Tyla’s Backstage Moments at the MTV VMAs: From Getting Low With Ciara to Meeting Busta Rhymes

• South African musician Tyla had a few memorable backstage moments at the MTV VMAs that have gone viral
• She attended the 2025 MTV Video Music Awards (VMAs) at the UBS Arena, Elmont, New York, on Sunday
• From getting low with Ciara in the #LowChallenge to meeting rapper Busta Rhymes, she looked like she had a time

Multi-award-winning musician Tyla made a few viral moments at the 2025 MTV Video Music Awards (VMAs), where she won an award. The ceremony took place at the UBS Arena, Elmont, New York, on Sunday, 7 August 2025.

The star trended alongside singer Ciara as they partook in the #LowChallenge. She also got to meet Lifetime Achievement Award recipient rapper Busta Rhymes, and their photo also went viral. It looks like our girl had a time.

American Twitter mocked Tyla's outfit at the award ceremony, further fuelling their beef wth the Push 2 Start singer.

This is how some fans reacted:

@the4thguy_ gushed:

"One is ageless, the other is ageing nicely. Melanin don't crack."

@_mojiSOL stated:

"Ciara acting like she's passing the R&B torch when Tyla don’t even want it."

@LadySkollie pointed out:

"Perfect example of South Africans dancing vs everywhere else and why we say never sweat is the goal."

@Kenziexbb praised:

"Ciara's got a heart of gold."

@paccbwoi202 stated:

"Tyla is mid, but God bless though."

@nemo_hoes183 mocked:

"Ciara be out here moving and talking to people like she’s an icon."

@Plutonium_Decay joked:

"The fight we were having here was dismissed with immediate effect."

@Space2556 asked:

"What about the heat though?"

@ItsStony247 mentioned:

"So beautiful. @hattiemdurant Ciara has 4 kids and is still in excellent shape and condition, if it was up to Russell, they’d have 5 or."

@GgV0gue shared:

"Love this, because the way everyone is trying to pit Ciara against Tyla because of her latest music release was soooo foolish... meanwhile, the two women are so supportive of each other and not competing AT ALL."

@buhlehun said:

"I can’t wait for their song x."

@frank29517231 gushed:

"Ciara just cannot be compared to these artists. I hope her and Chris Brown can do that Michael Jackson tribute. The world deserves to see it."

Tyla spills tea on her record label

In a previous report from Briefly News, Tyla recently got real about her record label pressures.

The singer, in a magazine interview, spoke about how overwhelmed she felt when Water became a global hit, adding that her label forced her to make bubblegum music, which went against what she truly loved doing.

“[Those songs] didn’t feel like me at all. I remember being in my hotel room, and my managers were calling me, ‘Come down, we need to cut the song.’ I was crying and thinking, ‘This is not what I want. I didn’t get signed to do this.’ They had to [coax] me out of that room. But I think that through doing that, I realised how much more I love African music. It made me more persistent in keeping my ideas.”

Source: Briefly News