Oklou (Marylou Vanina Mayniel) is a French singer, producer, and DJ from Poitiers born in 1993. She writes dreamy, futuristic pop songs influenced by experimental ambient music, trance, and left-field R&B, with her breakthrough coming via the 2020 mixtape Galore and her 2025 debut album Choke Enough. Classically trained in piano and cello, she has established herself as one of the most distinctive artists of her generation through meticulous sonic research and deeply personal songwriting.