NewsSarkodie and OliveTheBoy's "Cold": a heart running cold, and a Twi word for calm
The second single from Sarkodie's DeJaVu EP turns on one line. In English, a cold heart is a cruel one. In Twi, the word Olive reaches for next comes from a root meaning to cool down, the same root as the word for peace.
Sarkodie released the visualizer for "Cold", featuring OliveTheBoy, on 29 October. It is the second single from his DeJaVu EP, a five-song project due on 27 November, after "Deja Vu" with KiDi on 16 October. The visualizer was made by Surreal Vision Studios for Sarkcess Music. No producer has been credited yet.
Two songs called Cold
It is not the first "Cold" with Sarkodie on it. In 2020 Joey B released "Cold" featuring Sarkodie, produced by DJ Krept.
The feature
OliveTheBoy won Best Afrobeats Song at the Ghana Music Awards in 2024 with "Goodsin" and again in 2025 with "Asylum". In 2025 he featured Sarkodie on "Bend", from his Out of the Blue EP. "Cold" brings that favour back the other way.
The line
The hook pairs "When my heart is running cold" with "Bɛdwodwo m'akoma", come and calm my heart. In Twi, the root dwo means to calm, to become less hot. The word for peace, asomdwoeɛ, is built from aso (ear), mu (inside) and dwo: a calm ear. In English the singer is freezing. In Twi he asks to be cooled.
The verses
Sarkodie opens with a promise to stay, and a question: if you leave, who could take your place? The pre-hook asks her to stop playing with his heart and admits that even its strength has cracked. In the second verse he switches to English and pidgin: "Maybe there's some couple things you heard, way you no de fit believe, but you no de fit ask me." His answer is to talk it out: do not keep it in your heart and let it trouble you.
Cold is a love song from a man who usually raps about winning. The verse is a promise, the pre-hook admits a crack, and the hook makes one deal: do anything, just don't tear my heart. The cure in the second verse is not money. It is "talk to me."
- YouTube, Sarkodie: "Cold ft. OliveTheBoy (Visualizer)", 29 Oct 2026
- GhanaSongs: Sarkodie - Cold ft. OliveTheBoy
- Halmblog: DeJaVu EP on 27 November, first single 16 October
- GrungeCake: Sarkodie announces the DeJaVu EP
- BellaNaija: Joey B - Cold feat. Sarkodie (December 2020)
- Class FM: Olivetheboy on Goodsin and the 2024 TGMA
- Adom Online: OliveTheBoy wins Best Afrobeats Song for a second year (Asylum)
- GhanaWeb: OliveTheBoy's Out of the Blue EP, featuring Sarkodie on Bend
- Learn Akan Dictionary: asomdwoeɛ, "a state of calmness of the ear"
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