Tyla Talks About Performing an Amapiano Song & Adding South African Moves to Her Performance | Billboard Music Awards 2024

Tyla talks about performing an Amapiano song at the BBMAs and incorporating South African dance moves into her performances, and how she felt seeing her songs chart on Billboard for the first time at the 2024 Billboard Music Awards.

Tyla:
Honestly, when I first got on the Billboard charts, I did not expect it at all, like I was just happy that my song was doing well, and then I saw the announcement, and it was, like, literally sunk in at that moment. So I don’t know, it’s just been really cool to see my name there and my songs there, and see how far my music is spreading.

Usually starts with like me, my best friend and my choreographer, like, we all like tight friends, and from there we have, like, an amazing team that helps me put it all together, and we rehearse, and I don’t know, it’s just very fun, like a family, especially, because, like, I’m a perfectionist, like, I like rehearsing and getting things like, tight I work with Lee-ché a lot. He’s from South Africa, an amazing choreographer and a good friend of mine, we love just incorporating, like, our South African moves and vibe to our performances, and also, like for “Push 2 Start,” we tried, like, a new type of style that I really like, and, yeah, I’m just excited to incorporate both in the performance today. My friends always amp me up and, like, I do my warmups, I stretch. So it’s literally, like, a party on sets or on, like, before we get on stage all the time.

I’m really excited that I’m performing an Ampiano song, because I don’t know, like, if there’s been an Ampiano performance on Billboard. So I’m really excited about that, and I just want people to feel the vibe and just have fun with it.