South Africa’s golden girl Tyla has invited BLACKPINK’s Lisa to enjoy a braai when she decides to visit Mzansi.
The Grammy Award-winning singer and songwriter and the K-Pop superstar, who is part of the band with Jisoo, Jennie and Rosé, bonded over food, fame and representing their cultures as part of “Rolling Stone” magazine’s Musicians on Musicians feature titled: “How Lisa and Tyla Got the Whole World Dancing”.
The “Water” hitmaker also admitted to the Thai singer and rapper that the food as well as other aspects abroad are not what she is used to.
“It’s very different. The food, the way people talk, the way everything is … even the toilets are different,” the 22-year-old explained.
“In America, when you flush the toilet, the water comes up … and then it goes in. And in South Africa, it just goes in. I don’t know why I’m talking about a toilet, but, yeah, it’s just so different.”
With regards to Lisa visiting South Africa, Tyla said: “I would take you to a braai, it’s like a barbecue with a bunch of different foods, very flavourful.”
The duo also raved about their different cultures and presented them to a global audience.
Tyla said: “For me, it’s always been something that I wanted to do, to share my culture.”
“It’s been fun but also difficult because not a lot of people understand it. I’ve had to get used to detaching myself from the people who don’t really care that much to learn about it.”
“But the people who do care, it’s been such an amazing experience teaching people all our different cultures and languages, our dance moves, the way we chant. It’s exciting seeing everyone appreciate it,” she added.
She also gave props to Lisa for her own cultural representation, saying: “Girl, in BLACKPINK, you were my favourite.”
“You brought some edge to the group, which was so cool. Your rapping and just the way you moved and the way you dressed was so cool. Me and my best friend would watch those videos all the time.”
Tyla also told the Korean musician that she is a K-pop fan.
“I love the videos, the dances, the fan bases, how invested people are in K-pop.”
“The music, the videos … It's like its own world. I find it so cool that in K-pop, you can bring people into a world that doesn’t feel real. That’s so cool. It’s very inspiring for me as well.”
The “Jump” singer, who recently dropped three new singles as part of the deluxe version of her self-titled album, also explained how grateful she is to her country for their unique take on dance and music, which significantly inspires her music.
“African culture and dance are one thing. Even all the viral African dance moves that come about are from literally random people in South Africa,” she said.
“It just feels very spiritual and very natural. It’s in our blood really. That dance is for a different genre. I just love the way it looks. So we did it on my song, which is amapiano and pop.
“I feel like social media opened that portal for us to share our culture with the world and I’m happy that I’m able to do that on huge stages. It just worked.”
Watch the full interview here: