"Love Me JeJe" interpolates Seyi Sodimu's 1997 hit song "Love Me Jeje", which also features vocals by Shaffy Bello.[9][10] On 22 April, Tems announced that the song would be released on 25 April, and performed it for the first time during her Coachella 2024 set. "Love Me JeJe"[11] was released after she announced that her debut studio album, Born in the Wild, would be out in May.[3][2] Tems told Apple Music 1 that the song originated during a freestyle session she had with friends and that one of them interpolated Sodimu's "Love Me Jeje". Tems loved the original track and chose to include it in her recording.[12]Pitchfork said the song fuses Afrobeats with R&B.[6]
Music video
Prior to releasing the official music video for "Love Me JeJe", Tems made a visualizer for the song and uploaded it to YouTube on 26 April 2024. The official music video premiered on 3 May 2024. She directed the official video and filmed it at various locations across Lagos; the video serves as an ode to her hometown.[13] In the video's opening scene, Tems is shown having fun with her friends at a karaoke bar. Later, she is seen singing and dancing in the streets of Lagos while riding a tricycle and standing in a moving truck. The video also features evening scenes of the singer dancing with friends at a party. Moreover, it contains footage of Tems singing the song's bridge with Sodimu.[14][15]
↑Rolling Stone Staff (3 December 2024). "The 100 Best Songs of 2024". Rolling Stone. Archived from the original on 4 December 2024. Retrieved 5 December 2024. ...Tems' "Love Me JeJe" is inspired by a radically different Nigerian hip-hop song of the same name (a 1997 tune from Seyi Sodumi)
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