Tems continues her breakout year with a live performance of an array of records for NPR Music’s Tiny Desk (Home) concert series. The Nigerian R&B singer delivered the intimate showing from Lagos with live drums, guitar, keys, and bass.
Tiny Desk Concerts is a video series of live concerts hosted by NPR Music
NPR Music’s Tiny Desk (home) concerts, bringing you performances from across the country and the world. It’s the same spirit — stripped-down sets, an intimate setting — just a different space.
From an elegant performance space in Lagos, Nigeria, Temilade Openiyi, aka Tems, adorns hues that recall the title of her latest EP, If Orange Was a Place.
Wizkid’s Tems-assisted hit record “Essence” became one of 2021’s biggest breakout songs and the soundtrack of the summer, making chart history for both artists.
She also joined Drake on Certified Lover Boy, one of the year’s highest-selling albums, for “Fountains,” beyond the aforementioned EP of her own.
She is currently nominated for Best New Artist at the 2021 Soul Train Awards, among a handful of other nominations for the song “Essence.”