Chike unveils new “Pity My Soul” music with SYEMCA, produced by DeeYasso. Listen, stream, buy the track, mp3 download.
The Nigerian singer and actor, born Chike-Ezekpeazu Osebuka in Onitsha, Anambra State, first caught the public ear on Project Fame West Africa in 2015, then again as a finalist on the first season of The Voice Nigeria the following year. His debut album Boo of the Booless (2020) announced a singular voice. The follow-up, The Brother’s Keeper (2022), deepened his reputation. But the thread running through his catalog has always been family. His older brother, Chukwuemeka Chike-Ezekpeazu, performs as SYEMCA, a runner-up on The Voice Nigeria season two who has since carved his own lane with a sound he calls “aria-pop”—a fusion of soulful rhythm and modern pop energy. The brothers first collaborated on the viral 2023 track “Love Egbugomo.” “Pity My Soul” marks their return.
The song is a desperate, unvarnished plea for emotional mercy. Chike opens with his signature melancholic delivery, setting up a tale of unrequited love and emotional exhaustion. The central hook—“Whenever you are not in my corner, I pity my soul”—anchors the entire track. SYEMCA joins with a conversational delivery, their voices rising and falling with an operatic intensity. The production, handled by DeeYasso, relies on a live, soaring string section, grand acoustic piano chords, and a slow, intentional marching percussion beat. The arrangement leaves room for the voices to carry the weight, the instruments swelling only when the emotion peaks. The brothers have an impeccable, flawless sonic alignment, their voices blending so seamlessly it becomes difficult to tell where one’s pain ends and the other’s begins.
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The song arrives amid a swirling public controversy that has placed Chike at the center of one of Nigeria’s most talked-about celebrity disputes in recent weeks. Days before the release, a leaked audio clip published by blogger Cutie Juls alleged a romantic involvement between Chike and Sandra Edoho, the estranged wife of veteran television host Frank Edoho. Chike has not publicly addressed the allegations. His silence has been the subject of considerable online debate. The timing of the release—and the song’s central lyric—has been interpreted by a section of the internet as a veiled acknowledgement of the situation. Chike has maintained complete public silence since the story broke, his only visible activity being an unrelated Instagram story post that was mirrored by Sandra around the same time.
Chike, SYEMCA – Pity My Soul
Produced by DeeYasso
2026-05-19 • 1 song, 2 minutes
2026 Brothers Records / ONErpm
