Tems returns to the forefront with the release of her new single, “Love Me JeJe,” the second single off the highly-anticipated debut album Born in the Wild taps into the Nigerian word “Jeje,” which translates to “softly” or “gentle,” to add cultural richness to the soft, guitar spotted groove.

The structure for “Love Me JeJe” is inspired by and features an interpolation of Seyi Sodimu’s Nigerian classic track bearing the same name. Revealing the backstory behind how “Love Me Jeje” came to fruition in an interview for Apple Music 1, Tems explains:

I played it and I told my friends, “Yeah, lets all freestyle, take turns. Oh yeah, you do freestyle, you…” So one of my friends did ‘Love Me Jeje’, ‘Love Me Tender’. And then my other friend was just screaming as well. And I was like, “Actually this is a mad vibe. I love this vibe. I’m going to keep this in the song.” And I did my own freestyle and it just was such a cute vibe and I wanted to pay tribute to the actual song ’cause I love that song. My mom loves that song.

Tems is joined by co-producers Ghanaian DJ and producer Guiltybeatz and Nigerian producer Spax, who also worked alongside Tems for the release of “Damages”.