Tinashe Turns ‘Popstar’ Into a Confident Act on ‘The Tonight Show’

The singer released her latest album, Popstar, in September.

Tinashe stopped by The Tonight Show to perform a stirring medley of her songs “Popstar” and “Melatonin.” The singer opened the set with an anthemic rendition of “Popstar” before raising the energy with “Melatonin,” joined by a group of backup dancers.

Both tracks come from Tinashe’s recent album, Popstar, which arrived in September. She first teased the 16-track album with “Too Easy,” which she debuted at Coachella. Popstar follows Quantum Baby, her album from August 2024, which was part of a trilogy that also includes BB/Ang3l.

“I wanted to create a record that felt very confident and bold in its title, in its taking up space, in its arrival, like announcing that I’m here,” Tinashe told Rolling Stone about Popstar. “Calling the album Popstar, I felt like really claiming a spot for myself. I think that that level of confidence has also created more conversation, perhaps a little more pressure around the whole thing.”

She added, “People have a very narrow understanding of what pop means nowadays, and it’s very clean, it’s very mainstream, it’s very white, and it’s very contrived. It’s nice to question that. There are so many people outside of that binary that do what I would consider pop, and so I’d like to bring those people into the conversation.”

Tinashe will tour in support of the album next spring. The trek kicks off April 14 in Dallas and continues around North America through May 18, concluding with three nights at Shrine Expo Hall in Los Angeles.

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