Tems stopped by The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon last night (March 31) to perform “What You Need” from her 2025 EP Love Is a Kingdom. She sang the ballad while a band backed her up from behind a fringe curtain. You can check that out below.

Love Is a Kingdom dropped in November of last year. Tems wrote, composed, and produced the EP almost entirely on her own. She released her last full-length, Born in the Wild, in 2024, and won Best African Music Performance at the 2025 Grammy Awards for the album’s single “Love Me JeJe.”

Revisit the track review of “Big Daddy” from Love Is a Kingdom.