In Love Me JeJe, Tems pays tribute to Sodimu

It’s nary quality that Nigerian singer, Temilade Openiyi, amended known with the signifier sanction Tems, has had a meteoric emergence to occurrence successful caller years pursuing her debut EP For Broken Ears that arrived successful 2020 and a follow-up project, If Orange Was a Place, which came successful 2021.

The Grammy grant victor has released her highly anticipated single, Love Me Jeje, a caller mentation of the classical by singer-songwriter, Seyi Sodimu, who released the archetypal mentation featuring Shaffy Bello successful 1997. Tems performed the song, singing the chorus to an excited assemblage aft announcing her upcoming album, Born In The Wild, was done and connected its way.

Inspired by a beloved opus of the aforesaid sanction and released by Nigerian singer-songwriter Seyi Sodimu successful 1997, Tems archetypal previewed the opus astatine her debut Coachella acceptable held past period with Sodimu himself thrilled and penning connected Instagram: “This made my day.”

“The beauteous happening astir euphony is that it transcends generations and connects america done time. Shout retired to Tems and her team, and congrats connected a fantastic Coachella performance,” helium added, whilst sharing the video of the show connected his handle.

The connection ‘Jeje’ successful Yoruba parlance loosely means ‘gentle’ oregon ‘softly’, and successful the song, Tems shares the joyousness of being loved implicit a sunny guitar groove. “If not you, past I don’t wanna know, I don’t privation nary story; time and night, it’s unconditional, got mе surviving softly; emotion maine JeJe, emotion maine tender,” she sings.

Recall that Tems gave a archetypal sensation of what’s to travel from her medium past twelvemonth with the singles Me & U and Not an Angel, and she’s complementing with the latest portion of the project.

Reputed for her sensual euphony and dance, the well-endowed vocalist roseate to prominence aft being featured connected Wizkid’s 2020 azygous Essence, which peaked astatine No.9 connected the Billboard Hot 100 illustration pursuing the merchandise of the remix mentation with Justin Bieber.