Eden XO

Under the moniker Eden xo, vocalist and tunesmith Jessie Malakouti crafts sleek, rhythm-driven electronic pop. Following earlier group projects, her initial solo outing reached number 14 on Billboard’s Dance Club Songs tally in 2014 via the track “Too Cool to Dance.” The Question, her first EP, surfaced four years later on AlphaOmega Records.

Born Jessica Eden Malakouti in Southern California in 1989, she completed secondary school at sixteen and relocated to Los Angeles. Between 2006 and 2008 she fronted Shut Up Stella, an all-female ensemble blending hip-hop and dance-pop, which secured a deal with Epic Records. After the band and label parted ways, she inked a publishing agreement with EMI and spent the subsequent two years in London shaping songs alongside French house producer Fred Falke. Ministry of Sound issued her standalone single “Standing Up for the Lonely” in 2009.

Back in Los Angeles by 2010, Malakouti launched the electro-pop group Jessie and the Toy Boys, whose releases “Valentine,” “We Own the Night,” and the Billboard dance-chart top-ten entry “Push It” drew attention. Their EP Show Me Your Tan Lines appeared in 2011, the same year the act supported Britney Spears on the Femme Fatale tour. When a full-length Jessie and the Toy Boys album failed to materialize, she moved to Virgin and issued the 2013 single “White Girl Wasted” under her birth name. The Eden xo alias debuted on Virgin the following year with “Too Cool to Dance,” which climbed into the Dance Club Songs top twenty; “The Weekend” followed in 2015, and her interpretation of Thompson Twins’ “Hold Me Now” was placed in the pilot of Fox’s Scream Queens.

Departing Virgin, she issued independent singles that paired her with Raja Kumari on “Drips Gold” and Travis Mills on “Say That Again” in 2017. Concurrently she supplied material for Kygo and Ava Max, then refocused on her catalog. The Question arrived in May 2019 on AlphaOmega Records, featuring production work from U.K. duo Just Kiddin’. Later that year her duet with longtime associate Bonnie McKee, “Bad Girls Go to Heaven,” featured in an episode of the CW’s Dynasty. Mid-2020 saw the arrival of “American Youth French Kissing,” the opening preview from her forthcoming debut full-length.