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Tyla's set at the 2025 Global Citizen Festival in New York City was one of the most significant moments of the weekend. The event was held at Central Park's Great Lawn. The annual program saw an international lineup that also included Shakira, Cardi B, Ayra Starr, Mariah the Scientist, and Camilo.
The singer was backed by choreography and a live band. Her setlist blended older hits with newer tracks. She opened with "Is It" from her EP WWP (We Wanna Party). Songs like "Truth or Dare," Wizkid collaboration "Dynamite," and the Grammy-winning single "Water" were received well by the crowd. Notably, she stopped mid-performance during "Water" to help a fan in distress.
Clips from her 2025 Global Citizen Festival performance went viral across social media platforms. Fans reacted online, with one writing:
"It really bothers me how everyone turned on her. She was supposed to be our next Rihanna."
Fans' reactions to Tyla's Global Citizen Festival 2025 performance
Pop Base took to its official X (formerly Twitter) page to share a performance clip, captioning:
"Tyla performs ‘IS IT’ at Global Citizen 2025."
Fans soon jumped into the comment section of the X post as they penned their thoughts. Below are some of their remarks:
"watching tyla absolutely destroy that stage got me wanting to sample her vocals for something filthy 😈", stated an X user.
"Face card, body card, and voice always ate mother", declared another.
"Bad song, she has lost her way and no longer hot 🥱", opined a third.
Others also chimed in:
"Wow what a lovely performance. She is really amazing and talented😍❤️", lauded a fan.
"She slayeeeededddeddd ✨✨✨✨🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🐅🐅🐅🐅🐅🐅🐅🐅🐅🐅. she is the Mother of TYGERS for a reason she maybe stealth but full force ?!", hyped another.
"Global events cheer feel-good performances while ignoring real-world crises, entertainment masks failure to take meaningful action.", commented a third.
Tyla's complete setlist at the 2025 Global Citizen Festival
- Is It
- Truth or Dare
- Dynamite
- Water
- Art
- Shake Ah
- Thata Ahh
- Chanel (Snippet)
- Mr. Media
- Jump
- Push 2 Start
The unreleased track, "Chanel," was performed as a short preview.
In 2024, Tyla sparked debate during an interview on The Breakfast Club when she described herself as "coloured." The term is generally used in South Africa to refer to people of mixed heritage. She later clarified her statement on social media:
"Yoh guys, Never denied my blackness, idk where that came from... I'm mixed with black/Zulu, Irish, Mauritian/Indian and Coloured. In Southa I would be classified as a Coloured woman and other places I would be classified as a black women. Race is classified differently in different parts of the world."
The post continued:
"I don't expect to be identified as Coloured outside of Southa by anyone not comfortable doing so because i understand the weight of that word outside of SA, But to close this conversation, I'm both Coloured in South Africa and a black women... As a woman for the culture. It's and not or... with that being said ASAMBEEE"
It resurfaced this past week when Nigerian singer Tiwa Savage addressed the issue during her own Breakfast Club interview. She offered an apology "on behalf" of Tyla. Savage's comments drew backlash as some netizens felt she had no authority to speak on the matter.
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