Dave Announces Collaboration with Tems on Next Album

Dave's highly anticipated third album, The Boy Who Played The Harp, drops this Friday, October 24. The British rapper has officially confirmed it will feature a collaboration with Afrobeats star Tems.

The news of this massive pairing first broke with a London billboard campaign, instantly igniting fan excitement and speculation. The collaboration had been hinted at earlier by Tems herself. In an interview with Craig Mitch, the singer called the potential pairing "mad" and confirmed, "Definitely Dave. Dave is the realest," before revealing they had already been working together in the studio.

NEW DAVE × TEMS COLLAB 🤩

OUT ON FRIDAY OFF DAVE'S NEW ALBUM@CraigxMitch really manifested it 🤣👏🏽 pic.twitter.com/7RRIxlPe2k

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This collaboration unites two of contemporary music’s most influential voices. Dave, a Mercury Prize-winning artist celebrated for his poetic lyricism and critically acclaimed work like We're All Alone In This Together, is one of the UK’s most prominent rappers. He is joined by Tems, who brings her powerful Afrobeats and soul-infused presence, having already gained global recognition through features with stars like Drake and Beyoncé.

Fans are eagerly anticipating this cross-continental fusion as one of the standout moments on Dave's third studio album, The Boy Who Played The Harp. With the project dropping this Friday, October 24, the Tems feature—which was first confirmed via London billboards—is already a guarantee to be one of the album’s most talked-about highlights.THE ALBUM DROPS NEXT FRIDAY 👏🏽 pic.twitter.com/7HpDldMdhh

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