Grammy-winning Nigerian singer, Temilade Openiyi, popularly known as Tems, has revealed that jumping out of a plane was the most dangerous thing she has ever done.
In an interview with Elle, Tems said she thought she was dying at some point, wondering why she decided to do it.
The “Me and You” crooner mentioned that her uncle and cousin had convinced her about having a skydiving experience.
The interviewer had asked her: “What’s the most dangerous thing you’ve ever done?”
Her response: “The most dangerous thing I’ve ever done is jump out of a plane.
“I don’t even know how high, but I went skydiving once.
“And I think for a second I was like: ‘Am I dying?’ I don’t know who sent me to do this. I don’t know why I decided to do this but here I am falling.’
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“My uncle convinced me and my cousins to jump.
“I was like: ‘Wow! So cool. Daredevil.’
“And then we got into the plane and I was like I will just stay in the plane and they said I can’t.
“They pushed us out.”
Tems has been nominated for an award at the 66th Grammy Awards for her the soundtrack used for a movie: “Black Panther: Wakanda forever.”