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born 1995 Nigeria
Temilade Openiyi (born 11 June, 1995), known professionally as Tems, is a Nigerian singer, songwriter, and record producer. She rose to prominence after she was featured on Wizkid's 2020 single Essence, which reached the top ten of the Billboard Hot 100 after the release of a remixed version with an additional feature from Justin Bieber, and earned her a Grammy Award nomination.
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I can understand, when it's the speaking.
The more power the people have, the greater we become as a whole.
“I think it’s important to be real with yourself and the people around you.”
It is about showing people they can be who they are truly, without the masks and pretenses. You are a human being, and you can find yourself.
I don’t want to be somebody that follows; I don’t want to be the ‘after’ person.
Everything happened organically. The fact that so many people resonate with it makes me feel really good. I'm happy they can feel it.
I had a show the night before, so on Friday I was just sleeping the whole day.
When did I realize I was blown? When I got a DM from RiRi.
It’s not necessarily people, it’s really just a system. But once you’re an artist you’re not really an artist, you’re an entertainer – your life is entertainment for people. It’s a system of distraction.
I used to write poems a lot – I’ll just sit down and write things I’m feeling, and it’ll come out so poetic, even if I’m just talking about breakfast.
I was very naive. I didn’t know that people lie, I didn’t know that people didn’t write their own songs. Music has always been my expression of how I felt. It’s always been my life.
When I see any one of you gracing a stage, I feel like that’s me. We’re all winning and we’re about to move in like a tsunami… know that love lives on this side. As we show the world how it’s done.
I got exposed to a couple of studios, and I met a few producers and started seeing the process of music being made. It made me question, “What is this?” I’d been only exploring piano and guitar at the time, and now you’re telling me I can do more than I’m already doing?
I love, love, love guitars and chords. I like things that are based on the instruments I originally learned—violin, flutes. I like things that sound raw and pure. When it comes to drums, I like them very percussion-heavy and in my own way. I enjoy hard kicks and tight snares.
It was just really crazy. I couldn't believe it. I still can't believe it. That was when I realized things have actually changed.
It was just very easy, it wasn't something I had to try for. So I understood music to be my thing and no matter what it was going to take, I had to end up in it.