Harvest Sky
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| Single by Oklou and Underscores | ||||
| from the album Choke Enough | ||||
| A-side | "Obvious" | |||
| Released | October 16, 2024 | |||
| Genre | Eurodance | |||
| Length | 3:53 | |||
| Label | True Panther Sounds | |||
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"Harvest Sky" (stylised in all lowercase) is a song by French musician Oklou and American musician Underscores, from the former's debut studio album, Choke Enough (2025). It was released on October 16, 2024, through True Panther Sounds, as a double single with the song "Obvious". The song was written and produced by both artists, alongside Danny L Harle and Casey MQ; Nate Campany contributed additional writing, while Nick Léon contributed additional production. Remixes by Danny L Harle and Milkfish (an alias of Underscores) were released on December 18, 2024.
Background and release
[edit]In an interview with Crack, Oklou stated that "Harvest Sky" was partly inspired by La Fête de la Saint-Jean, a festival in which bonfires are lit to celebrate the birth of John the Baptist. According to her, "I'm very attached to these memories because it was very joyful at the time, but there's also the capacity for these moments to be weird as fuck. There's adults not being super careful or very sober – there are some dark moments as well." In the same interview, Oklou stated that one of her favorite things "is hearing the sounds of people partying from afar", a habit she picked up as a child and felt was a "different connection" compared to actual partying.[1]
"Harvest Sky" was released on October 16, 2024, as a double A-side single with album track "Obvious".[2] In a statement accompanying the release, Oklou stated that "Harvest Sky" was "probably my third attempt to talk about one thing that happens at times during festivities; zoom out from the crowd and enter a lonely mental space."[3] A visualizer for the track was released on the same day.
Composition
[edit]Compositionally, "Harvest Sky" has been described as combining "traditional folk melodies" with "clubby" soundscapes.[4] It starts off with a "trance melody", which builds as the song becomes a "big room anthem".[2] Several publications have noted its influence from Eurodance, with Dusted saying that the song sounds "like you're hearing Eurodance from the next room over".[5][6] Nylon felt similarly, stating that "Harvest Sky" is "a hypnotic Eurodance throwback that sounds as if you are clubbing in a medieval dungeon."[7] Jesper of Sputnikmusic felt that the song was "as close as we're going to get to an all-out spa banger from oklou".[8]
Release history
[edit]| Region | Date | Format | Label | Ref. |
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| Worldwide | October 14, 2024 | True Panther Sounds | [9] | |
| Worldwide | December 16, 2024 |
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References
[edit]- ^ "Cover Story: Oklou - Love Sensation". Crack Magazine. Retrieved 2025-06-04.
- ^ a b Marty, Arnaud (2024-10-16). "NEW TRACKS: Oklou - "harvest sky" (feat. underscores) + "obvious"". HighClouds. Retrieved 2025-06-04.
- ^ "Oklou unveils two new singles, "harvest sky" and "obvious"". The Line of Best Fit. Retrieved 2025-06-03.
- ^ Green, Walden. "Oklou: choke enough". Pitchfork. Retrieved 2025-06-04.
- ^ Hunter-Tilney, Ludovic (2025-02-12). "Oklou: Choke Enough album review — hyperpop gets the grown-up treatment". Financial Times. Retrieved 2025-06-04.
- ^ Migneau, Joshua (9 February 2025). "'Choke Enough' van Oklou is zo'n plaat waarmee een mens gaandeweg een persoonlijke band opbouwt". Humo.
- ^ "Banks & Doechii's Ex-Hating Anthem & More Of The Best New Music". Nylon. 2024-10-18. Retrieved 2025-06-04.
- ^ "Review: Oklou - Choke Enough | Sputnikmusic". www.sputnikmusic.com. Retrieved 2025-06-04.
- ^ harvest sky / obvious - Single by Oklou & underscores on Apple Music, 2024-10-16, retrieved 2025-06-04
- ^ harvest sky (remixes) - Single by Oklou & underscores on Apple Music, 2024-12-18, retrieved 2025-06-04