A 2023 interview Tyla did with Apple Music has just resurfaced online, and Nigerians are reacting like it dropped yesterday. In the clip, the South African Grammy winner was asked which celebrity she would most have liked to take her to prom. Her answer? Rema would be cute.
And just like that, three years later, the internet is in shambles.
The interviewer clearly remembered something the rest of us haven’t forgotten either — Tyla and Rema were photographed together back then, and the internet turned it into a full-blown scandal. Tyla laughed about it in the same interview: “That was so dramatic. After that situation, I realised Hollywood vibes — you can’t trust everything you see, because that looked like a scandal. Even I started believing, hey, what’s happening over here?”
Then came the cleanup: “But yeah, just friends. We’re just friends.”
Tyla's 2023 comment naming Rema her dream prom date has resurfaced
So here’s where we stand. She thinks he’s cute. She’d let him take her to prom. She’d entertain a date. But they’re just friends. And the clip is from 2023, which means this energy has been sitting in the archive this whole time, waiting for the right moment to detonate.
What makes the resurfacing messier is the timing. It’s been a rough year on the Nigeria front for Tyla — she dropped Lagos from her tour after backlash over anti-migrant tensions in South Africa, then quietly added Nigerian star Bloody Civilian to her European lineup as a peace offering.
@applemusic Which artist would you want to bring to prom? 🪩 #Tyla #Rema #MusicOnTikTok
Now this old clip is floating around, and suddenly the conversation has shifted from boycotts to “so is something happening with Rema or not?”
