Oklou with new album live in Zurich

Oklou’s deluxe album builds on the warm production of choke enough and its blend of ambient textures and minimalist club rhythms. The project includes four new songs that expand the universe of the existing album, including Oklou’s single “viscus” featuring FKA twigs. The announcement follows Oklou’s stunning Tiny Desk performance, where she played marimba and piano alongside an eight-piece choir, as well as her Pitchfork cover story, for which journalist Anna Gaca travelled to Pau, France, to reflect on Oklou’s breakthrough year and artistic development.

Oklou was also recently featured on PinkPantheress’ remix album Fancy Some More? on the track “Girl Like Me”. Named one of the best albums of the year by Rolling Stone, Pitchfork, Billboard, The FADER and Stereogum, and awarded Album of the Year by France’s Le Prix Joséphine, choke enough has cemented Oklou’s status as a cult outsider pop star. Following the album’s success, Oklou received high-profile support from Billie Eilish, who noted: “Honestly, she’s the first thing that has excited me in a long time,” and from Ethel Cain, who added: “I’m obsessed with this album, it’s like pop music made for insects,” as well as from Rosalía and Lorde.

Oklou, born Marylou Mayniel in rural western France, laid her musical foundations with classical piano and cello lessons before falling in love with electronic music production and playing her first shows in Paris. Her 2020 mixtape Galore marked a creative breakthrough, combining introspective songwriting with futuristic sound design. Dazed praised Galore as “compositionally sophisticated and sonically absolutely cutting-edge”.