Tyla's Meteoric Rise: Dynamite Debuts, Nike Deal, and Identity Discourse

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Tyla has been everywhere the past week lighting up both headlines and the red carpet as her global pop stardom surges to new heights. On August 7 she was the center of attention at the Variety Power of Young Hollywood party in Los Angeles, making a dramatic entrance in a standout blue two-piece from PALOMO’s Resort 2026 collection, complete with a sleek bob and leaf hair accessories—Variety reports the event was a celebration not only of her cover star status for their annual Power of Young Hollywood issue, but also of her most recent musical leap. In her Variety cover story, Tyla revealed her creative mindset heading into her new era, speaking about her four-song EP We Wanna Party, released late July and featuring tracks like Dynamite a sizzling joint effort with Afrobeats giant Wizkid. She described the EP as “a bridge” to a second album, which she teased will be a huge departure from her previous work and reflect her personal growth, saying, “When the album comes, it’s going to be such a totally different vibe than what people are expecting.”

Social media exploded this week when Tyla and Wizkid’s collaborative single Dynamite skyrocketed to the No 1 debut on the Billboard U S Afrobeats Songs Chart, a first-of-the-year feat reported by The Music Universe and cementing her as one of the hottest names in contemporary African pop. Tyla now holds three of the top five spots on that chart, with Water and Push 2 Start sealing her status as a dominant chart presence. The music video for Dynamite dropped August 4, with Nabil directing a summery and steamy visual that had fans buzzing on TikTok and Instagram for days.

Outside of music, Tyla made major fashion moves by being named the face of Nike’s Air Max Muse campaign for Fall 2025, as reported by Design Scene, putting her alongside other powerhouse athletes and creatives and highlighting her crossover appeal. Meanwhile, the entertainment world is watching her choreography too; according to IOL, she just snagged a 2025 MTV VMA nomination for Best Choreography for Push 2 Start.

Despite this meteoric rise, Tyla has navigated turbulence: Variety and The Grio detailed her public addressing of ongoing controversy around her self-identification as Coloured—a term standard for people of mixed heritage in South Africa but charged elsewhere. Tyla’s social media clarifications about her identity reignited the discourse online, sparking fresh debates but also winning her support for honesty and nuance.

Whether it is in the headlines Variety cover stories, music charts, high-profile brand partnerships or the internet’s most heated conversations, Tyla is not just in the room—she is defining the moment.

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Episode Transcript

Speaker 1 (00:00):
Tyler has been everywhere the past week, lighting up both
headlines and the red carpet as her global pop stardom
surges to new heights. On August seventh, she was the
center of attention at the Variety Power of Young Hollywood
party in Los Angeles, making a dramatic entrance in a
stound out blue two piece from Palomo's Resort twenty twenty
six collection, complete with a sleek bob and leaf hair accessories.

(00:24):
Variety reports the event was a celebration not only of
her cover star status for their annual Power of Young
Hollywood issue, but also of her most recent musical Leap.
In her Variety cover story, Tyler revealed her creative mindset
heading into her new era, speaking about her four song EP,
We Won a Party, released late July and featuring tracks

(00:45):
like Dynamite, a sizzling joint effort with Afrobeat's Giant whiz Kid.
She described the EP as a bridge to a second album,
which she teased will be a huge departure from her
previous work and reflect her personal growth, saying when the
album comes is going to be such totally different vibe
than what people are expecting. Social media exploded this week,

(01:08):
when Tyla and whiz Kid's collaborative single Dynamite skyrocketed to
the number one debut on the Billboard U s Afrobeat
Songs Truck, a first of the year feat reported by
The Music Universe and cementing her as one of the
hottest names in contemporary African pop. Tyla now holds three
of the top five spots on that chart, with Water

(01:30):
and Push to Start, sealing her status as a dominant
chart presence. The music video for Dynamite dropped August fourth,
with Nabiel directing a summary and steamy visual that had
fans buzzing on TikTok and Instagram for days. Outside of music,
Tyla made major fashion moves by being named the face
of Nike's Airmax Muse campaign for Fall twenty twenty five,

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as reported by Design Scene, putting her alongside other powerhouse
athletes and creatives and highlighting her crossover appeal. Meanwhile, the
entertainment world is watching her choreography too. According to Iol,
she just snagged a twenty twenty five MTVVMA nomination for
Best Choreography for Push to Start. Despite this meteoric rise,

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Tyla has navigated turbulence Variety and The Grio detailed her
public address of ongoing controversy around her self identification as colored,
a term standard for people of mixed heritage in South
Africa but charged elsewhere. Tyla's social media clarifications about her
identity rein ignited the discourse online, sparking fresh debates but

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also winning her support for honesty and nuance. Whether it
is in the headline's, variety, cover stories, music charts, high
profile brand partnerships, or the internet's most heated conversations, Tyla
is not just in the room. She is defining the
moment and that is it for today. Make sure you
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