Ayokay

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Ayokay
Birth nameAlex O'Neill
Born Grosse Pointe, Michigan
Origin Grosse Pointe, Michigan
Genres
  • Electronic
  • EDM
Years active2016-present
Labels
Website www.everythingisayokay.com

Alex O'Neill, better known under the stage name Ayokay, is an American producer and DJ from Grosse Pointe, Michigan. [1]

O'Neill attended high school with Mike Temrowski, who went on to become Quinn XCII; the pair worked together while both were college students at different universities in Michigan. [1] Their 2016 single "Kings of Summer" was chosen by Ian Desmond, then a baseball player for the Texas Rangers, as his walk-up music, which increased the track's popularity and led to a record deal with Columbia. [1] O'Neill then moved to Los Angeles, releasing a full-length album, In the Shape of a Dream, which featured various artists including Jeremy Zucker, Quinn XCII, Nightly, Jenny Mayhem, Future Jr., and Katie Pearlman in 2018. He has had two hit singles on the Billboard Hot Dance/Electronic Songs Chart: "Kings of Summer" with Quinn XCII, which reached #18 in 2016, and "The Shine" with Chelsea Cutler, which reached #50 in 2017. [2] He released the album Digital Dreamscape in 2022.

Discography

Albums [3]
TitleYear ReleasedDetails
In the Shape of a Dream [4] 2018
Digital Dreamscape [5] 2022
Singles & EPs [6]
TitleYear ReleasedDetails
We Come Alive (Side A) [7] 2019
"Sleeping Next to You"
"California Will Never Rest"
"Move On"
"Cassette"2017
"Too Young"

(with Baker Grace)

"The Shine"

(with Chelsea Cutler)

4 ft to Infinity2016
"Kings of Summer"

(with Quinn XCII)

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