"iothesinger is a rock and soul artist whose performances don't just move rooms, they change them."

IO is an artist who has spent her whole life turning displacement into devotion. Born in Atlanta, raised between Macon and Nigeria, Ayodele Owolabi arrived at her voice the hard way — through years of uncertainty, faith, loss, and an unwillingness to let any of it go to waste.

She makes rock and soul music that doesn't ask permission. Her live performances have stopped rooms mid-breath. Audiences have called for encores before the last note faded. People have cried without expecting to. Because IO doesn't just sing songs — she holds a room still and asks it to reckon with itself.

Her debut album Severed arrives spring 2026. It is a record about grief, liberation, and the terrifying space in between — the place where you've let go of who you were but haven't yet become who you're meant to be.