Yavuze ko mu ntangiriro z’umwuga we byari bigoye gukundwa akaba yarishyuzwaga ibintu byinshi. Yagize ati: “Nasanze buri gihe hari igiciro cyo kwishyura. Hari ibintu byinshi nagombaga kwishyura, kandi amahitamo yari make.”
Afropop imaze gukundwa ku isi yose, ariko ni injyana ikigaragaramo cyane abagabo. Abahanzi bazwi cyane muri iyi njyana, bazwi nka “Big Three” – Burna Boy, Davido na Wizkid – bose ni abagabo, mu gihe abagore nka Tiwa Savage na Yemi Alade bagaragaza inzitizi bahura nazo ziriho ihohoterwa rishingiye ku gitsina.
Mu ntangiriro z’uyu mwaka, Tems yasubije ku bitekerezo bibi by'abamwibasiye kubera umubiri we, byagiye ku mbuga nkoranyambaga nyuma y’aho amashusho y’indirimbo ye yashyizwe kuri X.
Yagize ati: “Ni umubiri gusa, nzagenda nongera cyangwa ngabanye ibiro. Sinigeze mpa ibanga umubiri wanjye, sinigeze ntekereza ko ngomba kwerekana cyangwa guhakana. Iyo abantu batishimira umubiri wanjye, biramfasha cyane.”
Tems yavuze ko yifuza “guhindura uburyo abagore bibona muri muzika” binyuze mu mushinga we The Leading Vibe Initiative, ugamije gufasha abakobwa bakiri bato muri muzika muri Afurika.
Yavuze ati: “Ndabizeza ko igihe nzagera ahantu nshobora gukora byinshi, nzashyiraho uyu mushinga kugira ngo norohereze abagore kubona amahirwe, kugera ku basomyi benshi no gutsinda.”
Uyu mushinga watangijwe kuwa Gatanu mu mujyi Tems akomokamo, Lagos. Hatanzwe amahugurwa, amasomo yihariye n’ibiganiro bigamije gufasha abahanzi kongera ubumenyi no kubaka imikoranire.
Mu nama yagiriye abakobwa bashaka kwinjira muri muzika, Tems yavuze ati: “Ni ingenzi kumenya icyo ushaka kuri wowe, icyo kirango cyawe kivuga, imipaka yawe. Ni ibihe udashaka gukora kubera izina, n’ibihe witeguye gukora?”
Tems, wamamaye mu ndirimbo nka Love Me Jeje na Free Mind, yibukije ko gukunda umuziki ari ngombwa ku muntu wifuza kwinjira mu ruganda rwa muzika. Ati: “Si buri wese uririmba ukunda muzika. Ntabwo izina ari cyo cyatuma nkora umuziki; naba nkiri mu kabyiniro ka jazz ku mugoroba w’ejo ku wa Gatanu.”
Tems amaze kugera kure: amaze imyaka 5 akora mu ruganda rwa muzika nyuma ya EP ye ya mbere, yakoranye n'ibyamamare nka Beyoncé na Rihanna, ndetse afite abumva indirimbo ze miliyoni 17 ku kwezi kuri Spotify, kandi yitabiriye ibitaramo mpuzamahanga.
Mu kwezi gutaha, azashyigikira itsinda ry’abongereza Coldplay mu bitaramo byabo muri Wembley Stadium mu Bwongereza.
Intsinzi ya Tems ishingiye ku kuba “umwimerere” no “kuba wihariye”. Ati: “Nubwo abantu bakubwira guhindura umuziki cyangwa uburyo ukora, urareba ukavuga uti: ‘Oya.’ Niba byari gusobanura ko ntazashyirwa muri label, nta kibazo.”
Umuziki si wo wenyine Tems akunda – ni n’umufana w’umupira w’amaguru kandi vuba aha yaguze imigabane 50% mu ikipe ya San Diego FC muri Amerika. Yagize ati: “Sinigeze ntekereza gutunga cyangwa kugira uruhare mu ikipe y’umupira w’amaguru.”
Uyu mushinga we muri San Diego umuha icyizere ko “abantu bashobora kugira ubutwari bwo gukora ibintu abantu batigeze batekereza ko bishoboka.” Yavuze ati: “Ntabwo ntekereza ko ndi umuririmbyi gusa cyangwa umuhanzi gusa. Ndi byinshi kurenza ibyo.”
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Temz amaze gutsindira Grammy Awards ebyiri
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