Tinashe Recalls Feeling Starstruck When Christina Aguilera Used ‘Nasty’ in a Video: ‘I Screamed’

Tinashe is cleaning up with her hit “Nasty,” from chart success to celebrity praise. And in a new interview with People, the 31-year-old star opened up about all the good things the track is sending her way, including a bucket-list shout-out from Christina Aguilera.

When asked about how A-listers have been posting videos set to “Nasty” on social media, Tinashe revealed which person’s use of the song has made her the most starstruck: “Christina Aguilera, for sure.”

“She was a hero of mine growing up,” Tinashe added of Xtina, who paired a fierce OOTD video with “Nasty” on Instagram last month. “Her and Britney [Spears] were absolute queens when I was younger. So I think just having that co-sign was pretty epic. I screamed.”

At the time, Tinashe ecstatically commented on Aguilera’s post: “OMFGGGGGGGGGH”

After 10 years in the industry and several Billboard Hot 100 entries via collabs with Spears, ScHoolboy Q, Kid Ink and Usher, the Kentucky-born singer finally earned her first solo hit on the chart with “Nasty” earlier this month. So far, the song has peaked at No. 62.

“It’s just so exciting,” Tinashe, whose new single “Getting No Sleep” dropped Friday (June 28), said of the feat. “I feel like every day, it gets better, and so I’m just trying to live in the moment because it’s still going up. It’s still peaking in streams. It’s just climbing and climbing and climbing. At first, I was waiting for the other shoe to drop, but I’ve evolved past that, and now I’m just enjoying it, having so much fun and being so excited.”

“I mean, it’s pretty f—ing fun,” she added to the publication. “It’s exciting. I never expected that this record would just pop off like this, so that’s very much fun. I’m having a great summer so far, to say the least.”