Tyla has spoken out about her identity after she previously received backlash for calling herself “colored.”
The “Water” singer first called herself a “colored South African” in a TikTok back in 2020 which later resurfaced in 2023 with many people pointing out that the word “colored” was previously used as a negative term in the United States to describe Black people. However, in the March 2025 issue of British Vogue, published on Tuesday, the singer addressed the negative feedback she received.
