Tems is wrapping her surprise EP Love Is A Kingdom with Is There A Reason, the closing track that dropped today, November 21, 2025, via RCA Records and Since ’93, and it feels like that quiet moment after a storm, her voice rising over sparse strings and guitar like a prayer you didn’t know you needed to hear.
Tems has this gift for turning vulnerability into something sacred, and this one captures it perfectly. She produced it almost entirely on her own, co-creating with LA’s V-Ron to keep things stripped back—no big beats, just lilting falsetto and subtle backing that lets the emotion breathe. It’s got that alté soul she owns, blending R&B warmth with Nigerian roots in a way that echoes her debut Born In The Wild from last year, but softer, more inward. The lyrics wrestle with love’s unanswered questions, that ache of wondering why it didn’t lift you higher or why it took so long to find your own air. It’s raw, like a diary entry set to music, tying the EP’s themes of self-worth and healing into one final exhale.
Love Is A Kingdom isn’t a full album but a tight seven-track exhale, clocking in at just 19 minutes of soulful introspection. It kicks off with the confident First, rolls through devotion on tracks like Lagos Love and Mine, and builds to this closer that leaves you reflecting. The whole thing explores love as this vast, sometimes cruel kingdom—powerful, spiritual, full of mixed feelings—without needing guests to shine. It’s her most concise work yet, like she’s clearing space after the wild ride of her debut.
Tems is in such a strong place right now, fresh off Grammy nods for Born In The Wild and those sold-out shows where her voice fills rooms like it’s effortless. At 30, she’s moved past the breakout buzz of Essence features into owning her sound completely, turning personal storms into songs that feel universal. This EP shows her settling into that maturity, less about proving anything and more about the peace that comes after.
X is already full of fans sharing those falsetto clips over sunrise walks, calling it the perfect end to a project that snuck up and stole the day. If Mine was the spark, this is the glow that lingers.
Dive into the Is There A Reason lyrics below and unpack its raw narrative. Don’t miss other Love Is A Kingdom tracks for more of Tems’ soulful grace.
Lyrics of Is There A Reason by Tems
[Intro]
Ah-yeah, Oh
[Verse 1]
There’s A Reason, There’s A Feeling In Me
I Was Gone, I Can Finally Breathe
There’s A Dream That I Always Still
Was To Find, Find Myself In You
[Pre-Chorus]
And All I Have, All My Emotion
And All You Do, Show Me The Truth
I Said “I Do”, Now, I’ve Been Grasping
[Chorus]
Oh-ooh, Ooh, Is There A Reason?
Why Didn’t You Love Me Like This?
Tell Me The Story
Why Didn’t You Raise Me Up? Up High?
[Verse 2]
If There’s, There’s A Reason For You To Be Born
There’s A Reason, Oh, You Are Never Alone, No
Test It Out, Please, Test It, So You Don’t Get Confused
‘Cause There’s A Spirit In Me, And A Spirit In You, Oh
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