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Jorja Smith’s 2026 has made room for Walsall’s creative community
From Wesley Joseph’s ‘July’ feature to The Blue Lights Choir’s appearances, Jorja Smith’s year has connected major stages with collaborators closer to home.
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Tems navigates the cost of ambition and fame on 'Burning', a track that moves between personal doubt and hard-won conviction. The song opens with the disorientation of sudden visibility, then pivots inward, asking whether she has the strength to hold her own convictions against the machinery around her. She settles on release: letting go of past wounds, searching for clarity, refusing to be rushed into the games that define the industry. The refrain "Guess we're all burning" becomes the song's moral centre, a recognition that everyone caught in this world is aware of its corruption, yet complicit in it. Tems doesn't offer escape; instead she testifies to her own belief in herself, a small but defiant anchor. The production, handled alongside GuiltyBeatz, sits somewhere between introspection and propulsion, matching lyrics that move from uncertainty to a kind of earned self-knowledge.
"Burning" is a track by Tems, from the album Born in the Wild, released 5th June 2024. The track is 2:55 long. It's filed under R&B/Soul. Full lyrics are available below. Dork has published 9 articles about Tems.
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A 2027 world tour lands at The O2 in London next July.
Mayfair dinner precedes her first UK festival headline at All Points East.
Jorja Smith releases her third album on the morning of the show, co-headlines with Tems in the evening, and fills the rest of the day with her own label’s roster. The fammily business is doing alright.
P2J produces throughout, with Devlin re-recording his 'London City' verse for 'This City'.
Pair joined 15 high school-aged girls for a session led by teaching artist Darkhoneeey.