Tyla Annie Reid
As Tyla‘s “Water” hit maintains obtaining hotter — and climbing up greater on the Billboard Hot 100 — some heavyweights in songs are getting on it: Travis Scott and Marshmello brought out 2 brand-new remixes on Friday (Nov. 17).
Scott’s wavy circulation really feels evocative what he did on the 2017 track “Know No Better” with Major Lazer, Camila Cabello and Quavo, while Marshmello’s mix includes a brand-new degree of buoyancy. The Houston rap artist’s variation of the African blockbuster made its real-time launching Thursday evening at GQ‘s Man of the Year event in Los Angeles.
“Water” is presently No. 18 on the Hot 100 and No. 5 on Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs, and it’s covered both the U.S. Afrobeats Songs and World Digital Song Sales graphes. The tune additionally got a 2024 Grammy nomination for the brand-new finest African songs efficiency group.
“This hasn’t happened in so long for a South African artist, born and raised in South Africa, with an African song, with an African dance style. Everything is so authentic, and the fact that all of that managed to translate overseas is crazy,” Tyla told Billboard throughout her October R&B/Hip-Hop Rookie of the Month meeting. “I always wanted to be the biggest pop star in general. I didn’t want to be the biggest African pop star. I just want to be the biggest pop star that was born and raised in Africa. And the fact that I’m already getting a good response from the world [means] I’m one step closer to that dream.”
Listen to the “Water” remixes listed below.
