{{Short description|American producer and DJ}} {{Infobox musical artist | name = Ayokay | image = Ayokay in 2017.png | image_size = 225px | caption = O'Neill in 2017 | years_active = 2016–present | genre = {{hlist|Electronic|EDM}} | label = {{hlist|Columbia Records|Astralwerks}} | website = {{url|https://www.everythingisayokay.com/}} | birth_name = Alex O'Neill | birth_place = Grosse Pointe, Michigan | origin = Grosse Pointe, Michigan }} '''Alex O'Neill''', better known as '''Ayokay''', is an American producer and DJ from Grosse Pointe, Michigan.<ref name="amg">[https://www.allmusic.com/artist/ayokay-mn0003461052/biography Ayokay biography], Allmusic</ref>
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.<ref name="amg" /> 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.<ref name="amg" />
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.<ref>[https://www.billboard.com/music/ayokay Ayokay chart data], Billboard.</ref> He released his second album ''Digital Dreamscape'' in 2022.
== Discography ==
{| class="wikitable" ! colspan="3" |Albums<ref>{{Cite web|title=ayokay on Apple Music|url=https://music.apple.com/us/artist/ayokay/648926675|access-date=2021-06-02|website=Apple Music|language=en-US}}</ref> |- !Title !Year released !Details |- |''In the Shape of a Dream''<ref>{{Citation|title=In the Shape of a Dream by ayokay|url=https://music.apple.com/us/album/in-the-shape-of-a-dream/1433987524|language=en-US|access-date=2021-06-02}}</ref> |2018 | * Label: Columbia Records * Song count: 10 * Formats: Digital Download, Streaming |- |''Digital Dreamscape''<ref>{{Citation|title=Digital Dreamscape by ayokay|url=https://music.apple.com/us/album/digital-dreamscape-deluxe/1650731565|language=en-US|access-date=2023-01-01}}</ref> |2022 | * Label: UMG Recordings, Inc. * Song count: 13 * Formats: Digital Download, Streaming |}
{| class="wikitable" |+ ! colspan="3" |Singles & EPs<ref>{{Cite web|title=Get millions of songs. All ad-free.|url=https://music.apple.com/us/artist/ayokay/648926675/see-all?section=singles|access-date=2021-06-02|website=Apple Music|language=en-US}}</ref> |- !Title !Year released !Details |- |''We Come Alive (Side A)''<ref>{{Citation|title=We Come Alive (Side A) - EP by ayokay|url=https://music.apple.com/us/album/we-come-alive-side-a-ep/1481270313|language=en-US|access-date=2021-06-02|archive-date=2022-06-19|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220619234050/https://music.apple.com/us/album/we-come-alive-side-a-ep/1481270313|url-status=dead}}</ref> | rowspan="4" |2019 | * Label: Columbia Records * Type: EP * Formats: Digital Download, Streaming |- |"Sleeping Next to You" | * Label: Columbia Records * Type: Single * Formats: Digital Download, Streaming |- |"California Will Never Rest" | * Label: Columbia Records * Type: Single * Formats: Digital Download, Streaming |- |"Move On" | * Label: Columbia Records * Type: Single * Formats: Digital Download, Streaming |- |"Cassette" | rowspan="3" |2017 | * Label: Columbia Records * Type: Single * Formats: Digital Download, Streaming |- |"Too Young" {{Small|(with Baker Grace)}} | * Label: Columbia Records * Type: Single * Formats: Digital Download, Streaming |- |"The Shine" {{Small|(with Chelsea Cutler)}} | * Label: Columbia Records * Type: Single * Formats: Digital Download, Streaming |- |''4 ft to Infinity'' | rowspan="2" |2016 | * Label: Columbia Records * Type: EP * Formats: Digital Download, Streaming |- |"Kings of Summer" {{Small|(with Quinn XCII)}} | * Label: Columbia Records * Type: Single * Formats: Digital Download, Streaming |}
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