Tyla could also be in scorching water.
The South African pop star channeled Britney Spears along with her Coachella 2025 efficiency look on Friday evening, which was impressed by the “Poisonous” singer’s outfit on the MTV VMAs 2001 — or at the very least, that’s what followers assumed.
The 23-year-old wore a inexperienced classic balconette bra from Dolce & Gabbana’s spring 2001 assortment alongside denim cutoffs embellished with beaded fringe and silver security pins, and the similarities to Spears’ getup for her “I’m a Slave 4 U” efficiency 24 years in the past are uncanny.
Spears famously rocked a pink jewel-adorned cutout inexperienced bra and low-rise jean shorts with a butterfly motif and numerous scarfs alongside the waist — created by costume designers Kurt and Bart — and added a yellow Burmese phython as an adjunct for the legendary efficiency.
On Sunday, Tyla set the file straight on X (previously Twitter), denying referencing Spears along with her Coachella outfit. “Love her however I simply thought the outfit was fly…no inspo,” she wrote.
The remark part is heating up, with many followers refusing to consider it was merely a coincidence.
“Do you not know what inspo means?” one wrote. One other stated, “woman you a fraud get out of right here”
A 3rd added,”Um it’s actually an identical tho??”
“Your stylist was in all probability impressed however u thought the outfit was cute,” one commented. A second stated, “Perhaps not you however SOMEONE was impressed!!”
This isn’t the primary time Tyla has nodded to an iconic pop star with an archival high-fashion look.
Final November, for the MTV EMAs 2024 in Manchester London, the “Reality or Dare” hitmaker wore a blue model of a 2000 Roberto Cavalli tiger-printed robe that Aaliyah wore to the MTV VMAs the identical yr it hit the runway.
Intentional or not, we like to see a high-powered reference.
