Tyla releases music video for “Breathe Me” shot in Japan

The narrative thread Tyla began falling apart in the music video for her single “Truth or Dare” and continues in the accompanying video for her latest single “Breathe Me.” At the end of the first video, Tyla is speeding off into the night after a long day of being chased in a car by her obsessed ex. At the beginning of the second video, she is hanging out a car window, breathing in the euphoria of an all-night date that she really wants.

“Breathe Me” is time-stamped early in the video, starting the night at 10:47 p.m. in Osaka, Japan. Tyla giggles and smiles blissfully as she walks into a karaoke room. She sings the tender pop record sweetly and serenade-style to her date before holding out the mic for him to join in with some playback improvisation. They spend the rest of the night wandering around the city, stopping at food trucks and going for a late-night 7-Eleven snack. The final time-stamp reads 2:24 a.m.

Both “Truth or Dare” and “Breathe Me” appear on Tyla’s self-titled debut album, released earlier this year. “It’s my introduction, so I wanted to keep it simple: Tyla. Plain and simple, I let people know that I am here. That is who I am. That is what I bring,” the musician said previously Rolling Stone about going to the top with a self-titled album. “I really wanted to make a statement because I think it shows confidence and I'm just ready. I've been working on this for so long. And even though people think I'm just [arrived] a few weeks ago. I've literally been working on it for a very long time.”

And she's making the most of it. While many pop album cycles have come and gone throughout the year, Tyla is on her fifth single from the album. She kicked off 2023 with the viral hit “Water,” which was followed earlier this year by “Truth or Dare” in February, “Art” in April, and “Jump” in May.

“I hope more people tune in and see what we have to offer because we're really taking it to another level,” Tyla added. “I don't think people understand what we're up to. Everything I'm up to and the music and the culture and everything that comes with it… it's bigger than people think.”