“family and friends” single artwork
PERFORMING IN NY TOMORROW NIGHT
Today, French vocalist, producer and composer Oklou shares “family and friends,” the first solo single since her highly celebrated full-length mixtape galore. The new song is an ethereal, haunting reflection on the mystery of life, with production that features arpeggiated marimbas, lush choral textures and intricate sound design.
“Are you even real?” she asks in her cryptic lyrics. The single arrives alongside a Gil Gharbi-directed music video that features Oklou and her friends evading an unseen predator as the camera searches hauntingly. Describing the track, Oklou shares, “‘family and friends’ feels like a battle almost. where I’d be searching for answers to unstated questions, escaping from something intangible, invisible. A memory? Maybe I like the idea that I’d be running away from something, and I’m looking for good reasons to run. Maybe I just like that.”
Oklou will be playing a ‘family and friends’ show in New York City tomorrow night (Sept 19th), followed by a DJ set on September 20th at The Meadows in Brooklyn, where she’s headlining a party hosted by SKSKSKS, with support from Hyd, Physical Therapy and Petal Supply. Tickets are available for purchase here. You can also sign up for updates on all Oklou’s upcoming show announcements here.
Born Marylou Mayniel in the countryside of Western France, Oklou’s first musical experiences consisted of classical piano and cello lessons before she fell in love with electronic music and took up production. Mayniel eventually moved to Paris, where she hosted weekly radio shows and performed her first live shows as Oklou. After two EPs, 2017’s For The Beasts and 2018’s The Rite Of May, Mayniel received international acclaim, accelerated through collaborations with Mura Masa, A. G. Cook and EASYFUN (the last two both producers of Charli XCX’s Brat) and culminating in her full-length mixtape galore in 2020. It was a turning point in her artistic life, heralded as an innovative and introspective work by fans and media, with Dazed praising as “sophisticated in its composition yet totally cutting edge in its sound.” International touring followed, including support tours with Oneohtrix Point Never and Caroline Polachek as well as a much heralded feature with Flume.
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