{"id":208081,"date":"2025-10-18T04:48:11","date_gmt":"2025-10-18T04:48:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/208081\/"},"modified":"2025-10-18T04:48:11","modified_gmt":"2025-10-18T04:48:11","slug":"what-happened-at-pitchforks-zine-launch-with-oklou","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/208081\/","title":{"rendered":"What Happened at Pitchfork\u2019s Zine Launch With Oklou"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Rough Trade Below, the record store and venue tucked inside Rockefeller Center, was the spot for the launch of Pitchfork\u2019s new zine on French pop singer <a href=\"https:\/\/pitchfork.com\/artists\/oklou\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Oklou<\/a>. The zine is available to purchase at Rough Trade, and it complements the new cover story \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/pitchfork.com\/features\/cover-story\/oklou-interview\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Oklou\u2019s Endless Summer<\/a>.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>After everyone took their seats (or crowded in the back), complementary zines in hand, Head of Editorial Content Mano Sundaresan interviewed Oklou on stage to the crowd of 150 people. Oklou spoke about balancing life on tour with being a new mother, the power of minimalism on her breakout record, <a href=\"https:\/\/pitchfork.com\/reviews\/albums\/oklou-choke-enough\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">choke enough<\/a>, and her online music influences. She also previewed and discussed music from <a href=\"https:\/\/pitchfork.com\/news\/fka-twigs-joins-oklou-on-new-song-and-video-from-choke-enough-deluxe-album-watch\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">the imminent deluxe edition<\/a>, including her acoustic cover of \u201cThe fish song,\u201d by hyperpop favorite <a href=\"https:\/\/pitchfork.com\/artists\/underscores\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">underscores<\/a>. The interview was recorded and will be up on Pitchfork\u2019s YouTube channel soon.<\/p>\n<p>After the interview, a long line of fans asked Oklou more questions, and then Oklou held a meet-and-greet, signing zines and records. Check out photos from the event below.<\/p>\n<p class=\"BaseWrap-sc-gzmcOU BaseText-eqOrNE TextBlockText-gyKCst deqABF fAmAZq\">All products featured on Pitchfork are independently selected by our editors. However, when you buy something through our retail links, we may earn an affiliate commission.<\/p>\n<p><a tabindex=\"-1\" aria-hidden=\"true\" data-offer-retailer=\"Rough Trade\" data-offer-url=\"https:\/\/www.roughtrade.com\/en-us\/product\/pitchfork\/pitchfork-zine-oklou\" class=\"external-link BaseWrap-sc-gzmcOU BaseText-eqOrNE BaseLink-eTpkqh ProductEmbedImageLink-ldHtA-D deqABF llZwNE fyUolD cNNhkX\" data-event-click=\"{&quot;element&quot;:&quot;ExternalLink&quot;,&quot;outgoingURL&quot;:&quot;https:\/\/cna.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&quot;}\" href=\"https:\/\/cna.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\" rel=\"sponsored noopener nofollow\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Oklou Zine\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"ResponsiveImageContainer-eNxvmU cfBbTk responsive-image__image\"   src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Oklou.jpeg\"\/><\/a><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"What Happened at Pitchforks Zine Launch With Oklou\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"ResponsiveImageContainer-eNxvmU cfBbTk responsive-image__image\"   src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/25-10-17-4944-169.jpg\"\/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Rough Trade Below, the record store and venue tucked inside Rockefeller Center, was the spot for the launch&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":208082,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[32],"tags":[6491,96,84024,15267,89612,9012,56,54,55,307],"class_list":["post-208081","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-celebrities","tag-celebrities","tag-entertainment","tag-oklou","tag-onecolumn","tag-photo-gallery","tag-textbelowcenterfullbleed","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom","tag-unitedkingdom","tag-web"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/208081","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=208081"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/208081\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/208082"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=208081"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=208081"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=208081"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}