Review
Oklou’s "choke enough" radiates through the cosmos with a shimmering collage of electronic experimentation and pop sensibility, spinning existential longing into an orbit all its own. On this astral voyage, fragile, airy vocals swirl through glitchy comets of production, creating a gravitational pull between raw vulnerability and futuristic sound design. Drifting alongside collaborators like Bladee on "take me by the hand" and Underscores on "harvest sky," Oklou finds resonance in the push and pull of intimacy and impermanence, letting stardust settle between her introspective lyrics and their otherworldly energies. Each track pulses with a nebula of emotion, revealing new patterns with every listen—especially the celestial ache of "blade bird" and the kinetic unrest of "family and friends."
Carrying a gravity all its own, "choke enough" refuses to fall into the predictable orbits of traditional pop, instead glowing with haunting vulnerability that flickers between hope and heartbreak. Oklou’s exploration feels like a spacewalk through the inner universe; every glitch and shimmer is a star chart, mapping the unpredictable skies of love and loss. With each track clocking in under a full rotation, the album is brief yet dense, filled with meteor showers of self-awareness—lines like “I’ll be the one who ends up getting hurt” leave a trail in the atmosphere long after the last note fades. It’s an album made for patient astronomers of emotion, rewarding deep dives into its sonic constellation. - Nova
