BEAUTY CORNER
By Chinazam Ikechi-Uko
Tems by Bettencourt.
Afrobeats has become one of the most in-demand music genres of the 2020s, garnering Grammy nominations, being on movie soundtracks, blasting in clubs around the world and influencing Western and Eastern musicians. So the annual April music festival Coachella’s 2024 lineup being a Can you spot the Afrobeats singers comes as no surprise. What happens at Coachella stays at Coachella; but for TikTok, it is less about what happened on the Coachella stage and more about what stayed on it– Tems makeup.
The Grammy-winning and Oscar-nominated Afrobeats singer, Tems, whose full name is Temilade Openiyi took to the Mojave tent at the Coachella Valley Music Festival. She performed several songs including the 2020 hit track, Essence, a feature with renowned Afrobeats singer, Wizkid. The song broke numerous records and its remix included music juggernaut, Justin Bieber.
The Coachella performance reunited the trio as they rocked the desert stage. In a black shimmering V-neck top matched with a high-waisted black sequenced long skirt, the 28-year-old delivered an energy-filled set which had the audience roaring in applause.