By Toks Asher Young
Eniola Isioma Hashim aka Chylde (pronounced Child) is a Nigerian musician, writer and painter, who has a repertoire of distinct genres and an amazing vocal range.
Eniola plays the guitar, but sees her voice as her greatest instrument. Chylde is one of a kind versatile artiste, and has something phenomenal for everyone. She started singing and writing songs at the age of 5, but only released her first single; Victorious, a pop song at the age of 15.
From performing at middle school events, she released a music project called ‘Crystal’. After the release of Crystal, Chylde started experimenting with different sounds and accents for her music and thus the afroasian fusion genre was born.
In 2017, she released ‘Unradaroactive’, a moombahton song that was recorded over Alan Walker’s royalty free beat. Notable songs written and performed by Chylde include ‘Unradaroactive, Zone and Clocks, a song she was featured on by Johnny Drille, and Song of our time ft TC Peruzzi.
In 2020, she pioneered a movement called AfroAsian trap with the song Koshi Kuro’, and in March 2021, she released a mini EP called ‘The Lost Files’ a compilation of some of her already released songs. Chylde’s musical influences come from all over the world hence her diverse taste in music and the ability to perform any genre.
A University graduate and a former human resource manager. She quit her job and moved from Abuja to Lagos so she can fully focus on her music as a career path.
Chylde is currently putting finishing touches to her yet to be titled new EP which she intends to release in 2022.