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Grammy-winning singer, Temilade Openiyi aka Tems, has hinted at pursuing another career in the movie industry in the future.

The Oscar-nominated diva said she would love to play single-mum roles in movies.

Tems, who was raised by a single mother in Lagos, disclosed this in a recent interview with BBC Capital Xtra London.

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She said: “I’m ready to act in movies. Not ready right now but I’m already good at acting.

“The first character I would love to play is a single mum. It doesn’t need to be struggling. It could be like a fun single mum or a single mum that has mysteries. A gangster.”

Nigeria’s rising songstress Temilade Openiyi aka Tems has expressed that making music is spiritual.

The singer-songwriter made this known during an interview on Apple Music 1 to discuss embracing a spiritual state while recording her new song ‘ME & U.’

 She said, “So funny thing is I actually created this in 2021. It was around the time I shot the video for ‘Essence,’ and when I heard it, I just went into a trance and I was having a conversation with God about…”

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Continuing, she said, “I’m not sure what it was, I was just in a trance, and I didn’t remember what I had done until I recorded it, but it really was just about the conversation surrounding commitment and faith. I think when you create anything, period, you’re tapping into something spiritual because you’re creating something from nothing. I think music is very spiritual no matter what it sounds like, no matter where it’s from, no matter whether it’s acknowledged or not. I think music always has an energy and I just want to be as honest as I can in my music.”

 In February, Tems bagged her first Grammy awards for her collaboration with American music stars Future and Drake.

Like Burna Boy, Grammy award-winning Nigerian artist Temilade Openiyi aka Tems has made negative headlines with a recent interview she granted American rapper Kendrick Lamar, saying that there was nothing spiritual about Nigerian music that she could connect to.

She said she pursued classic RnB instead of Afrobeats because she was more familiar with this type of music associated with artists like Celine Dion. According to her, she wanted to make a difference by producing music that would touch souls and connect with people.

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Many music lovers did not find her statement funny and took several shades at the singer.

An angry Femi Eseku said: “Once some of these silly artists reach a global stage, especially in the USA, they somehow jamtalk. I guess there is a systemic agenda to use some of our supposed best to deride our continent. Whizkid and Davido have done too much positive inspiration to amass the black race under one platform that they are now encouraging this type of trash talk from Burna Boy and now this nitwit called Tems to unbalance what has been done so far. Many may not see this. Why do they talk rubbish only to western based media?”

 In the same vein, Olayemi Israel said: “I don’t just know why these artists always mistalk. Must they say something to belittle us at the world stage seeing we are taking over the music scene all over the world.”

Multi-award winning Temilade Openiyi aka Tems has denied saying Nigerian music lacks “spirituality”.

A blog had alleged that the singer in her recent interview with American rapper, Kendrick Lamar, stated that she couldn’t connect with Nigerian music because it “sounded so plain and basic, and there was nothing spiritual about it.”

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“When I listen to Nigerian music, it sounded so plain and basic, and there was nothing spiritual about it that I could connect to”, Tems tells Kendrick Lamar in a recent interview on Intertwine.”

Tems reacting said: “FAKE NEWS!!!! Y’all are smelling fr, agenda must agenda Eyama!!”