Anaïs Oluwatoyin Estelle Marinho[1] (born 9 August 2000),[2][3] known professionally as Arlo Parks, is an English singer and songwriter.

[11] Parks chose her stage name as a distinctive personal pseudonym, inspired by King Krule and Frank Ocean.

This caught the attention of radio presenters across the UK who distributed these demos to Ali Raymond of Beatnik Creative, who soon began managing Parks.

Olivia Swash wrote that the vocals on the song "flourish thanks to [Parks'] creative writing background, with her delicate tone taking centre stage against the gently plodding guitars and the soft crackle of vinyl.

[31] Sean Kerwick told DIY that the five-track EP "oozes with the hang-ups of heartbreak and mortality; a topic that seems to overshadow many gen-Z musicians.

In May 2020, Parks released the singles "Eugene" and "Black Dog", which were well received during the COVID-19 lockdown,[34] the latter of which became BBC Radio 1's Tune of the Week.

[36] Parks and Moses Boyd made the front cover of Music Week for the publication's indie takeover special following the AIM Awards ceremony.

Presenting the award, judge Annie MacManus said: "We chose an artist with a singular voice who uses lyrics of remarkable beauty … and connects deeply with her generation as she does so".

[51][52] A fourth single, "Pegasus," was released on 10 May 2023, featuring artist Phoebe Bridgers, with whom Parks had previously performed with on BBC Radio 1 in 2020 and at Coachella in 2022.

[60][61][62] In the autobiographical text on her Spotify profile, Parks claimed that she spent most of secondary school "feeling like that black kid who couldn't dance for shit, listening to too much emo music and crushing on some girl in her Spanish class.

[64][49] They split in early 2024, with Ashnikko referencing the breakup in her debut performance of her upcoming song "Itty Bitty" while opening for Billie Eilish in December 2024.