American singer and songwriter (born 2004)
Gayle
Background information Born Taylor Gayle Rutherfurd
(2004-06-10 ) June 10, 2004 (age 21) Genres Occupations Years active 2020–present Labels Website gayleofficial .com
Musical artist
Taylor Gayle Rutherfurd [ 3] (born June 10, 2004),[ 4] known professionally asGayle (stylized inall caps ), is an American singer and songwriter. After signing withAtlantic Records andArthouse Entertainment , she released her hit single "ABCDEFU " in 2021, which charted worldwide, including reaching number one in the United Kingdom,[ 5] Ireland,[ 6] and on theBillboard Global 200 and earned her aGrammy Award nomination forSong of the Year .
Taylor Gayle Rutherfurd was born on June 10, 2004, inPlano, Texas .[ 7] She started singing at the age of seven and eventually moved toNashville, Tennessee , to pursue a musical career.[ 8] She reports that she isdyslexic [ 9] and haschromesthesia , sound-to-color synesthesia in which sound involuntarily evokes an experience of color.[ 10]
2020–2022: Beginnings, breakout success and EPs[ edit ] In 2020, she signed her first record withArthouse Entertainment .
After releasing several self-produced singles, Gayle was discovered by formerAmerican Idol judge and Arthouse music publisherKara DioGuardi and was signed toAtlantic Records and Arthouse.[ 11]
In 2021, Gayle released "ABCDEFU ", her major-label debut single with Atlantic and Arthouse.[ 12] It became viral onTikTok andSpotify . "ABCDEFU" peaked at number three on theBillboard Hot 100 . Outside of the United States, "ABCDEFU" topped the charts in Finland, Germany, Ireland, Norway, Sweden, and the United Kingdom, and the top ten in Australia, Austria, New Zealand, and Switzerland.[ 13] Gayle subsequently released the song "Ur Just Horny" on January 19, 2022.[ 14] On March 18, 2022, Gayle released a six-songextended play (EP) titledA Study of the Human Experience Volume One via Atlantic and Arthouse.[ 15] [ 16] [ 17]
On March 19, 2022, Gayle was afill-in host for theCHR version ofRyan Seacrest 'sAmerican Top 40 , where her song "ABCDEFU" spent its first week at number one.[ 18] [ 19]
On September 19, 2022, Gayle announced that she was canceling her Avoiding College Tour.[ 20]
On October 7, 2022, Gayle released her second extended play,A Study of the Human Experience Volume Two.
On December 9, 2022, Gayle released a third extended play,A Study of the Human Experience Volume Two and a Half. Rather than new bodies of music, the EP consists of eight new versions of songs from her previous two extended plays.
2023–present: Touring and standalone releases[ edit ] Gayle performing in Washington, D.C., September 2023 On March 9, 2023, Gayle released the standalone single, "Everybody Hates Me".[ 21] She served as an opening act on multiple shows of the US leg ofTaylor Swift 'sEras Tour , and on the European leg ofPink 'sSummer Carnival tour; from March to August and June to July 2023, respectively.[ 22] [ 23] She also was a supporting act on the second European leg of the Summer Carnival, in June and July 2024.[ 24] On April 14, 2023,Lauren Spencer-Smith 's "Fantasy", a collaboration with Gayle andEm Beihold , was released as the sixth single from Spencer's album,Mirror (2023).[ 25] Gayle co-wroteKelly Clarkson 's 2023 single "Me ", which was released on the same day.[ 26] On May 5, 2023, she released "Don't Call Me Pretty".[ 27] Gayle performed and co-wrote "Butterflies"—a re-titled "bedroom-pop " rework of the song "Butterfly " byCrazy Town , which it also interpolates—forBarbie the Album , which was released in July.[ 28] [ 29] In August, she released the single "Leave Me for Dead".[ 30] Her next song, "I Don't Sleep as Good as I Used to", followed on October 6.[ 31] Gayle embarked on her debut headlining tour, the Scared but Trying Tour. It commenced on October 17 inTampa, Florida and ended on November 15, 2023 inNashville, Tennessee .[ 32] Also in November, she released the compilation albumHello This Is the Setlist for My Tour .[ 33]
Her first release of 2024 was "Kinda Smacks" withRoyal & the Serpent in February.[ 34] From May to June, she conducted her short tour, the My First Time (in Asia) Tour, which consisted of four shows in Asia,[ 35] including her slot at theSeoul Jazz Fest .[ 36] On June 28, Gayle released the single "Internet Baby".[ 37]
Headlining
The FU Tour Scared but Trying Tour (2023)[ 32] (My First Time) in Asia Tour (2024) Supporting
List of extended plays, with selected chart positions Title Details Peak chart positions US [ 39] CAN [ 40] FRA [ 41] A Study of the Human Experience Volume One 138 43 110 A Study of the Human Experience Volume Two Released: October 7, 2022 Labels: Atlantic, Arthouse Format: CD, digital download, streaming — — — A Study of the Human Experience Volume Two and a Half Released: December 9, 2022 Labels: Atlantic, Arthouse Format: Digital download, streaming — — — This Was My Setlist When I Opened up for People This Year Released: May 12, 2023 Labels: Atlantic Format: Digital download, streaming — — —
List of compilation albums, with selected chart positions Title Details A Study of the Human Experience Volume One and Two Released: March 24, 2023 Labels: Atlantic Format:LP Hello This Is the Setlist for My Tour
List of singles as lead artist, showing year released and album name Title Year Peak chart positions Certifications Album US [ 43] AUS [ 44] AUT [ 45] CAN [ 46] GER [ 47] IRE [ 48] NZ [ 49] SWI [ 50] UK [ 51] WW [ 52] "Z"[ 53] [ 54] [ 11] 2020 — — — — — — — — — — Hello This Is the Setlist for My Tour "Dumbass"[ 55] [ 11] — — — — — — — — — — Non-album singles "Happy for You"[ 56] [ 11] — — — — — — — — — — "Orange Peel"[ 57] [ 11] — — — — — — — — — — Hello This Is the Setlist for My Tour "ABCDEFU "[ 58] [ 59] 2021 3 2 1 2 1 1 3 1 1 1 A Study of the Human Experience Volume One [ 42] "Ur Just Horny"[ 67] [ 68] [ 69] 2022 — — — — — — —[ A] — — — "Don't Trip"[ 71] (with Justus Bennetts) — — — — — — — — — — Non-album single "Indieedgycool"[ 72] — — — — — — — — — — A Study of the Human Experience Volume Two "God Has a Sense of Humor"[ 73] — — — — — — — — — — "Snow Angels" — — — — — — — — — — "FMK"(withBlackbear ) — — — — — — — — — — "Everybody Hates Me"[ 74] 2023 — — — — — — — — — — This Was My Setlist When I Opened up for People This Year "Don't Call Me Pretty" — — — — — — — — — — "Leave Me for Dead" — — — — — — — — — — "I Don't Sleep as Good as I Used To"[ 31] — — — — — — — — — — Hello This Is the Setlist for My Tour "Internet Baby" 2024 — — — — — — — — — — "—" denotes a single that did not chart or was not released in that territory.
List of singles as featured artist, showing year released and album name Title Year Album "Oscar Nominated"[ 75] (James Droll featuring Gayle) 2021 Non-album single
Promotional singles [ edit ] List of promotional singles, with year released, selected chart positions, and album name shown Title Year Album "Butterflies" 2023 Barbie the Album
Awards and nominations [ edit ] ^ Deville, Chris (November 29, 2021)."The Viciously Fun Breakup Song That Put Gayle On The Teen Pop-Rock Radar" .Stereogum .Archived from the original on April 21, 2022. RetrievedMay 27, 2022 . ^ Ju, Shirley (September 15, 2021)."Inspiration Behind "abcdefu" & Signing To Atlantic Records" .Flaunt Magazine .Archived from the original on November 26, 2021. RetrievedMay 27, 2022 . ^ "TAYLOR GAYLE Trademark of Taylor Gayle Rutherfurd - Registration Number 6018712 - Serial Number 88599768 :: Justia Trademarks" .trademarks.justia.com .Archived from the original on June 28, 2022. RetrievedJune 28, 2022 .^ "GAYLE scores breakthrough UK Number 1 single with abcdefu" .Official Charts Company .Archived from the original on January 18, 2022. RetrievedJanuary 17, 2022 .^ "Official Singles Chart Top 100" . Official Charts Company.Archived from the original on July 4, 2020. RetrievedJanuary 17, 2022 .^ "Official Irish Singles Chart Top 50" . Official Charts Company.Archived from the original on January 7, 2022. RetrievedJanuary 17, 2022 .^ "Chartbreaker: How GAYLE Spelled Out Her Success With Breakup Smash 'abcdefu' " .Billboard . January 4, 2022.Archived from the original on February 9, 2022. RetrievedMay 27, 2022 .^ Bredael, April (September 15, 2021)."Interview: GAYLE" .Tongue Tied Mag .Archived from the original on November 25, 2021. RetrievedDecember 21, 2021 . ^ Walthall, Catherine (August 13, 2021)."GAYLE Spells Out Her Terms for Moving On with New Single "abcdefu" " .American Songwriter .Archived from the original on April 11, 2022. RetrievedApril 11, 2022 . ^ Seventeen (May 9, 2022)." "abcdefu" Singer Gayle Has CHROMESTHESIA and See's Music As Color?! | 17 Questions | Seventeen" .YouTube . RetrievedNovember 8, 2023 . ^a b c d e Ju, Shirley (September 15, 2021)."GAYLE | Inspiration Behind "abcdefu" & Signing To Atlantic Records" .Flaunt .Archived from the original on November 26, 2021. RetrievedDecember 21, 2021 . ^ Papathanasopoulos, Vasili (August 16, 2021)."GAYLE Shares New Single 'ABCDEFU' " .MILKY .Archived from the original on November 25, 2021. RetrievedDecember 21, 2021 . ^ Defoor, Emily (September 26, 2021)."Exclusive Interview: GAYLE Says What We Are All Thinking in 'ABCDEFU' and We Got to Ask Her All About It!" .thehoneypop.com .Archived from the original on November 25, 2021. RetrievedDecember 21, 2021 . ^ @whoisgayle (January 17, 2022)."ur just horny out wednesday https://gayle.lnk.to/urjusthorny" (Tweet ). RetrievedJanuary 17, 2022 – viaTwitter . ^ "Atlantic Records GAYLE" .Atlantic Records Official Website .Archived from the original on January 2, 1997. RetrievedMarch 22, 2022 .^ "GAYLE" .Arthouse . Archived fromthe original on April 1, 2022. RetrievedMarch 22, 2022 .^ a study of the human experience volume one , March 18, 2022,archived from the original on March 22, 2022, retrievedMarch 22, 2022 ^ "TOP 40 - March 19, 2022" .American Top 40 .Archived from the original on March 25, 2022. RetrievedMarch 19, 2022 .^ "GAYLE to Guest Host 'American Top 40' | KIIS FM" .Ryan Seacrest .Archived from the original on April 1, 2022. RetrievedMarch 19, 2022 .^ Kaufman, Gil (September 20, 2022)."GAYLE Cancels Fall 'Avoiding College' Tour: 'I'm Learning How to Be an Adult' " .Billboard .Archived from the original on September 20, 2022. RetrievedSeptember 20, 2022 . ^ " "Everybody Hates Me": Gayle drops first new music of 2023" .WRMF . March 9, 2023. RetrievedSeptember 25, 2023 .^ Willman, Chris (November 1, 2022)."Taylor Swift Announces 2023 'Eras Tour' of U.S. Stadiums" .Variety .Archived from the original on November 1, 2022. RetrievedNovember 1, 2022 . 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RetrievedApril 15, 2023 . ^ Paul, Larisha (May 5, 2023)."Gayle Ditches Fake Niceties on New Single 'Don't Call Me Pretty' " .Rolling Stone . RetrievedMay 8, 2023 . ^ Wang, Steffanee (July 13, 2023)."Gayle shares her pink-filled photo diary from theBarbie London premiere" .Nylon . RetrievedSeptember 26, 2023 . ^ Gonzalez, Alex (May 25, 2023)."The (Partial) Tracklist To The 'Barbie' Soundtrack Has Been Revealed" .Uproxx .Archived from the original on June 25, 2023. RetrievedSeptember 26, 2023 . ^ Murray, Robin (August 29, 2023)."Gayle Returns With 'Leave Me for Dead' " .Clash . RetrievedSeptember 9, 2023 . ^a b "Gayle Is Feeling Jaded on New Single 'I Don't Sleep as Good as I Used to' " .Rolling Stone . October 6, 2023. RetrievedOctober 8, 2023 .^a b Dailey, Hannah (June 12, 2023)."Gayle Is 'Scared But Trying' to Tour: See North American Dates" .Billboard . RetrievedJune 18, 2023 . ^ Smith, Carl (November 9, 2023)."New Releases: Dua Lipa, The Beatles, PinkPantheress, Chase & Status and more" .Official Charts Company . RetrievedFebruary 3, 2024 . ^ Carter, Emily (February 15, 2024)."Hear Royal & the Serpent and GAYLE's new collab, Kinda Smacks" .Kerrang! TV . RetrievedFebruary 20, 2024 . ^ Go, Mayks (February 23, 2024)." 'ABCDEFU' Hitmaker GAYLE Announces Manila Concert This May" .Billboard Philippines . RetrievedJune 26, 2024 . ^ Jung-youn, Lee (January 31, 2024)."Seoul Jazz Festival returns to Olympic Park with diverse lineup" .The Korea Herald . RetrievedFebruary 3, 2024 . ^ "New Music Friday: The Kid LAROI, GAYLE, BTS' Jimin and more" .KQMV . June 28, 2024. RetrievedJune 29, 2024 .^ M, Emma (May 6, 2022)."My Chemical Romance announces Gayle and Starcrawler as special guests in Dublin" .FM104 . Archived fromthe original on December 3, 2023. RetrievedNovember 27, 2023 . ^ "Billboard 200: Week of April 2, 2022" .Billboard .Archived from the original on April 1, 2022. RetrievedMarch 29, 2022 .^ "Billboard Canadian Albums" .FYIMusicNews . March 13, 2017.Archived from the original on July 10, 2019. RetrievedMarch 29, 2022 .^ "Discographie Gayle" .lescharts.com (in French). Hung Medien.Archived from the original on April 13, 2022. RetrievedApril 13, 2022 .^a b Griffiths, George (February 24, 2022)."Gayle announces debut EP A Study of the Human Experience Volume One" .Official Charts Company .Archived from the original on February 24, 2022. RetrievedFebruary 25, 2022 . ^ Trust, Gary (February 28, 2022)." 'We Don't Talk About Bruno,' From 'Encanto,' Leads Billboard Hot 100 For Fifth Week" .Billboard .Archived from the original on February 28, 2022. RetrievedFebruary 28, 2022 . ^ "ARIA Top 50 Singles Chart" .Australian Recording Industry Association . December 20, 2021.Archived from the original on December 20, 2021. 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RetrievedJanuary 14, 2022 .^ "Billboard Global 200 Chart: Week of January 15, 2022" .Billboard .Archived from the original on January 11, 2022. RetrievedJanuary 24, 2022 .^ GAYLE (April 4, 2020)."z (Official Music Video)" .youtube .Archived from the original on March 17, 2022. RetrievedMarch 17, 2022 . ^ GAYLE (March 19, 2020)."z (Official Lyrics)" .youtube .Archived from the original on March 17, 2022. RetrievedMarch 17, 2022 . ^ GAYLE (February 7, 2020)."dumbass (Official Music Video)" .youtube .Archived from the original on March 17, 2022. RetrievedMarch 17, 2022 . ^ GAYLE (April 22, 2020)."happy for you" .youtube .Archived from the original on March 17, 2022. RetrievedMarch 17, 2022 . ^ GAYLE (August 26, 2020)."orange peel (Official Music Video)" .YouTube .Archived from the original on March 17, 2022. RetrievedMarch 17, 2022 . ^ GAYLE (August 13, 2021)."abcdefu (Official Music Video)" .youtube .Archived from the original on March 16, 2022. RetrievedMarch 17, 2022 . ^ GAYLE (August 25, 2021)."abcdefu (lyric video)" .youtube .Archived from the original on March 17, 2022. RetrievedMarch 17, 2022 . ^ "American certifications – Gayle" .Recording Industry Association of America . RetrievedMarch 18, 2022 .^ "ARIA Charts – Accreditations – 2022 Singles" (PDF) .Australian Recording Industry Association . RetrievedAugust 1, 2022 .^ "British certifications – Gayle" .British Phonographic Industry . RetrievedApril 1, 2022 .Type Gayle in the "Search BPI Awards" field and then press Enter. ^ "Gold-/Platin-Datenbank (Gayle)" (in German).Bundesverband Musikindustrie . RetrievedDecember 9, 2022 .^ "Austrian certifications – Gayle" (in German).IFPI Austria. RetrievedApril 5, 2022 .^ "Canadian certifications – Gayle" .Music Canada . RetrievedDecember 25, 2021 .^ "New Zealand single certifications – Gayle – ABCDEFU" .Recorded Music NZ . RetrievedNovember 20, 2024 .^ GAYLE (January 19, 2022)."ur just horny (Official Music Video)" .youtube .Archived from the original on March 17, 2022. RetrievedMarch 17, 2022 . ^ GAYLE (January 27, 2022)."ur just horny (lyric video)" .youtube .Archived from the original on March 17, 2022. RetrievedMarch 17, 2022 . ^ @whoisgayle (January 11, 2022)."here's a presave link if you want to click it" (Tweet ). RetrievedJanuary 12, 2022 – viaTwitter . ^ "NZ Hot Singles Chart" .Recorded Music NZ . January 31, 2022.Archived from the original on January 28, 2022. RetrievedJanuary 29, 2022 .^ "Don't Trip - Single by Justus Bennetts & GAYLE on Apple Music" .Apple Music (US) . February 25, 2022.Archived from the original on April 13, 2022. RetrievedApril 13, 2022 .^ "indieedgycool (Single) GAYLE" .Pro Studio Masters . August 12, 2022.Archived from the original on August 12, 2022. RetrievedAugust 12, 2022 .^ "GAYLE Drops Gripping New Single, "God Has a Sense of Humor"<—"This Song is About Wanting to Have Hope" " .American Songwriter . August 27, 2022.Archived from the original on August 26, 2022. RetrievedAugust 26, 2022 .^ "GAYLE's New Song 'Everybody Hates Me' Is An Angsty Anthem About Feeling Empowered By Hate" .Uproxx . March 9, 2023.Archived from the original on March 9, 2023. RetrievedMarch 9, 2023 .^ "Oscar Nominated (feat. GAYLE) - Single by James Droll" .Apple Music (US) . March 11, 2021.Archived from the original on January 22, 2022. RetrievedJanuary 22, 2022 .^ AMAs (October 13, 2022)."Nominations Announced for the 2022 American Music Awards" .American Music Awards .Archived from the original on November 16, 2022. RetrievedOctober 14, 2022 . ^ Atkinson, Katie (May 15, 2022)."Here Are the 2022 Billboard Music Awards Winners: Full List" .Billboard .Archived from the original on May 15, 2022. 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