In a twist no one saw coming, Ethiopian beauty Nabayet, best known as Otile Brown’s ex-girlfriend just walked down the aisle, leaving fans shocked.

The Dusuma hitmaker took to his instagram stories with a cryptic but clearly emotional post stating, “how does she get married after mentioning her on my new song dropping tomorrow? Now I feel dumb.”

Otile and Nabayet’s on-and-off relationship had always been the talk of East African entertainment circles. From their romantic getaway posts to emotional breakup romours, the two had fans hopeful that their love would make a comeback.

While both went silent about their final breakup, it seems Otile may have still had lingering feelings or at the very least, admiration for his Ethiopian ex, enough to reference her in his upcoming track.

What makes the moment even juicer is the timing, just as Otile was gearing up to drop a new song, potentially a heartfelt one that is featuring Nabayet, she was saying “I do” to someone else.

The marriage announcement took social media by storm, with fans congratulating Nabayet on her new chapter, while others couldn’t help but wonder how Otile was really feeling behind the screen. His emotional post made fans to react with a mix of empathy and straight-up memes.

One user, @tony-mwirigi, commented “wakati mwingine unayempenda hakupendi…anapenda mwingine asiye mpenda!”

Another, @pearl irene added, “Ina maana gani, uwe na mschana mrembo dunia mzima na haakupendi.”

@Joyce Wanjira cheekily said,”He should edit the song before we laugh at him,” and another ended up saying “Sema wantam.”

While some speculate the post might be a clever publicity stunt to push his new song, others believe Otile genuinly got caught in his feels. Either way, we’ll be tuning in to hear what he had to say about Nabayet in the track and whether the heartbreak hit as hard as the captain did.