Tinie Tempah: I want to get married

The queue of willing women stretches right around his block but Tinie Tempah has confessed he’s scared of being left on the shelf now his good pal Professor Green has popped the question to Millie Mackintosh.

‘A lot of people around me have women in their lives – example, Pro [Green], Swedish House Mafia – they’re married or in long-term relationships. I don’t want to be that guy who is floating around in limbo,’ the rapper confessed to Guilty Pleasures whilst partying at the Esquire Big Black Book launch on Tuesday night.

The Written In The Stars singer fears getting inspired in between the bed sheets may cause his creativity in the studio to go limp. ‘You feel like it might prohibit you from doing certain things,’ he added, weighing up the pros and cons of relationships, ‘but what you don’t realise is that it settles you so much.’

‘Once you find the right person, your mind can think about so many other things. I need to find someone.’

For now, the sharpest dressed man in the music business said at the fashion bash staged at London’s SushiSamba that his new clothing range is the focus of his creative juices.

The 24 year-old said: ‘I’m getting the new Disturbing London line ready for its second collection.’

And music fans can brace themselves for some ‘amazing-ness’ too, says Tinie.

‘My second album, Demonstration, is finished so I’ll be releasing that in September with the first single in May. It’s three years since the last album, but it’s going to be worth the wait.’

[Originally published Metro Guilty Pleasures 28 March 2013]