1st June, 2024
By Taiwo Okanlawon
Grammy-winning Nigerian singer Temilade Openiyi, also known as Tems has unveiled the tracklist for her highly anticipated debut album titled ‘Born In The Wild’.
The ‘Love Me Jeje’ crooner took to social media on Thursday to share the tracklist for the music project to be released on June 7.
In the 18-track album, Tems enlists Asake, the Afrobeats star and J. Cole, the US rapper.
The tracks in the album consist of ‘Born In The Wild’, ‘Special Baby’, ‘Burning’, ‘Wickedest’, ‘Love Me Jeje’, ‘Get It Right’, ‘Ready’, and ‘Gangsta’.
Other tracks are ‘Unfortunate’, ‘Boy o Boy’, ‘Forever’, ‘Free Fall’, ‘Voices In My Head’, ‘Turn Me Up’, ‘Me & U’, ‘T-Unit’, ‘You In My Face’, and ‘Hold On’.
Tems had previously put out two songs off the album — ‘Me & U’ and ‘Love Me Jeje’.
The singer released her self-produced debut single ‘Mr Rebel’ in 2018 and then followed it with ‘Try Me’, her 2019 hit song.
Tems had earlier revealed how a “serious illness” forced her to delay the release of her debut album.
Though she did not specify what type of illness she battled, Tems said she had to undergo surgery and a six-month recovery phase.
“Being a warrior is about not giving up. Even if they cut your leg, you walk on your knees, you fight on your knees using what you have and that’s good enough,” she said.
In February 2023, the songstress won her first-ever Grammy award.
She bagged the ‘Best Melodic Rap Performance’ category for her role in ‘Wait for U’, the 2022 hit song by Future featuring Drake.
In March, the singer was honoured with a ‘Breakthrough Award’ at the 2024 Billboard Women in Music Awards.
Tems’ highly anticipated debut album ‘Born In The Wild’ will be released onthe 7th of June.
The singer released her self-produced debut single ‘Mr Rebel’ in 2018 and then followed it with ‘Try Me’, her 2019 hit song.
Tems started to gain popularity in 2020, courtesy of her collaboration with Wizkid on the song ‘Essence’.
In the same year, she released her debut extended play (EP) ‘For Broken Ears’.
The singer will also be kicking off her world tour immediately after the release of the album, starting in Europe on June 12 and wrapping up in Australia on November 15.