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"Take Me by the Hand" is a song by the French musician Oklou and the Swedish rapper Bladee, from the former's debut studio album, Choke Enough (2025). It was released on 15 January 2025, through True Panther Sounds, as a single from the album. A trance pop, art pop, and hyperpop song, "Take Me by the Hand" is driven by a 2-step beat, airy synthesizers, and bleary vocals. Its lyrics contain a recurring theme of folklore and mythology. It was written by Oklou Read more on Last.fm.

Marylou Mayniel (born April 23, 1993), better known by her stage name Oklou, is a French producer, vocalist, and composer. Her popular EP, The Rite of May, was released in March 2018 on NUXXE, a London-based label. Stand-alone single Forever was released in October 2019, with singles SGSY, Toyota (featuring Flavien Berger) and entertnmnt (produced with Mura Masa) following it. In July 2020, she announced her debut mixtape, Galore, due to be released in September 2020. A video for the lead single, unearth me, directed by Parisian Kevin Elamrani Lince was shared upon announcement. Working with computers, drum machines, synthesizers and found sounds, she makes music that has been described as hazy R&B by Pitchfork. She has previously released some of her self-released work on home-dubbed cassette tapes. Mayniel grew up in the French countryside, then relocated to Paris and eventually moved to London, where she currently resides. In her Q&A with Dazed, she revealed that her biggest vocal inspirations are Frank Ocean, James Blake, Justin Bieber, SZA, the singer of Wu Lyf, Jhené Aiko, Drake and Palmistry. She composed an original soundtrack for a computer game called Zone W/O People, created with Parisian artist Krampf, and performed it live with styling by Prada. She has also performed as a DJ as part of the Parisian all-female collective TGAF. Read more on Last.fm. User-contributed text is available under the Creative Commons By-SA License; additional terms may apply.