Taylor Gayle Rutherfurd, better known by her mononymGayle, is an American singer. After signing with Atlantic Records/Arthouse Records, she released her hit single "ABCDEFU" in 2021, which has charted worldwide, including reaching number one in the United Kingdom, Ireland, and on the Billboard Global 200 and earned her a Grammy nomination for Song of the Year.
Career
In 2020, she signed her first record with Arthouse Records.
After releasing several self-produced singles, Gayle was discovered by former American Idol judge and Arthouse music publisher Kara DioGuardi and was signed to Atlantic Records/Arthouse Records.
In 2021, Gayle released "ABCDEFU", her major-label debut single with Atlantic Records/Arthouse Records. It became viral on TikTok and Spotify. "ABCDEFU" peaked at number three on the Billboard 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. Gayle subsequently released the song "Ur Just Horny" on January 19, 2022. On March 18, 2022, Gayle released a six-song extended play (EP) titled A Study of the Human Experience Volume One via Atlantic Records and Arthouse Records.
On March 19, 2022, Gayle was a fill-in host for the CHR version of Ryan Seacrest's American Top 40, where her song "ABCDEFU" spent its first week at number one.
On September 19, 2022, Gayle announced that she was canceling her ‘Avoiding College’ Tour.
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.
Gayle will be an opening act on multiple shows of the US leg of Taylor Swift's upcoming The Eras Tour, and on the European leg of Pink's Pink Summer Carnival tour.
