Asides making beautiful music, Tems also has a knack for compelling lyricism that is a skill possessed by a few in this industry.
Tems lyrical writing is like she’s tracing fault lines in the earth—each word cracks open a story, raw and resonant. On her debut album Born in the Wild, released June 7, 2024, the Nigerian artist stitches her Lagos roots into a global soundscape, wielding lyrics that bite with truth and bleed with feeling.
Her storytelling cuts through noise, turning personal battles—love, doubt, defiance—into anthems that echo far beyond her…