Los Angeles-based radio programme ‘The Cruz Show’ on Real 92.3 recently interviewed Tyla.
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- Tyla has been attracting significant media attention during her time in the US.
- The singer went on a Los Angeles-based radio show to talk about a range of topics.
- During the interview, Tyla taught the hosts some SA slang.
Tyla has been taking the US by storm, attracting significant media attention and racking up various accolades, like a Grammy nomination and climbing the Billboard charts.
With her expanding popularity comes public fascination, both in her personality and South African background.
During an interview with the Los Angeles-based radio programme The Cruz Show on Real 92.3, Tyla discussed a range of topics, including the popularity of her hit song Water, things she hates and SA slang.
The show is hosted by J Cruz, Jackie Ramirez, Lechero and Jeff ‘The Sports Dude’ Garcia.
When asked to share some SA slang, she obliged but tried to keep things family-friendly by avoiding swear words or inappropriate phrases. One of the hosts jokingly asked for “bad words”, to which she replied, “No, I can’t say bad words.”
“I don’t really like to say American slang. It doesn’t sit well with me… I have my own slang from South Africa,” Tyla said.
When she was asked the SA equivalent of the US slang term “fire”, which denotes something cool, she replied, “We make a lot of sounds in South Africa like, ‘yoh!'”
She also shared the word ‘bathong’ with them, which expresses disbelief, surprise or dissatisfaction. She even complimented one of the hosts for saying it right on the first try.
Later in the interview, one of the hosts shared SA slang they had learned themselves. Tyla was delightfully surprised when the co-host used words like ‘yebo’ and ‘tekkies’.
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When the word ‘voetsek’ was mentioned, Tyla warned the hosts that it was a bad word.
“Voetsek, that’s bad, it’s like F-off,” she said.
Tyla also talked about her initial desire when she was younger to make the type of music she is making now.
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“I’ve always wanted to make music that’s a fusion between African music and Western pop and R&B because I grew up with that being my influence,” the singer said.
She also shared that she is feeling homesick during her time overseas. “I’m very close to my family, so being away for so long is not easy, but they understand, and I mean, you got to do what you got to do you.”
WATCH THE FULL INTERVIEW HERE:
