Grammy-winning Afrobeats sensation, Tems, has revealed that she would likely be found in a classroom teaching Mathematics or balancing financial ledgers as an accountant had her music career not taken flight.
The “Me & U” crooner made this disclosure during an interactive question-and-answer session with her followers on the microblogging platform, X.
Responding to a curious fan who inquired about her potential career trajectory if the music industry had not embraced her, Tems candidly stated that her aptitude lay in numbers, pointing to a life in academia or finance as her likely alternative.
This revelation offers a glimpse into the intellectual depth of the singer, who actually transitioned from the corporate world to the creative arts.
Before capturing global attention, Tems worked as a digital marketer, a role she resigned from in January 2018 to pursue music full-time. That bold leap of faith yielded immediate fruit with the release of her debut single, “Mr Rebel,” just months later in July 2018. Since then, her trajectory has been nothing short of meteoric, cemented by her breakout feature on Wizkid’s 2020 global anthem “Essence,” which peaked at number 9 on the Billboard Hot 100 following a remix with Justin Bieber, effectively ensuring she never had to return to the classroom or the office cubicle.