Brothers Announce Comeback… And Split
“I have no clue who the bloke in the photo is holding my plaque.”
Brothers (Source: Instagram)
On Tuesday (12 August), it looked like Australian hip-hop group Brothers had reformed after a year and a half of silence. However, things got confusing when a mere three hours later, a key member of the outfit stated they had “no involvement” in the supposed comeback.
After the Let’s Trot hitmakers teased a comeback on Instagram, one half of the band, Izzy Ahmad, took to the platform to say he was no longer involved in the project.
In a photo posted to Instagram, Bassam Ahmad is seen holding a plaque beside an unnamed artist. Brothers captioned the post, “THIS COMEBACKS PERSONAL! 6pm tomorrow 👀”. How the comeback will happen without Izzy is yet to be confirmed, as Izzy posted, “I have no clue who the bloke in the photo is holding my plaque.”
Their platinum single with Joel Fletcher, Let’s Trot, peaked at #26 on the ARIA charts in 2022.
The duo were gearing up for the release of their album in late 2024, but instead, the post announcing the project was removed and the group’s social media went silent, with no updates since January of last year. The “comeback” announcement is the first public communication from Brothers since then.
Izzy refuted the reformation post by writing on his Instagram Stories:
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Just jumping on Instagram to say I have no involvement in the new song that's being dropped tomorrow & I am no longer involved with the Brothers.
No clue who the bloke is in the photo holding my plaque but no comeback from me at this point ... stay tuned.
Source: Izzy Ahmad via Instagram
In 2022, Purple Sneakers described the rollout of Let’s Trot as “some of the most interesting moments in Australian rap music history.”
Noting that the duo had amassed attention due to their trend-hopping social media presence, which had seen them leap between social issues and trending genres and caught them in hot water, Purple Sneakers explored some particularly egregious songwriting the duo had shared for a remix.
On social media, they shared a remix of Central Cee’s Doja, changing the line from “how can I be homophobic, my bitch is gay” to “how can I be homophobic, my cash is gay.” The duo received criticism for the lyrics, as well as past attempts to write songs amid the Black Lives Matter movement.
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