French art pop musician Marylou Mayniel has announced her debut LP as Oklou, choke enough, due out on February 7 via True Panther. It features Bladee and underscores, and she worked on it with co-producers Casey MQ, Danny L Harle and A.G. Cook. “choke enough is a very intense album for me,” Oklou says. “It’s filled with directions, tentatives and irregularities, reflecting on my last years on this planet as my heart and conscience has really decentered from myself.”
choke enough features recent singles “harvest sky,” “obvious,” and “family and friends,” and she’s now shared the sparkling title track. “This title track is important enough to have been chosen as the title track,” she says. “Not sure whether it’s because it’s one of the oldest sounds of the record, or simply my favorite? Maybe it’s because it holds an important question that I’m trying to display within the entire album; what situations are we ready to put ourselves into in order to provoke sensations and drama, in order to feel alive.” Hear it below.
Oklou recently announced a 2025 tour, including an NYC show at Elsewhere on March 21, and she’s now added a second NYC show, at Elsewhere on March 22. See all dates below.
OKLOU – CHOKE ENOUGH TRACKLIST
1. endless
2. thank you for recording
3. family and friends
4. obvious
5. ict
6. choke enough
7. (;´༎ຶٹ༎ຶ`)
8. take me by the hand feat. Bladee
9. plague dogs
10. forces
11. harvest sky feat. underscores
12. want to want to come back
13. blade bird
OKLOU: 2025 TOUR DATES
2/25/25 – Copenhagen, Denmark @ Vega Main Hall
2/27/25 – Berlin, Germany @ Columbia Theatre
3/1/25 – Amsterdam, Netherlands @ Melkweg
3/2/25 – Brussels, Belgium @ Botanique
3/4/25 – Paris, France @ La Cigale
3/5/25 – Paris, France @ La Cigale
3/7/25 – London, UK @ Heaven
3/18/25 – Toronto, Canada @ Axis Club
3/19/25 – Montreal, Canada @ Le Studio TD
3/21/25 – New York, NY @ Elsewhere
3/22/25 – New York, NY @ Elsewhere
3/24/25 – Chicago, IL @ Lincoln Hall
3/25/25 – Austin, TX @ 3Ten ACL Live
3/28/25 – Los Angeles, CA @ El Rey
3/29/25 – San Francisco, CA @ Independent