Tems has released the heartfelt new single ‘Love Me Jeje’ – inspired by Nigerian legend Seyi Sodimu.‘Love Me JeJe’ is Tems’ first single of the year and will appear on her highly anticipated debut studio album, ‘Born In The Wild’.
The song was solely written by Tems and was produced by GuiltyBeatz (WizKid, Burna Boy) and Spax (Oxlade, Show Dem Camp). The track interpolates the 1997 Nigerian classic of the same name by Seyi Sodimu.The song features the 28-year-old singing “Love me JeJe, love me tender” – a lyric from Sodimu’s original version.
In addition, she tells a sweet tale about being in love: “If not you, then I don’t wanna know, I don’t want no story / Day and night, it’s unconditional, got mе livin’ softly.”She first teased the new song during her debut Coachella set earlier this month, which also saw Justin Bieber and WizKid join her on stage to perform their Number One hit ‘Essence (Remix)’.
Tems later tweeted that the song is “a tribute” to Sodimu and pays homage to the Grammy Award winner’s childhood and upbringing.Sodimu has since shown support for Tems interpolating his song.
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