Aliyah's Interlude

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| name = Aliyah's Interlude

| image = Aliyah's Interlude Brooklyn 2024, after performance.png

| alt =

| caption = Bah in 2024

| birth_name = Aliyah Bah

| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|2003|05|10}}

| birth_place = Atlanta, Georgia, U.S.

| occupation = {{hlist|Influencer|rapper|actress}}

| years_active = 2020–present

|module = {{Infobox musical artist

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| genre = {{hlist|Pop|rap}}

| label = RCA Records

| instruments = Vocals

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| page_display_name = Aliyah's Interlude

| page = aliyahsinterlude

| followers = 2.9 million

| likes = 235.8 million

| stats_update = June 13, 2025

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Aliyah Bah (born May 10, 2003), known professionally as Aliyah's Interlude, is an American influencer and rapper. After starting her TikTok account in 2020, she became popular on the platform in 2022 for her fashion aesthetic, which became known as AliyahCore online. Her debut single, "It Girl", was released in 2023 and went viral on TikTok.

Life and career

Aliyah Bah was born on May 10, 2003,{{Cite tweet |user=aliyahInterlude |number=1391616419834499072 |title=IT'S MY BIRTHDAY BITCHES😩😋}}{{Cite tweet |user=mefeater |number=1656312736735789056 |title=Happy 20th Birthday to the beautiful @aliyahInterlude 💕}} in Atlanta, Georgia, and raised in Fayetteville. Her parents are Sierra Leonean immigrants who opened a clothing recycling business upon moving to the United States.{{cite web |last1=Diallo |first1=Habi |title=Aliyahcore is everywhere thanks to this Atlanta TikToker |url=https://www.dazeddigital.com/fashion/article/59936/1/aliyahsinterlude-bah-tiktok-aliyahcore-alternative-mowalola |website=Dazed |access-date=October 28, 2023 |language=en |date=9 June 2023}}{{cite web |last1=Rogue |first1=Emma |title=Aliyah's Interlude Fun Facts💘🤩 |via=YouTube |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kpAIEuIV4RE |access-date=February 15, 2024 |format=YouTube Shorts |date=December 5, 2023}} Her mother, Zainab Kadie Bah, also worked at a hair salon. Bah began thrift shopping at age 15 and has stated that she was bullied for her clothing style in high school.{{cite web |last1=Garcia |first1=Sandra E. |title=Meet the Woman Responsible for #AliyahCore |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2023/05/18/style/aliyahcore-y2k-aliyah-bah.html |website=The New York Times |access-date=October 28, 2023 |date=May 18, 2023}}

While a freshman at Georgia State University, Bah began posting GRWM videos on TikTok in 2020 during the COVID-19 pandemic. She became known on the platform for her maximalist,{{cite web |last1=Schade |first1=Alessandra |title=Y2K Darlings Keltiey and Emma Rogue Get Thrifty Together |url=https://www.papermag.com/keltiey-emma-rogue-need |website=Paper |access-date=October 28, 2023 |date=March 15, 2023}} "cute-but-tough"{{cite web |last1=Pometsey |first1=Olive |title=Aliyah's Interlude on pimple patches and loving her dark skin |url=https://theface.com/beauty/aliyahs-interlude |website=The Face |access-date=October 28, 2023 |date=March 14, 2023}} style inspired by Harajuku fashion and Y2K fashion,{{cite magazine |last1=Mendez II |first1=Moises |title=Aliyah's Interlude on 'It Girl' |url=https://time.com/6333935/aliyah-bah-tiktok-it-girl-song/ |magazine=Time |access-date=November 12, 2023 |date=November 10, 2023}} consisting primarily of pink items, Hello Kitty memorabilia, belts, fur, boots, garters, bikini tops,{{cite web |last1=Sessoms |first1=Janelle |title=How I Shop: Aliyah Bah, AKA Aliyah's Interlude |url=https://fashionista.com/2024/02/aliyah-bah-aliyahcore-fashion-style-interview |website=Fashionista |access-date=March 8, 2024 |date=February 28, 2024}} leg warmers, earmuffs, miniskirts, necklaces, and fishnets, which she dubbed "AliyahCore" in late 2022.{{cite web |last1=Victoria |first1=Kenyatta |title=Aliyahsinterlude Shares How To Make Your Outfit Aliyahcore |url=https://girlsunited.essence.com/article/aliyahsinterlude-aliyahcore-fashion/ |website=Girls United |access-date=October 28, 2023 |date=October 24, 2023}}{{cite web |last1=Noella |first1=Williams |title=For Aliyah Bah, #Aliyahcore Is Only The Beginning |url=https://www.nylon.com/life/aliyah-bah-aliyahs-interlude-tiktok-aliyahcore-interview |website=Nylon |access-date=October 28, 2023 |date=April 19, 2023}}{{cite web |last1=Gomez |first1=Jade |title=AliyahsInterlude Wants to Dress the World |url=https://www.papermag.com/aliyahsinterlude-aliyahcore |website=Paper |access-date=October 28, 2023 |date=April 21, 2023}} Her tweet featuring a picture of her wearing a bikini and Moon Boots together also went viral in November 2022.{{cite web |last1=Victoria |first1=Kenyatta |title=Aliyah Bah Talks Her Viral Bikini And Boots Look: 'If Nobody's Hating On You...You're Not Popping Like You Think You Are' |url=https://girlsunited.essence.com/article/aliyah-bah-viral-boots-feature/ |website=Girls United |access-date=October 28, 2023 |date=December 16, 2022}} By November 2023, the hashtag #Aliyahcore had over 400 million views on TikTok.

As a model, Bah made her runway debut at Mowalola's Autumn/Winter 2023 show during London Fashion Week in February 2023 and later walked the runway at Dominnico's Autumn/Winter 2023 show in May 2023 for Barcelona Fashion Week.{{cite web |last1=Subair |first1=Eni |title=Aliyah Bah Is The Viral Creator Dressing Lizzo And Rico Nasty You Need To Know |url=https://www.elle.com/uk/fashion/a43919648/aliyah-bah-interlude-interview/ |website=Elle |access-date=October 28, 2023 |date=May 20, 2023}} In September 2023, she appeared in the music video for Doja Cat's song "Agora Hills".{{cite web |last1=Victoria |first1=Kenyatta |title=Aliyahsinterlude Is Entering Her Pop Star Era With Debut Single 'It Girl' |url=https://girlsunited.essence.com/article/aliyahsinterlude-debut-single-it-girl/ |website=Girls United |access-date=October 28, 2023 |date=September 29, 2023}} Also that month, she self-released her debut single, "It Girl". The house-pop song quickly went viral on TikTok, where it soundtracked more than 912,000 videos by November 2023.{{cite magazine |last1=Zellner |first1=Xander |title=10 First-Timers on Billboard's Charts This Week: Marc Rebillet, Aliyah's Interlude, Brigitte Calls Me Baby & More |url=https://www.billboard.com/music/chart-beat/billboard-10-first-timers-marc-rebillet-aliyahs-interlude-brigitte-calls-me-baby-1235454209/ |magazine=Billboard |access-date=October 28, 2023 |date=October 25, 2023}} Her follow-up singles, "Fashion Icon" and "Love Me", were released in February and June 2024, respectively.{{Cite web |date=2024-02-21 |title=Aliyah's Interlude Debuts New Style Anthem 'Fashion Icon' |url=https://girlsunited.essence.com/article/aliyahs-interlude-new-song-fashion-icon/ |access-date=2024-02-22 |website=Girls United |language=en-US}}{{Cite web |title=DJ Mustard, Travis Scott And Ice Spice Top This Week's Rap-Up Replay |url=https://www.rap-up.com/2024/06/21/rap-up-replay-new-music-from-mustard-travis-scott-and-more/ |access-date=2024-06-25 |website=Rap-Up |language=en-US}} She was also included on TikTok's Black Visionary Voices list for 2024.{{cite web |last1=Portée |first1=Alex |title=Exclusive: Here are the creators on TikTok's 2024 Black Visionary Voices list |url=https://www.today.com/popculture/tiktok-2024-black-visionary-voices-list-rcna135768 |website=Today |access-date=February 25, 2024 |date=January 30, 2024}} She made her acting debut playing a high schooler in FX's comedy television series English Teacher, which premiered in September 2024.{{cite web |last1=Cuby |first1=Michael |title='English Teacher' Is the Hilarious Gay Workplace Sitcom TV Needs Right Now |url=https://www.them.us/story/english-teacher-fx-comedy-brian-jordan-alvarez-review |website=Them |access-date=September 6, 2024 |date=August 29, 2024}} Also that month, she released her single "Moodboard".{{cite web |last1=Fofana |first1=Oumou |title=New Music Friday: Megan Thee Stallion, LL COOL J, Lola Brooke, and Laila! Drop Straight Heat |url=https://www.bet.com/article/mko21c/new-music-friday-ll-cool-j-lola-brooke-laila-drop-straight-heat |publisher=BET |access-date=October 14, 2024 |date=September 6, 2024}}

Personal life

Bah has referred to Grace Jones, Vivienne Westwood, Zendaya, and Avril Lavigne as her biggest style icons. She has also named Issa Rae and Keke Palmer as influences. {{As of|2023}}, she lives in New York City.{{cite web |last1=Rajagopal |first1=Mekala |title=Aliyah Bah Tells Us the Official Definition of "Aliyahcore" |url=https://www.interviewmagazine.com/culture/aliyah-bah-tells-us-the-official-definition-of-aliyahcore |website=Interview |access-date=October 28, 2023 |date=September 27, 2023}} She is pansexual.{{cite web | last=Cornish | first=Ricky | title=Aliyah's Interlude comes out as pansexual & says she 'loves the gays' | website=Yahoo Entertainment | date=2024-04-02 | url=https://www.yahoo.com/entertainment/aliyahs-interlude-comes-pansexual-says-185141713.html | access-date=2024-07-07}}

Discography

=Singles=

==As lead artist==

class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center;" \|+List of singles, with selected chart positions ! scope="col" rowspan="2" \| Title ! scope="col" rowspan="2" \| Year ! scope="col" colspan="5" \| Peak chart positions ! rowspan="2" \|Album
scope="col" style="width:2.5em;font-size:90%;"\| US Bub. {{cite magazine\|url=https://www.billboard.com/charts/bubbling-under-hot-100-singles/2023-11-04/\|title=Billboard Bubbling Under Hot 100: Week of November 4, 2023\|magazine=Billboard\|access-date=October 31, 2023}} ! scope="col" style="width:2.5em;font-size:90%;"\| CAN {{cite magazine\|url=https://www.billboard.com/charts/canadian-hot-100/2023-11-04/\|title=Billboard Canadian Hot 100: Week of November 4, 2023\|magazine=Billboard\|access-date=October 31, 2023}} ! scope="col" style="width:2.5em;font-size:90%;"\| NZ Hot {{cite web \|title=Hot 40 Singles \|url=https://aotearoamusiccharts.co.nz/archive/hot-singles/2023-10-13 \|website=Official New Zealand Music Chart \|access-date=October 29, 2023 \|date=October 16, 2023}} ! scope="col" style="width:2.5em;font-size:90%;"\| POL Stream. {{cite web\|url=https://www.olis.pl/charts/oficjalna-lista-sprzedazy/single-w-streamie\|title=OLiS – oficjalna lista sprzedaży – single w streamie\|publisher=OLiS\|language=pl\|access-date=November 9, 2023\|type=Select week 13.10.2023–19.10.2023.}} ! scope="col" style="width:2.5em;font-size:90%;"\| UK {{cite web \|title=Aliyah's Interlude songs and albums {{!}} full Official Chart history \|url=https://www.officialcharts.com/artist/aliyahs-interlude/ \|website=Official Charts Company \|access-date=October 29, 2023}}
scope="row"\| "It Girl" \| 2023 \| 11 \|\| 77 \|\| 20 \|\| 48 \|\| 57 \| rowspan="6" \|—
scope="row"\| "Fashion Icon" {{small\|(solo or featuring Ayesha Erotica)}} \| rowspan="3"\| 2024 \| — \|\| — \|\| — \|\| — \|\| —
scope="row"\| "Love Me" \| — \|\| — \|\| — \|\| — \|\| —
scope="row"\| "Moodboard" \| — \|\| — \|\| — \|\| — \|\| —
scope="row"\| "Haute Couture" {{small\|(with Rhea Raj)}} \| rowspan="2" \| 2025 \| — \|\| — \|\| — \|\| — \|\| —
scope="row"\| "WTF My Drink @?" \|— \|— \|— \|— \|—
colspan="8" style="font-size:85%;"\| "—" denotes a recording that did not chart or was not released.

class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center;"

|+List of singles, with selected chart positions

! scope="col" rowspan="2" | Title

! scope="col" rowspan="2" | Year

! scope="col" colspan="5" | Peak chart positions

! rowspan="2" |Album

scope="col" style="width:2.5em;font-size:90%;"| US
Bub.
{{cite magazine|url=https://www.billboard.com/charts/bubbling-under-hot-100-singles/2023-11-04/|title=Billboard Bubbling Under Hot 100: Week of November 4, 2023|magazine=Billboard|access-date=October 31, 2023}}

! scope="col" style="width:2.5em;font-size:90%;"| CAN
{{cite magazine|url=https://www.billboard.com/charts/canadian-hot-100/2023-11-04/|title=Billboard Canadian Hot 100: Week of November 4, 2023|magazine=Billboard|access-date=October 31, 2023}}

! scope="col" style="width:2.5em;font-size:90%;"| NZ
Hot
{{cite web |title=Hot 40 Singles |url=https://aotearoamusiccharts.co.nz/archive/hot-singles/2023-10-13 |website=Official New Zealand Music Chart |access-date=October 29, 2023 |date=October 16, 2023}}

! scope="col" style="width:2.5em;font-size:90%;"| POL
Stream.
{{cite web|url=https://www.olis.pl/charts/oficjalna-lista-sprzedazy/single-w-streamie|title=OLiS – oficjalna lista sprzedaży – single w streamie|publisher=OLiS|language=pl|access-date=November 9, 2023|type=Select week 13.10.2023–19.10.2023.}}

! scope="col" style="width:2.5em;font-size:90%;"| UK
{{cite web |title=Aliyah's Interlude songs and albums {{!}} full Official Chart history |url=https://www.officialcharts.com/artist/aliyahs-interlude/ |website=Official Charts Company |access-date=October 29, 2023}}

scope="row"| "It Girl"

| 2023

| 11 || 77 || 20 || 48 || 57

| rowspan="6" |—

scope="row"| "Fashion Icon"
{{small|(solo or featuring Ayesha Erotica)}}

| rowspan="3"| 2024

| — || — || — || — || —

scope="row"| "Love Me"

| — || — || — || — || —

scope="row"| "Moodboard"

| — || — || — || — || —

scope="row"| "Haute Couture"
{{small|(with Rhea Raj)}}

| rowspan="2" | 2025

| — || — || — || — || —

scope="row"| "WTF My Drink @?"

|—

colspan="8" style="font-size:85%;"| "—" denotes a recording that did not chart or was not released.

==As featured artist==

class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center;" \|+List of singles, with selected chart positions ! scope="col" \| Title ! scope="col" \| Year ! scope="col" \| Album
scope="row"\| "Babydoll" {{small\|(Grace VanderWaal featuring Aliyah's Interlude)}} \| 2025 \| {{TBA}}

class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center;"

|+List of singles, with selected chart positions

! scope="col" | Title

! scope="col" | Year

! scope="col" | Album

scope="row"| "Babydoll"
{{small|(Grace VanderWaal featuring Aliyah's Interlude)}}

| 2025

| {{TBA}}

=Guest appearances=

class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center" \|+List of non-single guest appearances, showing year released and album name ! scope="col" style="width:17em;" \|Title ! scope="col" style="width:9em;" \|Other artist(s) ! scope="col" style="width:1em;" \|Year ! scope="col" style="width:17em;" \|Album
scope="row"\| "Angels in Tibet"{{cite web \|last1=Hussain \|first1=Shahzaib \|title=Amaarae Unveils 'Angels In Tibet' Remix EP \|url=https://www.clashmusic.com/news/amaarae-unveils-angels-in-tibet-remix-ep/ \|website=Clash \|access-date=April 22, 2024 \|date=April 12, 2024}} {{small\|(Aliyah's Interlude remix)}} \| Amaarae \| 2024 \| Angels in Tibet (Remix Pack)

class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center"

|+List of non-single guest appearances, showing year released and album name

! scope="col" style="width:17em;" |Title

! scope="col" style="width:9em;" |Other artist(s)

! scope="col" style="width:1em;" |Year

! scope="col" style="width:17em;" |Album

scope="row"| "Angels in Tibet"{{cite web |last1=Hussain |first1=Shahzaib |title=Amaarae Unveils 'Angels In Tibet' Remix EP |url=https://www.clashmusic.com/news/amaarae-unveils-angels-in-tibet-remix-ep/ |website=Clash |access-date=April 22, 2024 |date=April 12, 2024}}
{{small|(Aliyah's Interlude remix)}}

| Amaarae

| 2024

| Angels in Tibet (Remix Pack)