Joy Oladokun documents her life in songs. For as much as she examines her place in the world as the
first-generation daughter of Nigerian immigrants and a proud queer Black person, she also celebrates
the little details and the simple pleasures of being alive. Of course, the narrator’s humble demeanor
belies the gravity of her extraordinary accomplishments thus far—from captivating audiences on sold
out tours and late-night television to finding herself with a guitar in hand on the White House lawn in
celebration of equality. After grinding it out for years, she reached critical mass with her 2021 major
label debut, in defense of my own happiness. It graced countless year-end lists and led Vanity Fair to
declare, "Her name is both prescient and redundant. She oozes energy that shifts a room’s center of
gravity and makes you happy for it. It is charisma and she has it in spades. It’s the way she approaches
her craft too.” Along the way, she’s delivered unforgettable performances on The Late Show with
Stephen Colbert, The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon, PBS’s Austin City Limits and NPR Music’s Tiny
Desk (Home) Concert and more and captivated festivalgoers at Bonnaroo, Hangout, Lollapalooza,
Newport Folk Festival and Ohana Festival. Not to mention, she’s also appeared on HULU’s Your
Attention Please: The Concert and landed prominent syncs on CSI: Vegas, This Is Us, Grey’s Anatomy,
And Just Like That and Station 19, to name a few. Plus, she has joined forces with the likes of Chris
Stapleton, Brandi Carlile, Maren Morris, Lucie Silvas, Noah Kahan and Jason Isbell for collaborations.
Now, she takes stock of the trip so far on her highly anticipated forthcoming full-length album, Proof of
Life [Amigo Records/Verve Forecast/Republic Records].