Tems Claps Back After She Received Backlash For Embracing Her Body On Magazine Cover

ACCRA, GHANA - SEPTEMBER 24: Tems performs on stage during Global Citizen Festival 2022: Accra on September 24, 2022 in Accra, Ghana.
(Photo by Jemal Countess/Getty Images for Global Citizen)
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Tems has a word for the people criticizing her for embracing her body on Dazed Magazine cover.

The ‘Essence’ singer expresses via Twitter, “I don’t know who needs to hear this but I am not your Christian saviour. I didn’t come here to uphold your beliefs about God. I will not fit into this box you try to put me in. I won’t satisfy you in that area please find the person that will. Or ask yourself why you care.”

She continues, “so much growth this year. I’m here for my fans. I have worked so much on myself. It will all make sense when it happens. I started in 2018. Look at what music looks like today. Still Next level coming. I’m just about to start.”

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“I don’t brag because I’m not playing the same game. I don’t need to brag, I am who I am whether you know it or not. It is the house that is built on the solid rock that will withstand the storm. I’m trying to impress myself not you.”

She then went on to say that she is not changing herself for anyone. “I’m gonna show off. You don’t like it? F*ck you from the bottom of my heart.”