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Choke Enough
2025 studio album by Oklou From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Choke Enough (stylised in all lowercase) is the debut studio album by French musician, singer and producer Oklou. It released on 7 February 2025, via True Panther Sounds. The album features guest appearances by Swedish rapper and singer Bladee, 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".
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Background and recording
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,[2] and explores "the quest of meaning".[3] She stated:
Choke Enough is a very intense album for me. 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.[4]
The album was primarily recorded in Paris, Los Angeles, and Cap Ferret.[5]
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Release and promotion
Oklou released the album's first single, "Family and Friends", on 18 September 2024.[6] She released "Harvest Sky" featuring Underscores and "Obvious" on 16 October 2024.[7] She announced the album on 21 November 2024 and released it's title track.[8] She released "Take Me by the Hand" featuring Bladee as the album's fourth single on 15 January 2025.[9] "Blade Bird", the album's fifth single, was released on 5 February 2025.[10]
She announced a deluxe edition of the album, scheduled to release on 30 October 2025, on 8 October 2025 with the single "Viscus" featuring FKA Twigs.[11]
Remixes
In December 2024, Oklou released two remixes of "Harvest Sky" with Underscores: the Danny L Harle C Mix and the Milkfish remix (a moniker of Underscores).[citation needed]
Oklou released a remix EP for the album on 25 June 2025 featuring remixes from producers Jamesjamesjames, Malibu, Nick Léon, and Aaron Hibell.[12]
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Critical reception
Choke Enough was met with "universal acclaim" reviews from critics. At Metacritic, which assigns a weighted average rating out of 100 to reviews from mainstream publications, this release received an average score of 84, based on 6 reviews.[13]
Track listing
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Notes
- All tracks are stylised in all lowercase.
- ^[a] signifies an additional producer.
- ^[b]The title is pronounced “snif,” and for a brief period, it was even renamed as such on Spotify.[citation needed]
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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 – mastering
- Anthony Naples – Atmos mixing
- Gil Gharbi – photography
- Florian Solin – photography
- Kim Coussée – artwork
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