Tems accepts the Breakthrough award at Billboard’s Women In Music 2024.
Tems:
I love you too. Oh my goodness. First of all, my heart hasn’t stopped beating for the past 30 minutes and my earring dropped. And I know, we’re all supposed to give speeches, I actually wrote one but forgot it everything completely.
One thing that is uniquely special to me is that I’m in a room full of amazing women, and I’m standing with a with a continent behind me, I’m standing with the people behind me. And it makes me feel like I’m part of something just being in this room. I want to dedicate this award to my mom, who is the first woman I ever met. And she really inspired me that no matter what you’re going through, that shouldn’t give you a reason not to champion everybody around you and I really want to use this opportunity to say that like to all the women in the room, in the world, that no matter what you’re going through, you should know you’re not alone. So even when you’re sad, even when you’re angry, there’s someone that is angry too. So uplift everybody around you because they need that like you and somebody is there for you. And I think it’s really important that we have each other. I know it’s corny to say, you know, support each other but it’s true. We we don’t have anybody else but ourselves. I mean, it’s the women thats got the women, trust me so thank you so much to my team. Thank you, God. Thank you to my family, my fans. Thank you, to my supporters. Thank you to everybody in this room for just being amazing and all the women that are here and being strong and God bless you all.
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