For one of many largest performances of her profession, Tems known as on one of many largest stars pop stars within the enterprise — Justin Bieber.
The Nigerian singer-songwriter and producer delivered a set at Coachella 2024 on Sunday evening (April 14), and introduced out the large weapons in Bieber and Wizkid, who each stepped onto the stage for a efficiency of their hit “Essence.”
Followers had been warned. “Coachella! I’m too exciteddd I’ve a shock tonight,” she wrote earlier on X.
Initially launched in 2020 and recorded with Bieber and fellow Afrobeats star Wizkid, “Essence” was a real slow-burner, impacting Billboard’s charts 9 months after its launch. Tems would reign over Billboard’s R&B/Hip-Hop Airplay in September 2021 with “Essence,” making historical past alongside the way in which. “Essence” additionally cracked the Billboard Scorching 100, and would enter the highest 10 (peaking at No. 9), changing into the primary Afrobeats music to take action.
Bieber is not any stranger to smashing chart information. At 27, the Canadian pop singer grew to become the youngest solo artist in historical past to notch 100 songs on the Billboard Scorching 100, a feat he reached in 2021.
The “Keep” singer has saved a comparatively low profile since June 2022, when he revealed his prognosis with Ramsay Hunt syndrome, with one facet of his face experiencing “full paralysis.” On Sunday evening, he confirmed no sick results as he glided across the Coachella stage. Watch under.
Bieber’s efficiency will certainly ship Beliebers right into a frenzy, and renew hope for extra stay dates within the wake of his well being issues, which contributed to the cancelation of his 2022 Justice World Tour.
That pleasure lifted a gear earlier within the yr, when Bieber carried out a shock quick set of classics and up to date hits at Drake’s 2,500-capacity downtown membership Historical past and, earlier, hinted at new music to come back.
Tems was Billboard’s 2024 Ladies in Music Breakthrough recipient, telling reporters forward of the occasion: “I actually wish to use this chance to say to all the ladies within the room, on the planet, that it doesn’t matter what you’re going by means of, it’s best to know you’re not alone. So even while you’re unhappy, even while you’re indignant, there’s somebody that’s indignant, too. So uplift all people round you as a result of they want that such as you and any individual’s there for you,” she concluded her speech. “It’s the ladies that acquired the ladies, belief me.”
She beforehand informed Billboard, “all people simply known as me Temi. No one actually known as me by my full title. It wasn’t one thing that was on my thoughts. It’s solely now, as an grownup, that I began realizing that it meant ‘the crown is mine.’ I feel that’s actually highly effective. It feels manifested, based mostly on how my life has gone.“
Tyler, the Creator, Doja Cat and Lana Del Rey are main the pack as this yr’s headliners for the 2024 Coachella Valley Music and Arts Competition. This weekend is the primary of two weekends of Coachella 2024, held within the Southern California desert.