Did You See Tyla’s Giant Traveling Tiger Around NYC?
It’s been a busy week for pop music: Charli XCX hosted a listening party Upstate, and Tyla celebrated the deluxe edition of her self-titled debut album in NYC.
How did the South African singer mark the occasion, you ask? Oh nothing too extraordinary — just a giant tiger venturing up and down the streets of Manhattan on October 10th. Ironically, the animal’s journey began at The Met, where the singer stole the show the first Monday in May in 2024 at the Met Gala. That’s where she sported an ultra-difficult dress that required her to be carried up the venue’s stairs.
Tyla’s latest Upper East Side venture is slightly different than that LOL moment this past spring, but it’s still equally intriguing.
Tyla’s “Find the NYC Tyga”
The album drop, which is slated for Friday, October 11th, obviously called for something unique, which is why the artist’s team decided to send the wild animal sculpture on a scavenger hunt. @tygerprint, the artist’s Instagram community page, wrote, “A Tyger is on the loose in NYC 
follow along on Tyla’s broadcast channel to see where the Tyger is heading [Thursday].”
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If you happened to have been traveling in the lane next to the tiger, rest assured there was no accident at the zoo — it was all part of the plan. Did you catch it?
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The up-and-coming singer, who earned the Grammy Award for Best African Music Performance this year, wants to do more than create fun aesthetics to accompany her music. She’s trying to represent her South African roots.
“We’ve come a very, very long way,” Tyla said of South African musicians when speaking to The Los Angeles Times. “But we’re also not quite there yet. No matter how amazing our music has been, our culture has never really had that type of platform before. The Grammys doing that was a huge moment for everyone. But I feel like it’s just the beginning of something amazing for the continent.”
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