Water singer attends 1st Met Gala
South African pop singer Tyla Seethal, known by her stage name Tyla, attrended one of the most esteemed events in New York city. The Water hitmaker at the 2024 Met Gala left South Africans and the world absolutely stunned as she held her own in a gorgeous, form fitted sand gown.
Tyla becomes first SA singer to get Met Gala invite
On the 30th of April 2024, a reddit users posted and alleged confirmed list of invited and attending celebrities and Tyla was on that list alongside Meryl Street, Sza and Kris Jenner. The news was confirmed yesterday when images of Tyla at the MET started to circulate. Tyla’s first MET Gala appearance is also a first for South African celebrities (besides Charlize Theron).
Tyla’s Met Gala 2024 sculptural dress steals the show
The 2024 MET Gala was held on 06 May 2024 at the The Metropolitan Museum of Art, this year’s theme was “Sleeping Beauties: Reawaken Fashion”. The designated dress code was reported to be “Garden of Time”.
Attendees all had their own unique take from brightly colourful florals, interesting textures and meters long veils. Tyla was among the most memorable in a Balmain sculptural sand gown created be Olivier Rousteing. The details on Tyla’s entire look from her shimmery eyebrow slit to her bejewelled nails landed her great praise as of the Met 2024’s best dressed. The Washington Post even has Tyla’s photo as the cover for their best dressed article.
2024 is Tyla’s winning year
Just earlier this year, the pretty girl from Joburg was nominated for and won a grammy for best African music performance for her song Water. Read our post looking into Tyla’s grammy win and music journey: Tyla wins grammy. The MET Gala invitation is another notch on Tyla’s big wins and she continues to deliver.
South African’s share hilarious reactions to Tyla’s premier MET Gown
South Africa and the world all had jaws on the ground after footage of TikTokker turned Grammy recipient at the met became viral. @Titizma1 compares Tyla to Kim Kardashian – who is known for show stopping looks- saying Tyla did what the realty tv royal was hoping to do. Kim Kardashian wasn’t the only A lister Tyla was compared to, “Alia, Tyla and Zendaya are too good omg” said @missingjin24x7.
In this video shared by PopBase, Tyla is seen being lifted over stairs as the dress clearly limits mobility and some users are greatly amused by the impracticality. @Simp1yVon said:
“Beautiful concept but my 1st thought is if you gotta lift me to get up the stairs just run me my slides cuz Iām not moving. 2nd thought is what if she need to use the bathroom”
Some are big fans of the whole experience and believe it’s exactly what Tyla deserves. See this thread of users applauding the royal treatment received by Tyla at her inaugural Met.