Tyla Water ( Live), Vevo DSCVR

Tyla Water (Live). An exclusive performance for Vevo DSCVR, the channel for the best in new music. Theres a new genre coming out of South Africa, and Tyla is one of its most promising young talents. Amapiano, its the sound right now, she explained to us after gliding through her DSCVR performances, where she put the emerging blend of house, R B, and African dance genres such as Kwaito in the spotlight. In Zulu dialects, Amapiano means the pianos, a reference to the lounge keys usually weaved into its skipping fourtothefloor rhythms. Tyla herself is a master of taking its glossiest elements and imbuing them with the sensuality of American R B. Getting Late, her breakout debut, was all about making the most of a nights final hours. Considering she designs her songs in the shower, it makes sense that a certain steaminess and nonchalance runs through recent bops Been Thinking and Girl Next Door. But like a rose garden, theres thorns nestled between those Tylas delicate sonic pet br, br,