Tems reveals she wrote ‘Me & U’ in a conversation with God

Nigerian singer Tems, who won a Grammy award, has revealed that she entered “a different world” while composing ‘Me & U’, her new single.

The singer dropped ‘Me & U’ – her first song in two years – earlier this month.

She told BBC1Xtra in a recent interview that she was “talking to God” when she came up with the lyrics for the song.

She also said that she wanted to direct the video for the song to show “God being with me from when I was a child in every version of me”.

“I blacked out into a different world where I am really expressing my soul. And it was only after that we heard it,” she said.

“I was free-styling, I was just having a conversation with God. In my mind this is what I want, just ‘Me & U’. I don’t really want anything else.

“I just closed my eyes, and I was like ‘what do I want?’ and I just started writing the treatment.

“I want to be looking out on the water because I went to the water to talk to God as if I went there to have that conversation.

“And the whole video is really about God being with me from when I was a child in every version of me. God taking me through every single thing and blossoming into who I am meant to be at the end.

“For like six hours I was there on water and I was really giving him my all. I had not slept. I was like fainting with my eyes wide open.”

Tems also spoke about her success, saying that she only dreamed of “being in a jazz band” as a singer.

“I was like, if you can just sing for people in a lounge, I will be happy. Every single thing that is happening now is just beyond my wildest imagination,” she said.