Oklou

Oklou, the French singer, producer, and DJ, shapes ethereal, forward-looking pop that draws equally from experimental ambient, trance, and unconventional R&B. Projects such as her 2020 mixtape Galore function as both inward explorations and escapes, mapping her inner states and process of self-discovery across enigmatic, yearning pieces built from atmospheric synths, electronically treated vocals, and field recordings. After joint work or remixes involving A.G. Cook, Bladee, and Dua Lipa, she issued her first album, choke enough, in 2025.

Marylou Mayniel grew up in the rural western French countryside and studied piano and cello classically in her youth. Taking influence from producers and songwriters including Arca, Palmistry, and James Blake, she began producing abstract electronic pop and released her debut EP, Avril, as Loumar in 2014 before switching to the name Oklou. After relocating to Paris she founded the all-female DJ and radio crew TGAF (These Girls Are on Fiyah). The brief First Tape surfaced in 2015, and she paired with Casey MQ on the 2017 EP For the Beasts.

She moved to London and joined the experimental club label and collective NUXXE (Coucou Chloé, Shygirl); her 2018 EP The Rite of May carried production by Sega Bodega, Bok Bok, and Krampf. Oklou and Krampf also conceived the video game Zone W/O People and wrote its score together. She continued to release singles, among them 2020’s “Toyota” with Flavien Berger and that year’s two-song A Colors Show, before her debut mixtape Galore appeared on True Panther Sounds. She supplied official remixes of Caroline Polachek’s “Door” and Dua Lipa’s “Fever.”

In 2021 Oklou reworked Bladee and Mechatok’s “Rainbow” and covered A.G. Cook’s “Being Harsh.” Cook returned the favor by remixing two of her tracks, resulting in galore anniversary, an EP of further remixes. Oklou appeared on Flume’s “Highest Building” and supported the producer on his U.S. tour. “Family and Friends,” the first single from her debut studio album, surfaced in 2024; later advance singles featured Bladee and underscores. Co-produced with Casey MQ and carrying additional production from Cook and Danny L. Harle, choke enough arrived via Because Music in 2025.