What do Tems and Bukayo Saka have in common? Apparently, a studio session at Abbey Road and something that is landing very soon.

Arsenal shared a video of the two at the legendary Abbey Road Studios in London with just two words as a caption — “Landing soon” — and that was all it took for the internet to completely unravel. A footballer and one of Nigeria’s biggest music exports, together in the same room where The Beatles once recorded, working on something nobody saw coming. We have questions, and we suspect the answers are going to be very good.

The video opens with Tems in the recording booth, hair in long voluminous curls, dressed in a dark oversized zip-up fleece jacket with a yellow graphic pattern over a lime-green top. She moves through the studio with the ease of someone who has spent a lot of time in rooms like this, warmly greeting her collaborators and welcoming them into the space. Saka showed up in the Arsenal Terrace Icons Track Top in deep burgundy with white Adidas three-stripes running down the sleeves and the Arsenal crest sitting on the chest.

The clip captures the early moments of what looks like a proper creative session — a musician’s hands moving across an M-Audio keyboard, audio cables spread across a red patterned rug. Tems sets the tone from the start, asking Bukayo, “I’m pressing record now. Are you ready?” before turning to the room and delivering: “Welcome to Abbey Road. Where the magic really happens. Let’s try something out.”

The comments came in fast and they came in loud. “The Trophy song is getting ready.” “We are so here for this!!” “Tems and Arsenal. Oh God.” Nobody is pretending to be patient about this, and we do not blame them one bit.

Whatever is coming, it is coming soon. And we will be right here waiting.

 

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Martin Zubimendi is officially a Gunner! The Spanish midfielder has joined Arsenal on a long-term deal after 236 appearances for Real Sociedad, where he rose from academy talent to first-team mainstay. But what makes this unveiling even more exciting isn’t just the transfer, it’s the sound and soul behind it.

The announcement video by Arsenal opens with a shot of Zubimendi walking through a dimly lit tunnel, the kind of entrance that says something is brewing. Then the music kicks in. An original jazz composition, laced with rhythm and texture, begins to pulse beneath the visuals. It was composed by British-Nigerian drummer and Ezra Collective bandleader, Femi Koleoso.

If the name sounds familiar, it should. Femi is not only a celebrated jazz drummer and musical director for Jorja Smith, but he also leads Ezra Collective, the Brit Award-winning quintet known for fusing afrobeat, calypso, reggae, hip-hop, and jazz. The group, which includes bassist TJ Koleoso, keyboardist Joe Armon–Jones, trumpeter Ife Ogunjobi, and saxophonist James Mollison, was born out of the iconic Tomorrow’s Warriors jazz programme and has continued to reimagine what British jazz can sound and feel like.

Their recent single, “God Gave Me Feet for Dancing,” was selected by Barack Obama for his 2024 summer playlist. In 2025, they made history by becoming the first jazz band to win “Group of the Year” at the Brit Awards.

The video closes with Zubimendi standing tall as the words “And this one starts at the centre” fade in. In the final shot, Femi Koleoso walks over to embrace him with a warm, brotherly hug and says, “Welcome to north London, my guy.”

“Truly an honour to score the music and film this alongside the family at Arsenal,” Femi later shared on his Instagram.

 

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