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Who is Gayle? All the Facts You Need to Know About the “ABCDEFU” Singer

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Rising pop sensation Gayle (her real name is Taylor Gayle Rutherford) was born in Dallas, Texas on July 8, 2004.

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Gayle lives in Nashville currently, although she travels to places like Los Angeles and New York to collaborate with other songwriters and further her fast-rising singing and songwriting careers.

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Gayle’s influences include soul legend and Rock n’ Roll Hall of Fame member Aretha Franklin, jazz icon Ella Fitzgerald, Maggie Rogers, Olivia Rodrigo, and Lorde.

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Kara DioGuardi, American Idol judge and CEO of Arthouse Music Publishing, discovered Gayle at a songwriting pop-up event in Nashville.

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Gayle’s songs combine pop, rock, indie, R & B, and more. If you love any of those genres, you’ll definitely love her.

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Gayle is certainly not an overnight sensation. Even before her breakout hit “ABCDEFU” she had over five million streams on popular music platforms like Spotify and Apple Music as an independent artist.

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Not surprisingly, Gayle wrote “ABCDEFU,” along with collaborators Sara Davies and David Pittenger. It was produced by Peter Nappi, who has also worked with Ke$ha, Madison Beer, Anne Marie, and others.

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On its most basic level, “ABCDEFU” is a breakup song, perhaps one of the best breakup songs in a long time, which is why it’s gone so viral on Tik Tok.

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