Tyla is keeping her foot firmly on the gas as she moves toward the release of her sophomore album.
The two-time GRAMMY winner has released her new single, “IS IT LOVE,” alongside an official music video directed by Aerin Moreno. The track is the third preview of A*POP, which arrives on July 24, 2026 via FAX and Epic Records. For fans looking for more Tyla tour dates and ticket information, Concert Addicts also has additional artist event listings and upcoming show details.
“IS IT LOVE” operates in the space Tyla has made increasingly her own: music that can move a dance floor while carrying something more emotionally complicated underneath. Its rhythm is light enough for summer, but the questions inside it are heavier. Tyla is not asking about affection in a casual way. She is measuring its intensity, wondering whether love is real if it does not hurt enough to leave visible evidence behind.
That tension gives the song its pull. Tyla’s music often feels effortless on the surface, but there is usually a sharper instinct beneath the smoothness. She understands how to make vulnerability sound controlled and desire feel like power, even when the emotions being described are anything but stable. It is a big part of why her rise has felt larger than one viral song or one successful album cycle.
The video carries that emotional unease into a blue-lit apartment where Tyla moves through tightly controlled choreography as the world around her begins to fall apart. Glass breaks, water floods the room, and a distant love interest watches from outside. The two figures may be physically close, but everything in the imagery suggests a separation that has already grown too wide to ignore.
It is a beautifully dramatic visual, but Tyla remains the centre of it. Her ability to communicate through movement has become as important to her work as the songs themselves. Every gesture feels deliberate, whether she is commanding a full dance sequence or allowing the smallest expression to reveal the exhaustion underneath all that control.
“IS IT LOVE” follows “Chanel” and “She Did It Again,” her collaboration with Zara Larsson, as the rollout toward A*POP continues. The forthcoming record arrives after Tyla’s self-titled 2024 debut transformed her from a rising South African artist into a genuinely global pop force. Rather than simply recreating that breakthrough, everything surrounding the new album suggests she is interested in expanding her own definition of pop.
That momentum will carry into a busy summer. Tyla performs at Morocco’s Mawazine Festival on June 21 before celebrating the release of A*POP with a live appearance on The Today Show’s Citi Concert Series on July 24. Further festival appearances are also planned across Portugal, Romania, Switzerland, and Italy.
Tyla has become remarkably good at making each new release feel like part of a larger event. With “IS IT LOVE,” she gives fans another song designed for movement while letting a little emotional wreckage seep through the rhythm. Summer may be her natural habitat, but there is more happening here than sunshine.