Grammy-winning Nigerian artist, Tems, disclosed in a recent Elle interview that her most perilous experience involved skydiving, where she found herself compelled to jump out of a plane. 

When quizzed on what the most dangerous thing she’s ever done is, she responded: “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.’”

Despite feeling uncertain and questioning her decision mid-air, Tems shared the daring adventure, recounting how her uncle persuaded her and her cousins to take the leap, transforming what seemed like a cool daredevil moment into a heart-pounding free fall.

In her words: “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.”