Tems goes to the studio for one thing and one thing only.
The singer opened up about wearing “baggy” clothing to the studio. During a recent interview with Korty EO she explains she wears loose clothing to avoid men sexualizing her.
“I used to not always like my body, crazy as it seems,” Tems said. “I just didn’t understand a lot of things; I was going to a lot of studios alone, meeting people I never met, meeting people I don’t know, they don’t know me. I want to learn how to produce, maybe I’ll be producing for people because of my objective, which is I just want to make music. I don’t really care about politics, I just want to learn.”
“If me being attractive is disturbing you and stopping me from achieving my goal, I am going to help you,” Tems said. “So when I go to the studio, I wear baggy clothes and I’m in my alpha mode because I want you to not be seduced by me.”
She continued: “I’m not going to be like ‘Oh it’s your choice.’ Yes, it’s your choice if you want to be seduced but [let’s work]. Most of the time it works because they can tell she’s just here to work, and we work,” Tems said.
Her studio etiquette is clearly working as she just made history. She is now the highest charting female Nigerian artist in Billboard 200 history as her album “Born in the Wild” debuts at #56 selling 16,500 units first week.