Tems, the Nigerian singer, has revealed that Beyoncé, Rihanna, and Drake reached out to her within a three-day span in 2020
The 29-year-old songstress spoke about her journey to
stardom in a recent interview with BigBoy TV.
Tems said Beyoncé’s team reached out, followed by direct
messages from Drake and Rihanna.
The Grammy winner described the experience as “surreal,”
adding that it felt like “I was dreaming”.
“When I met Wizkid, I
had only three songs. We recorded ‘Essence’ in 2019, it came out in 2020 and I
released my EP during the pandemic,” she said.
“I didn’t imagine that I would become this big thing. We did
‘Essence’ and things started going off. I started getting messages. Beyoncé
reached out in 2020 and my mind was blown. I was like God, what’s going on?
“Because I lived alone throughout the whole time I was in
school and when I had a job, I was alone and I was really to my thoughts a lot.
“Beyoncé’s team
reached out and I got DMs from people that I looked up to. Other artistes like
Drake and Rihanna. These are people that influenced culture very much so for
the past 10 years or more. These are people that are very respectable in the
industry.
“I was in Nigeria when I got their messages. I was in my
house alone when I got everything. In fact I got their messages within three
days of each other.
“It felt like something crazy was happening, like it wasn’t
real and I was dreaming. I felt like I was being pranked.”
Born Temilade Openiyi, Tems gained popularity in 2020,
courtesy of her collaboration with Wizkid, the Afrobeats singer, on the song
‘Essence’.
The same year, she released her debut extended play (EP)
titled ‘For Broken Ears’.
In 2022, Rihanna collaborated with Tems, who contributed to
the writing of ‘Lift Me Up’, the celestial ballad for the ‘Black Panther:
Wakanda Forever’ soundtrack.
Tems has received several awards and broken several records.
Last year, the songstress won her first-ever Grammy award
for her role in ‘Wait for U’, the 2022 hit song by Future featuring Drake.
On June 7, Tems delivered ‘Born In The Wild’, her debut
album. Her song ‘Love Me Jeje’ recently made the summer playlist of Barack
Obama, the former US president.
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