Marylou Mayniel (born April 23, 1993), better known by her stage name Oklou… Read Full Bio ↴Marylou Mayniel (born April 23, 1993), better known by her stage name Oklou, is a French producer, vocalist, and composer.
Her popular EP, The Rite of May, was released in March 2018 on NUXXE, a London-based label. Stand-alone single "Forever" was released in October 2019, with singles "SGSY", "Toyota" (featuring Flavien Berger) and "entertnmnt" (produced with Mura Masa) following it.
In July 2020, she announced her debut mixtape, Galore, due to be released in September 2020. A video for the lead single, "unearth me", directed by Parisian Kevin Elamrani Lince was shared upon announcement.

Working with computers, drum machines, synthesizers and found sounds, she makes music that has been described as "hazy R&B" by Pitchfork. She has previously released some of her self-released work on home-dubbed cassette tapes.
Mayniel grew up in the French countryside, then relocated to Paris and eventually moved to London, where she currently resides. In her Q&A with Dazed, she revealed that her biggest vocal inspirations are Frank Ocean, James Blake, Justin Bieber, SZA, the singer of Wu Lyf, Jhené Aiko, Drake and Palmistry.

She composed an original soundtrack for a computer game called Zone W/O People, created with Parisian artist Krampf, and performed it live with styling by Prada. She has also performed as a DJ as part of the Parisian all-female collective TGAF.

They Can't Hear Me
Oklou Lyrics

We have lyrics for these tracks by Oklou:

another night Hey, ooh, ooh You can wait another night It's okay to waste…
asturias ASTURIAS ft Zero I will never forget you Baby I I’ve…
entertnmnt I know it's strange that I'm laughing You think I'm strong,…
fall Like a dancing fawn on frozen land Yet its friend has…
Forever And if I'm bad, I'm sorry, hmm If I stirred up…
Friendless I know how cold your body is I burnt my hands…
galore I trace the feeling Right where it started Somewhere I could…
girl on my throne GIRL ON MY THRONE winter blooms covers my garden what’s…
god GODS CHARIOTS I wake up in a heatwave And everybody’s…

god's chariot GODS CHARIOTS I wake up in a heatwave And everybody’s…
god's chariots I wake up in a heatwave And everybody's gone My body can…
gods chariot GODS CHARIOTS I wake up in a heatwave And everybody’s…
I didn't give up on you Trust me, I will not be gone for too long But…
i didnt give up on you I DIDN’T GIVE UP ON YOU Trust me I will not…
nightime Nightime Nightime as a shepherd Eating my third dessert Wai…
rosebud One place, few games, no sound, no witness One face, one…
SGSY She′s gonna slaughter you I think you really deserved it Wha…

unearth me I woke up the fire, out of ash And embers We didn't…

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