Oklou

Oklou makes soft, atmospheric electronic pop with airy vocals, club rhythm, and the sleek edges of hyperpop. Her songs leave space for quiet details while keeping an emotional pull that feels close and precise.^1,2,3

Galore widened her audience in 2020, while choke enough brought more depth, risk, and scale to her sound.¹

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Oklou is the project of Marylou Vanina Mayniel, a French producer, songwriter, and singer born in Poitiers.¹ She studied classical piano, sang in choirs, and took music theory classes growing up.²

As a teenager, she played in bands and began writing original music before a computer, and GarageBand changed the scale of what she could make on her own. SoundCloud, club music, and Paris nightlife widened the electronic language she was starting to build.²

When Galore arrived in 2020, she was positioned as an emerging voice in Europe’s hyperpop scene, and her atmospheric, melodic sound drew wider attention.¹

Oklou’s recognition feels true to the music: quiet at first, then hard to ignore. Her music’s reach also shows through collaborations with Bladee, underscores, Aaron Hibell, FKA twigs, and A.G. Cook.^1,3

• Prix Joséphine (2025): Oklou won the 2025 Prix Joséphine des artistes for choke enough after a ceremony at L’Olympia featuring live performances from 10 finalists.⁴
• Libera Awards – Best Pop Record (2026): Oklou took home a handful of wins at the 2026 Libera Awards, including Best Pop Record for her 2025 album choke enough.⁷
• Libera Awards – Music Video of the Year (2026): Oklou earned this recognition for the music video accompanying her track viscus, featuring FKA twigs.⁷

Oklou’s most-played songs show how far her quiet, magnetic style can travel. Her biggest hits trace the line from Galore’s shadowy calm to the sleek electronic shape of choke enough.

• god’s chariots (2020): From Galore, god’s chariots remains one of Oklou’s most-listened-to songs, with soft vocals and muted electronic textures that sit close to the listener.⁵
• harvest sky (2025): From choke enough, harvest sky brings one of the album’s clearest melodies into a spare, low-lit electronic space.⁵
• take me by the hand (2025): Also from choke enough, take me by the hand has become one of Oklou’s most-played songs, led by quiet feeling and polished electronic detail.⁵

Oklou’s live shows turn quiet electronic pop into something extraordinary, visual, and intimate.

Past performances have featured a swing, stark stage design, glowing lights, projected figures, and collaborators on keys, vocals, guitars, and mixers, while Oklou keeps the focus close with gentle vocals and a grounded stage presence.⁶

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