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18 May 2023

Samsung NXT 2.0 Winner Nyla XO Drops Music Video for ‘Perfect View’

As part of her grand prize, Samsung NXT 2.0 winner Nyla XO was awarded the fund for a music video and our champion filmed a clip for “Perfect View,” the song that she performed in the Original Song round of the competition and at the grand finale in Los Angeles.

TETRIS KELLY:
Samsung NXT 2.0 competition winner Nyla XO unveils the dating-show theme video for her latest single, “Perfect View.”


It would be the understatement of the year to say that things are heating up for singer-songwriter Nyla XO. As a part of her prize for winning the Samsung NXT 2.0 Talent Search competition this past February, the Chicago-based artist and recent Billboard cover star got the chance to create the music video of her dreams for her song “Perfect View.” Shot in Los Angeles, the video is an homage to the three-person dating show format, where Nyla chooses between three potential partners featuring cameos from Nyla’s real-life hubby Hank McDaniel IV as well as yours truly as dating-show host. The video is just as upbeat and bubbly as the song itself. With bright primary colors and set pieces reminiscent of early ’90s pop culture moments. In the video, we see Nyla fall immediately head over heels for McDaniel to the point where she falls into different dream world scenarios with the suitor, involving everything from a picnic to a wedding to an old-fashioned jam session. There’s even a cameo from the Samsung Galaxy Z Flip 4, the phone that Nyla used to win the competition. When it comes time to entertain the idea of her other suitors, it seems like Nyla already has her mind made up on her “Perfect View.”

Check out the full video today on Billboard.com. For Billboard News, I’m Tetris Kelly.

27 Feb 2023

Nyla XO Crowned Samsung NXT 2.0 Winner During Star-Studded Grand Finale

Five months in the making and the Samsung NXT 2.0 competition came to an end, crowning Nyla XO as the winner of the social media driven singing competition. 

On Friday, February 17, finalists Nyla XO, Julian King and Kyn Rose took to the El Rey Theater in Los Angeles to face off against each other in front of a jam-packed crowd of attendees and celebrity judges Natti Natasha, Eric Nam and Tinashe. Billboard’s Tetris Kelly helped spearhead the evening, which was livestreamed for fans on Billboard.com and Billboard Twitter account.

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During the showdown, fans were treated to two rounds from the contestants: the Covers Round and Original Song Round. For the batch of performances, the trio nodded to their challenge creatives by putting their own spin on three Billboard Hot 100 hits: “Golden Hour” by JVKE (Nyla), “Kill Bill” by SZA (King) and “Bad Habit” by Steve Lacy (Rose). Each performance was preceded by the premiere of an intimate mentorship documentary that the contestants filmed with their celebrity mentor: Flo Milli (Nyla), Mariah Angeliq (King) and BIBI (Rose). After a cumulative vote from the judges, in-theater attendees using the Samsung Galazy Z Flip 4 at voting stations and a Twitter poll, Kyn was eliminated from the competition. From there, Nyla and King brought their best as individual acts, performing two original songs, “Perfect View” and “Can We Go Back?” respectively.

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To help crown the winner, inaugural Samsung NXT champ Bronze Avery returned to the stage to help our host and the judges crown the NXT 2.0 winner. Using the same voting mechanism, Kelly pulled out Samsung’s newest Galaxy S23 Ultra to reveal Nyla as the victorious champ of the competition. And it wouldn’t be a grand finale event, without a celebratory selfie at the end of the end of the show.

“I feel so seen in this moment,”  Nyla said in a statement about her win. “I’ve walked away with the validation that people see me, the hard work I’ve put in over the years, my heart when I perform, and how my music makes them feel. To be recognized in this way as an artist is incredible!

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Congratulations to Samsung NXT 2.0 winner Nyla XO, who is going to land on the cover of a special digital issue of Billboard, a meeting with a record label, funding for a music video, and tickets to the 2023 Billboard Music Awards.

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