Like many loving mothers, Témìládè Openiyi’s mom prophesied that her daughter would be extraordinary. She had imagined her baby girl on a more traditional path (college, office job) as she reared her, but when Témìládè – whose name means “The crown is mine” in Yoruba – decided instead to remake …
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Welcome to ourweeklyrundownof the best new music — featuring big new singles, key tracks from our favorite albums, and more.This week, Sabrina Carpenter begs her lover not to embarass her in a synthy, twangy follow-up to “Espresso,” Charli XCX side-eyes her own ubiquity on a hyper-pop earworm, and Tems invites …
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Tems brought an expansive live band along with her to record an episode of NPR’s Tiny Desk concert series. The musician performed a five-song set, highlighting tracks from her forthcoming LP, Born in the Wild, with the help of five musicians and three backup vocalists. The Nigerian singer-songwriter kicked things …
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Tems brought a sunset to late-night during her recent performance on The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon. The Nigerian singer and songwriter mixed together a medley of her latest single “Love Me JeJe” and the unreleased song “Born in the Wild” from her highly-anticipated debut album Born in the Wild, …
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Tems has mapped out her Born in the Wild World Tour in support of her upcoming, much-anticipated debut album. In addition to the tour dates — her first world tour — the Nigerian singer also revealed her Born in the Wild cover art as well as cemented a June 7 …
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Tems is her own director and go-to karaoke artist in the music video for her latest single, “Love Me Jeje.” The record, which interpolates Seyi Sodimu’s 1997 Nigerian hit of the same name, is set to appear on the musician’s highly-anticipated debut album Born in the Wild. Sodimu appears in …
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Tems is officially back with a new song, “Love Me Jeje,” which marks the first single from her eagerly-anticipated debut album, Born in the Wild, out next month. “Jeje” means “softly” or “gentle” in Nigeria, and Tems leans into that feeling withtender lyrics and a guitar-flecked groove: “If not you, …
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Tems and Wizkid didn’t need no other body during a performance of their hit collaboration “Essence” at Coachella on Sunday evening. Still, Tems sweetened the deal for her audience at the Mojave tent with a special appearance from Justin Bieber, who appeared on a remix of the record in 2021. …
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Tems has finally announced her long-awaited debut album, Born in the Wild, which his set to arrive in May. The Nigerian artist shared a short trailer for the LP, which appeared to feature a snippet of the album’s title track. The lyrics find Tems meditating on her new global superstar …
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Following amapiano beats with your body is like watching a streetcorner shell game, or playing tennis with a rogue ball launcher — more surprising, sexy, and fun than standard 4/4 club bangers. South Africa’s signature groove for roughly a decade, the Soweto-bred slowed-down house music hybrid swiftly went pan-African because …
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