Gomeroi rapper Kobie Dee has turned personal and community grief into remembrance on his new single 'My Heart', featuring the voice of his late grandfather.

The song reflects on the family members, friends and community members Kobie has lost, carrying their names and memories through his music.

Kobie described the track as one of the hardest songs he has written.

"My Heart is probably one of the most difficult songs I've ever made," he said.

"I wrote it for the people I've lost — my family, my friends and the people we've lost as a community.

"I tried writing something like this a few times before, but I could never get past the first verse. I really wanted to get it right."

The track began taking shape about a year ago during a session with producer Nerve at Kobie's Twenny47 Studios.

Shortly before the session, Kobie had attended the funeral of a close friend's father and connected immediately with the beat Nerve played when he arrived at the studio.

The experience allowed him to put feelings he had been carrying into the song.

"As soon as that beat started playing, it was like everything I'd been holding in just came out," he said.

"I wasn't trying to force anything, it all just poured out."

'My Heart' closes with the voice of Kobie's late grandfather, taken from an interview recorded not long before his death after he had been told he had only months to live.

The recording connects the song's themes of grief and remembrance with family storytelling across generations.

Kobie recalled the emotional impact of hearing his grandfather's voice within the finished track.

"Hearing him speak with so much honesty and reflection, it just felt like a powerful way for this song to end," he said.

"When we finished recording, I remember sitting there with Nerve holding back tears.

"It was one of those moments where you just know you've captured something powerful and special."

Two days after recording the song, Kobie and his community experienced another loss, with further deaths following throughout 2025.

As the song developed, Kobie added the names of people his community had lost, wanting their legacies to be heard rather than remembered only privately.

"Every funeral, every phone call, every name - the song kept growing with it," he said.

"I wanted this song to carry them too. I wanted their names to be heard and their legacies remembered."

The accompanying music video expands on the song by showing grief at different stages of life.

A younger version of Kobie is shown trying to understand loss for the first time, while Kobie in the present continues to live with its ongoing impact.

Families of people honoured in the song also appear in the video, broadening the story from Kobie's personal experience to one shared by families and community.

"This isn't just my story - it's all of ours. This song belongs to everyone who's had to say goodbye to someone too soon," he said.

"The truth is, grief doesn't really leave you, you just learn to carry it differently."

'My Heart' is the latest release ahead of Kobie Dee's debut album, which is due in 2027.

In 2025, Kobie founded Twenny47 Studios in his community to support and mentor emerging Indigenous artists.

For Kobie, 'My Heart' is focused on family, community and the memories people continue to carry after losing someone close to them.

He hopes people experiencing grief can recognise their own experiences in the song.

"More than anything, I hope 'My Heart' reminds people that the ones we love never really leave us. We carry them in our stories, in our memories, in the way we live and in the love they left behind," he said.

"If this song can help even one person feel seen in their grief, then it's done what I hoped it would do."

'My Heart' is available now on all major streaming platforms.