive, vengeful and scornful people. Why this inferiority complex? Where is that self believing, self assurance and confident. This people were always walking tall and black was beautiful. Hence their success story in everything. Every style and fashion was from them. What happened? Why this sorry state of affairs. Tyla this, Tyla that, the foreigner this, the foreigner that, light skin this, dark skin that. What is happening with this people? 🇿🇦😊
My take on this Tyla situation is Black people just don't support each other especially Black woman. When another woman of colour starts shining we always have to pull them down all this drama is just jealousy.
The booty end of the bread🤣
I feel like tripleoche you have really described facts about tyla it's true tyla as always had l am that girl and you all should know l am that girl😂.tyla could take a picture with with a diva like Rihanna but she will still act like she is the bigger artist😂she has done that to so many bigger artists Even to a whole Anna winter queen of the metgala😂
Many Americans are used to Nigerians. Us South african are more confident than any African yet we down to earth thats how we are raised but south africa is coming to the world yall gonna be making more videos about south Africans coz its whole lot movie here
lol i'm sorry but it looked shady, BUT if that's just how she is and there wasn't any malicious intent, then people need to accept it and move on. Don't think there should be a pile on, but when I first saw it my immediate reaction was 'Ummm! okay Diva?' lol and i don't think its people overreacting or hating to also have had that immediate response. However all people involved have literally said they don't care. Time to wrap it uppp and no one needs to be indignant on anyones behalf.
FIRST (I'm actually third..)
I’m just glad you’re here. 💖
They are just jealous and it all started that day she said she is coloured which she is by the way
Jealous of what? Black Americans have multiple stars. Go on somewhere
As south africa I don't think they're jealous i think they're definitely holding a grunge against her for saying she's not blk it's like they're punishing her.
@@szacntrly’all are jealous of that girl because y’all don’t even support our black artists fr . Like they’re all flopping . And shes winning
Ugh this conversation again. Can we let the girl rest please…just stream her album. 🤦🏾♂️
She needs to lift some weights so she can hold her own awards next time
Funny - Ya'll didn't have that energy when Cardi B, Lady Gaga and Gomez did it - Or is because she is African - that she should know her place?
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I didn’t think it was notable at all
Y’all see her lil bitty arms!?,…my girl was struggling to hold that award😖😓..the internet is reaching because ambiguity hate is a terrible drug😔
It's weird how yall baby tyla
I know right, she's 22, she doesn't need to be babied
@@thobileluthulifrankers7612real but her arms is small tho
When the American market started hating you that it!