LISTENERS everywhere became familiar with Gayle after her debut single placed in the top five of several music charts.
Her hit song ABCDEFU even earned her a GRAMMY Award nomination for Song of the Year.
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Who is Gayle?
Born on June 10, 2004, Taylor Gayle Rutherfurd is a singer who goes by just her middle name as her stage name.
While she was in high school, Gayle released a number of self-produced singles via YouTube.
In 2020, she signed a record deal with Atlantic Records and Arthouse Records.
Regarding her reasons for signing with Atlantic and Arthouse, Gayle explained that the company’s knack for cultivating famous artists inspired her to agree to the deal.
“I absolutely love and adore Aretha Franklin and that’s her label,” she said to Substream.
“Lizzo was also getting really popular at that time and I loved her perspective.
“She was with Atlantic for like five years before that album with Truth Hurts really became a hit.
“I was like what am I gonna do? What do I do now? That was the biggest thing.”
On March 18, 2022, she released her first EP A Study of the Human Experience Volume One.
When did Gayle release ABCDEFU?
On August 13, 2021, Gayle released her debut single ABCDEFU.
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“ABCDEFU was a song I wrote when I was sixteen,” the singer shared with the above-mentioned outlet.
“It was a song I wrote very light-hearted with my best and another friend of ours.
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“We were just joking around like, ‘Wouldn’t it be funny if we did this as a song?’ And I wrote it — when I wrote it, it took a year to put it out.
“So I was minding my own business, laying in bed with my mom watching TV. Someone texted my mom ‘Congrats on you all getting on [Spotify’s] New Music Friday.’
“I remember being very excited and I kind of had higher expectations.”
Gayle added: “I remember kind of having unrealistic expectations.
“I just put out the song as a joke and, you know, you can’t really plan for a song to go viral.
“I wasn’t putting out the song knowing my life was going to change.”
The hit track was nominated for Song of the Year at the 2023 GRAMMY Awards ceremony.
Ultimately, the rising star lost the accolade to Bonnie Raitt.
However, ABCDEFU still managed to top the charts in the UK and Ireland.
The song also cracked the top five in Australia, the US, and Canada.
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