By Taiwo Okanlawon
Grammy-winning Nigerian singer, Temilade Openiyi, popularly known as Tems, has postponed the release of the video of her hit song, ‘Burning’ off her debut album ‘Born In The Wild’ earlier scheduled to drop today.
In a statement shared via her X handle, the Oscar-nominated diva explained that the decision was in respect of the ongoing nationwide protest.
She also lent her voice to the protest against bad governance, saying that the voice of the people should be heard.
Tems wrote: “Out of respect for the on going protest at home [Nigerian flag emoji], I have decided to postpone the release of ‘Burning’ music video.
“Praying for the safety of those outside at this time. May the voice of the people be heard.”
Tems recently unveiled the tracklist for her highly anticipated debut album titled ‘Born In The Wild’, scheduled 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.
