''Choke Enough'' (stylised in all lowercase) is the debut studio album by French musician, singer and producer
Oklou
Marylou Vanina Mayniel (born 23 April 1993), better known by her stage name Oklou (pronounced "Okay Lou"; ˈəʊkeɪ 'luː), is a French musician from Poitiers. Her debut mixtape ''Galore'' was released in 2020, which was followed up by her debu ...
. It released on 7 February 2025, via
True Panther Sounds
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.
The album features guest appearances by Swedish rapper and singer
Bladee
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, and American musician
Underscores. It was supported by the singles "Family and Friends", "
Harvest Sky", the title track,
"
Take Me by the Hand", and "Blade Bird".
Similarly to her 2020 mixtape ''Galore'', ''Choke Enough'' was made primarily in collaboration with Canadian musician
Casey MQ. The album took Oklou two and a half years to finish, and explores "the quest of meaning".
She stated:
Remixes
Additionally, in December 2024 Oklou released two remixes of "Harvest Sky" with
Underscores: the
Danny L Harle
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C Mix and the Milkfish remix (a moniker of Underscores).
Critical reception
''Choke Enough'' was met with "universal acclaim" reviews from critics. At
Metacritic
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, which assigns a weighted average rating out of 100 to reviews from mainstream publications, this release received an
average
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score of 84, based on 6 reviews.
Track listing
Notes
* All tracks are stylised in all lowercase.
*
^ '' signifies an additional producer.
Personnel
* Oklou – executive production,
mixing (tracks 7, 10)
* Nathan A. Salon – saxophone
(track 1)
*
Casey MQ – vocal choir
(track 3)
*
Zsela – vocal choir
(track 3)
*
Cecile Believe – vocal choir
(track 3)
* Lillian Mille – trumpet
(track 4)
* Lucien Krampf – vocal engineering
(track 6)
* Florian Le Prisé – guitar
(track 13)
* Nathan Boddy – mixing
(tracks 1–6, 8, 9, 11–13)
*
Matt Colton
Matt Colton (born 30 March 1975) is an English mastering engineer and member of the mastering group of the Music Producers Guild. He has mastered recordings for artists such as Muse, Coldplay, James Blake, George Michael, Hot Chip, Gary Nu ...
–
mastering
*
Anthony Naples –
Atmos mixing
* Gil Gharbi – photography
* Florian Solin – photography
* Kim Coussée – artwork
Charts
References
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2025 debut albums
Albums produced by A. G. Cook
Albums produced by Danny L Harle