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

Ayokay
Birth nameAlex O'Neill
BornGrosse Pointe, Michigan
OriginGrosse Pointe, Michigan
Genres
  • Electronic
  • EDM
Years active2016-present
Labels
Websitewww.everythingisayokay.com

O'Neill attended high school with Mikael Temrowski, who would go on to perform under the name 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 his second album Digital Dreamscape in 2022.

Discography

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Albums[3]
Title Year Released Details
In the Shape of a Dream[4] 2018
Digital Dreamscape[5] 2022
Singles & EPs[6]
Title Year Released Details
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 Infinity 2016
"Kings of Summer"

(with Quinn XCII)

References

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  1. ^ a b c Ayokay biography, Allmusic
  2. ^ Ayokay chart data, Billboard.
  3. ^ "ayokay on Apple Music". Apple Music. Retrieved 2021-06-02.
  4. ^ In the Shape of a Dream by ayokay, retrieved 2021-06-02
  5. ^ Digital Dreamscape by ayokay, retrieved 2023-01-01
  6. ^ "Get millions of songs. All ad-free". Apple Music. Retrieved 2021-06-02.
  7. ^ We Come Alive (Side A) - EP by ayokay, archived from the original on 2022-06-19, retrieved 2021-06-02