Wizkid & Brent Faiyaz’s ‘Piece of My Heart’ Single: Stream It Now
Wizkid has partnered with Brent Faiyaz on his new single “Piece of My Heart,” which was launched on Friday (Oct. 18). It’s the lead single from Wizkid’s upcoming sixth studio album Morayo, which will likely be launched on Nov. 22 by way of Starboy/Sony Music International/RCA Records.
The two artists had been lately noticed in London collectively, with Wiz sharing a snippet of the tune on Instagram. “Nothing can tear us apart/ You’ve got a piece of my heart/ Nothing can tear us apart (Nothing in this world)/ You’ve got a piece of my heart (That belongs to you girl),” Faiyaz sings within the refrain.
Wizkid has solely been featured on a pair of collaborations this 12 months, from “MMS” with Asake on his third album Lungu Boy to “Work Me Out” with Shenseea on her sophomore album, Never Gets Late Here. The solely collaboration Faiyaz was a component of this 12 months was “Should’ve Wore a Bonnet” with 21 Savage on his third album, American Dream.
Both artists, nevertheless, have just a few widespread collaborators, from Don Toliver — each had been featured on his 2023 album, Love Sick, with Wiz on “Slow Motion” and Faiyaz on “Bus Stop” — to Tems. Both Nigerian artists famously linked up on “Essence,” the sultry Afrobeats-meets-R&B smash that peaked at No. 9 on the Billboard Hot 100, because of a remix with Justin Bieber, and the R&B crooners got here collectively on “Found” from her 2021 EP If Orange Was a Place, which reached No. 17 on Hot R&B Songs.
Morayo, which is a Yoruba phrase for “I see joy,” will arrive two years after Wiz dropped his fifth album More Love, Less Ego in 2022, which reached No. 59 on the Billboard 200 and No. 2 on World Albums.
Listen to “Piece of My Heart” beneath.