Tems Essential

Updated Aug 20, 2026

Tems Essential is a journey through one of Africa’s most distinctive and soulful voices. From moody R&B and alternative soul to Afrobeats and global crossovers, this playlist captures Tems at her most vulnerable, fearless, and magnetic. It’s about love, self-discovery, freedom, heartbreak, and inner strength - carried by a voice and sound that feel deeply personal yet effortlessly global. Thimk Afrosoul, Afropop, and Afrobeats in one person, this is where to get turned in and turned up.