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2025 single by Tyla

“Chanel” is a song by South African singer Tyla. Originally intended for inclusion on her second extended play, WWP, the track was instead released as a stand-alone single on 24 October 2025 through FAX and Epic Records. “Chanel” features production by Ian Kirkpatrick and P2J, both of whom additionally contributed to the songwriting, alongside Tyla, Douglas Ford, and Bardriia Bourelly.

Commercially, “Chanel” reached the top 20 in Malaysia, the Philippines, Singapore, and the UAE, and the top 30 in Nigeria and South Africa. On the Billboard Global 200, “Chanel” became Tyla’s highest charting song since “Water” (2023), reaching number 44.^[3] Lyrically, the song is about Tyla wanting to be treated like luxury by her lover. The song’s accompanying music video sees Tyla “dancing, posing and strutting” while she wears vintage Chanel clothing.^[4] She first performed the song live in full during the We Wanna Party tour in Tokyo on 11 November 2025.^[5]

Background and release

At an exclusive fan listening event in Berlin in July 2025, Tyla unveiled two songs, “Dynamite” and “Chanel”. Both were originally intended for inclusion on her second extended play (EP), WWP,^[6] which was described by Tyla during an interview with Variety in August 2025, as “a bridge to the album”.^[7] The EP was released on 25 July 2025, and featured “Dynamite” as a collaboration with Wizkid, but did not include “Chanel”.^[8][9]

During her set at the Global Citizen Festival on 27 September 2025, in Central Park, New York, Tyla once again shared a preview of the song.^[10][11] On 15 October 2025, Tyla announced on social media that “Chanel” would be released as a single on 24 October 2025, and shared a pre-save link.^[11] The song’s music video was released on the same day,^[12] and features Tyla wearing vintage Chanel clothing from the “early 1990s to the mid-2010s”, styled by Ron Hartleben.^[13]

Composition

“Chanel” is an upbeat Afrobeats song, with elements of Amapiano. In an interview with Vogue, Tyla described the song lyrically as “not only about spoiling me; it’s about being treated like luxury [and] being the gift”.^[14] Chris DeVille from Stereogum described “Chanel” as having a “hypnotic hook” and a “skittering beat”, with the track having “contagious energy”.^[15]

Controversy

American rapper Yung Miami, formerly of City Girls, took to X (formerly Twitter) to accuse Tyla of stealing her song.^[16] She stated: “This girl really ran off with my song, and I don’t know how to feel about it. Mind you, I played this song for her”, accompanied by thinking emojis, before adding, “I’m confused!”. Fans commented that Yung Miami had delayed releasing her own version of the song, to which she responded, “Don’t matter it’s my mf song!!!” She also mentioned that she had played the track for Tyla.^[17] Tyla did not respond to the claims through a public response on social media or through her representatives.^[18]

Commercial performance

On the Billboard Global 200, “Chanel” peaked at number 44, becoming Tyla’s highest charting entry since “Water” (2023).^[3] In the United Kingdom, “Chanel” debuted at number 81 on the UK Singles Chart for the chart week ending 27 November 2025.^[19] The following week, it rose to a new peak of 68.^[20] In Switzerland, the song debuted at number 97, and rose to number 65 the following week.^[21] Elsewhere, “Chanel” debuted at number 95 and peaked at number 40 in Australia,^[22] and peaked at number 70 in Canada.^[23] In the United States, “Chanel” debuted at number 17 on the Billboard Bubbling Under Hot 100 for the chart week ending 6 December 2025.^[24]

In the Philippines, “Chanel” debuted at number 24 on the Philippines Hot 100,^[25] and number 20 on the Official Philippines Chart.^[26] In Malaysia, “Chanel” became Tyla’s first entry on the Billboard Malaysia Songs chart, where it debuted at number 16.^[27] In South Africa, “Chanel” reached number 25 on the Official South African Chart, and in Nigeria the song reached number 29 on the TurnTable Top 100 chart. Additionally, “Chanel” became Tyla’s third number one on the
Billboard US Afrobeats Songs chart,^[28] and her seventh number one on the UK Afrobeats Singles Chart.^[29]

Credits and personnel

Credits were adapted from Apple Music.^[30]

Musicians

Technical

Charts

References