Nigerian singer Temilade Openiyi, better known by her stage name Tems, has disclosed that she has never experienced romantic love.
In a recent interview with Flow With Korty, the 28-year-old singer revealed this. She said that she believes that a person should experience love intentionally and with open eyes, rather than mindlessly.
Despite acknowledging that she has never felt anything for anyone, Tems said she thought someone could mistake infatuation for love. She said,
“I haven’t been in love. “I see you and I still want to be in your life” is more how I define loving someone. You may occasionally irritate me, but you are the one I choose again and again.
“I would like to be in love, to experience something deep but real not blind. I don’t believe that love is blind, I think if you love someone you’re loving them with your eyes open.
“I feel like people get infatuated, and they call that falling in love. If you’re blind, that is not love. Love is when you’ve seen the person, their yansh is open and you’re like ‘I still want it. I still want that.’ I want someone to see my goods and be like, ‘Yeah, give me some of that.” (sic)
The Nigerian singer has become a household name after releasing her hit songs “Damages” and “Found,” the latter featuring Brent Faiyaz.
