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Key Takeaways:

• Tyla’s newest single, “IS IT,” units the stage for her upcoming mixtape, ‘WE WANNA PARTY,’ arriving later this summer season.
• The challenge builds on her debut album and showcases her evolution as a world genre-blending artist.
• Her music attracts inspiration from the distinction between South African and American occasion tradition.

It seems to be like followers can be getting a Tyla takeover this summer season. On Friday (July 11), the South African singer delivered her much-anticipated new single “IS IT” together with a pre-save hyperlink for her upcoming challenge, WE WANNA PARTY, anticipated to reach earlier than the top of the season.

While she hasn’t confirmed precisely when it’ll drop, there’s a superb likelihood that each the brand new monitor, “IS IT,” and May’s “BLISS” will make it onto the full-length effort.

“Is it the f**ks that I don’t give? / Is it the men that I don’t miss? / Is this song why we get along? / Or am I coming on a little strong?” Tyla sings on the brand new file. “’Cause the more that they tell me ‘Don’t’ / It’s the more that it turn me on.” Take a take heed to “IS IT” under.

The previous few months have seen the mixtape format make a welcome comeback, particularly amongst mainstream artists. Listeners acquired Lizzo’s MY FACE HURTS FROM SMILING in June and are at present anticipating Metro Boomin’s A Futuristic Summa, set to reach earlier than July’s finish. A mixtape brings an apparent upside to the desk: fewer expectations, which regularly means extra room to play creatively.

WE WANNA PARTY can be Tyla’s first challenge since her self-titled debut album arrived in 2024. The preliminary 14-track providing handled listeners to “Jump” with Gunna and Skillibeng, “ART,” and, in fact, her Grammy Award-winning breakthrough, “Water.” The deluxe launched three further songs, most notably “PUSH 2 START.”

Partying, because it seems, means one thing totally different relying on the place you might be. In an interview with Rolling Stone, Tyla defined, “In America, I feel like the parties are more for networking than partying. In South Africa, it’s literally purely just to dance. Everyone is dancing.”