Tems may claim to be “Not an Angel” on her latest single, but she sure looked like one on Wednesday night (March 6) when she performed it on Billboard Women in Music.
The Nigerian singer and producer took the stage at the YouTube Theater in Inglewood, California, dressed in a white hooded dress, with smoke billowing beneath her like a long flowing train. “Not an Angel” is one of two singles Tems released last year, arriving two months after “Me & U.” In her Women in Music profile, she assured that her long-awaited debut album is “1,000% out this year.”
Following her performance, Tems accepted the Breakthrough Award from Savannah James, who said the Grammy-winning Billboard Hot 100 No. 1 “Wait for U,” featuring Drake and Tems, is her “personal favorite.” Tems said she had prepared a speech for the evening, but “I've completely forgotten everything,” she admitted before a fan screamed, “You're the best!” and more applause followed. “One thing that's unique to me is being in a room full of amazing women and standing with a continent behind me, standing with the people behind me and it makes me feel like I'm a part of something just being in that room.”
Tems dedicated her award to “the first woman I ever met,” her mother, who broke Yoruba tradition by choosing her daughter's name Témìládè Openiyi — a role usually reserved for the father's side of the family — because “God told me,” Tems' mother explained to For broken ears“Temmyland Intermediate.“
Growing up, “everyone called me Temi. No one called me by my full name. It wasn't something I had in mind,” Tems previously said Advertising sign. “Only now, as an adult, did I begin to realize that it meant 'the crown is mine.' I think it's very strong. I feel like it's manifesting, based on how my life has gone.“
“I really want to take this opportunity to say to all the women in the room, in the world, that no matter what you're going through, you need to know that you're not alone. So even when you are sad, even when you are angry, there is someone who is angry. So lift up everyone around you because they need it just like you and someone is there for you,” she concluded her speech. “The women got the women, believe me.”
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