We Speak Pop

Zsela Announces New Album The Party, Shares New Single “Real Romantic”

Published

2 days ago

November 13, 2026

Zsela performing live on stage with her name projected behind her

Zsela is opening the door to The Party, her new album out February 19 via Nice Life, and the first welcome is “Real Romantic,” a new single out now ahead of her November 19 headline show in Los Angeles.

Brooklyn-born, LA-based artist Zsela announces her new album, The Party, out February 19th via her newly-signed label partner Nice Life. Alongside the announcement, Zsela is also sharing a new single from the project, “Real Romantic”, the second offering from her forthcoming album following “Kinda Guy”, which Pitchfork praised as embodying an “open-ended, dreamlike economy” in Zsela’s songwriting that suspends the listener amidst limitless possibilities. Zsela will also be hosting a headlining show in LA at 2220 Arts + Archives on November 19th.

The new track is produced by Zsela, Zack Sekoff (Tinashe, Dijon, Mk.gee, Vince Staples) and Daniel Memmi (Beyoncé, Leven Kali, Mahalia), who also wrote the song together. “Real Romantic” opens the album with a distinct moment of sonic dissonance – a buzzing synth flourish acts as the opening of a portal, with the aching of a chamber door and the din of a bustling crowd beckoning you into the titular Party. Like its predecessor “Kinda Guy”, the new single pokes at distinct images and sensory memories, like the flutter of a wind chime or a honking car horn, prodding the listener like harkening back to an almost-forgotten memory while Zsela refuses to let the romance fade into the night.

Zsela first established the depth of her artistic practice through her standout debut EP Ache of Victory (2020) and subsequent debut album Big For You (2024), hailed by the likes of The New York Times, Vogue and CULTURED. Her work as a musician has always been intentionally elusive, provoking a conversation with open-ended questions about the nature of love and human connection. She works through those questions in real time, expressing herself through dynamic arrangements and the immersive nature of her performance, which she’s brought to acclaimed stages like Carnegie Hall and the Natural History Museums of New York and Los Angeles respectively.

With The Party, Zsela stripped her production and songwriting to its most bare, essential and honest. In her creative partnership with producer extraordinaire Zack Sekoff, the pair crafted most of the album together in a makeshift studio, devoid of any pretense and centered solely on the music. There are additional contributions from Zsela’s larger musical community, including Daniel Aged, Dijon and Nick Weiss. This new album serves as an amorphous vessel for memories, ideas, experiences and emotions to be shared, with the universality of the stories of these songs leaving room to have meaning ascribed to them by whoever sets foot into The Party.

Hear “Real Romantic” above and see below for more information on The Party.

Upcoming Live Dates

11/19 – Los Angeles, CA @ 2220 Arts + Archives

The Party is out February 19, 2027 via Nice Life.

The Party Tracklist:

1. Real Romantic
2. Track 2
3. Track 3
4. Kinda Guy
5. Track 5
6. Track 6
7. Track 7
8. Track 8
9. Track 9

Tyla Opens North America Leg of The A*POP World Tour in Wheatland

Published

2 days ago

November 13, 2026

We Speak Media

Tyla performs live on stage during the opening night of the North America leg of The A*POP World Tour at Hard Rock Live in Wheatland, California

Tyla launched the North America leg of The A*POP World Tour last night at Hard Rock Live in Wheatland, California, opening with “THAT GIRL” and closing with an encore of “WATER” as her sophomore album A*POP continues its run at the top of the Billboard World Albums chart.

Last night, two-time GRAMMY Award-winning global singer and songwriter Tyla launched the North America leg of her highly anticipated THE A*POP WORLD TOUR at Hard Rock Live in Wheatland, CA. The tour celebrates the release of her highly anticipated sophomore studio album, A*POP, which arrived July 24 via FAX and Epic Records.

Tyla opened the show with “THAT GIRL” before delivering performances of “Jump,” “PUSH 2 START,” “Truth or Dare” and more. The setlist also featured fan favorites and chart-topping hits including, “SHE DID IT AGAIN” and “SHAKE AH”, “CHANEL,” before closing with an encore performance of “WATER.” The production brought the A*POP aesthetic to life, transforming the stage into a vibrant, club-like setting with black lights, neon outfits and bold splashes of paint.

THE A*POP WORLD TOUR continues tomorrow with a performance at Bill Graham Civic Auditorium in San Francisco before making stops in Vancouver, Chicago, Brooklyn, Los Angeles and more. The North America leg concludes on Saturday, December 19 at Fontainebleau Las Vegas. Tyla will then bring the tour to Africa for select performances in Cape Town and Johannesburg early January before supporting Bruno Mars on his Australia and New Zealand dates of The Romantic Tour throughout February and March.

The tour follows Tyla’s 2025 We Wanna Party Tour across Asia and the UAE, which included sold-out performances in Japan. THE A*POP WORLD TOUR marks her first full-scale headline tour spanning North America, Europe, the UK and Africa.

Released July 24, A*POP features 14 tracks, including “CHANEL,” “IS IT,” “SHE DID IT AGAIN” and “IS IT LOVE.” The album is available to stream now at tyla.lnk.to/APOP. The record has already won critical and commercial accolades, debuting at #1 on the Billboard World Albums chart and earning praise from outlets like Pitchfork, who called her a “sexy, infectious, fun new voice” in the pop mainstream.

Tickets and tour information are available at TylaWorld.com.

Tyla, The A*POP World Tour North America Dates

Thu Nov 12 — Wheatland, CA — Hard Rock Live
Fri Nov 13 — San Francisco, CA — Bill Graham Civic Auditorium*
Sun Nov 15 — Vancouver, BC — Doug Mitchell Thunderbird Sports Centre
Tue Nov 17 — Seattle, WA — WAMU Theater @ Lumen Field
Fri Nov 20 — Denver, CO — Fillmore Auditorium
Sun Nov 22 — Chicago, IL — Aragon Ballroom
Wed Nov 25 — Boston, MA — MGM Music Hall at Fenway
Thu Nov 26 — Toronto, ON — Coca-Cola Coliseum
Sat Nov 28 — Brooklyn, NY — Brooklyn Paramount
Sun Nov 29 — Brooklyn, NY — Brooklyn Paramount
Wed Dec 2 — Washington, DC — The Anthem*
Sat Dec 5 — Tampa, FL — Yuengling Center
Sun Dec 6 — Atlanta, GA — Coca-Cola Roxy
Wed Dec 9 — Irving, TX — The Pavilion at Toyota Music Factory
Thu Dec 10 — Houston, TX — 713 Music Hall
Fri Dec 11 — Austin, TX — Moody Center
Mon Dec 14 — Phoenix, AZ — Arizona Financial Theatre
Tue Dec 15 — San Diego, CA — Viejas Arena
Wed Dec 16 — Los Angeles, CA — YouTube Theater
Sat Dec 19 — Las Vegas, NV — Fontainebleau Las Vegas

Tyla, The A*POP World Tour Africa Dates

Mon Jan 4 — Cape Town, South Africa – Green Point Track*
Fri Jan 8 — Johannesburg, South Africa – Expo Centre, Nasrec*
Sat Jan 9 — Johannesburg, South Africa – Expo Centre, Nasrec*
*Non-Live Nation Date

About Tyla

In an era where niche culture has taken priority over monoculture, two-time GRAMMY® winner TYLA has ascended to true and unequivocal global superstar status. With A*POP, asserted and fully aware of her presence in pop music, she presents a project that refuses containment or dismissal. It’s confrontational, candid but fun, and spills authenticity rooted in where she’s from: a country that has always spoken in more than one musical language. Through this language, she reveals her range not just as an African artist, but as a global pop star with an entire world behind her.

TYLA’s journey got off to a historic beginning in 2024, when she won her first GRAMMY® Award, and made Billboard chart history with the three-time RIAA® Platinum smash hit “WATER,” and the release of her seminal debut albums, TYLA and TYLA+. The set produced another Hot 100 and GRAMMY®-winning hit, “PUSH 2 START,” and sent seven songs to the U.S. Afrobeats chart, including two no. 1s. The campaign made TYLA the highest-charting African female soloist on the Billboard 200. With her highly-anticipated second go-round, A*POP, TYLA picked up where she left off. “CHANEL,” one of the album’s standout singles, was an immediate pop sensation. It topped the U.S. Afrobeats chart and earned over 150 million video views, while TYLA’s follow-up effort, the Zara Larsson-assisted, Y2K-inspired “SHE DID IT AGAIN,” became a disruptive moment, and amplified TYLA’s commitment to the pop star realm. “IS IT LOVE?,” the album’s third single, earned TYLA her record fourth no. 1 on the Billboard U.S. Afrobeats chart. A*POP is available now.