Funny How Things Work Out
Funny How Things Work Out is OkCello’s most expansive statement yet—a bold convergence of rhythm, reflection, and release. Built entirely from the cello and shaped by hip-hop pulse, ska-inflected movement, and improvisational freedom, the album carries a sense of joyful inevitability: the feeling that life’s twists, tensions, and surprises are somehow conspiring toward clarity. Rather than resisting change, Funny How Things Work Out leans into it, transforming uncertainty into motion and struggle into groove. It’s music that nods, bounces, and breathes—inviting listeners to trust the journey, loosen their grip, and recognize meaning in the unfolding.
October 2025
Liminal
ALBUM — 2016
Liminal lives in the in-between—the spaces where transformation quietly begins. As OkCello’s first full-length statement, the album explores thresholds of identity, emotion, and becoming through layered cello, rhythm, and open-ended improvisation. Liminal doesn’t rush toward resolution; it listens, lingers, and allows change to unfold in its own time. The result is an intimate and exploratory body of work that invites listeners to sit inside uncertainty and recognize it not as an ending, but as a powerful place of possibility.
Resolve
Album — 2018
Resolve is an album about choosing to move forward—deliberately, honestly, and with heart. Rooted in OkCello’s signature blend of looping cello, rhythm, and improvisation, the music carries a quiet determination that builds over time. Rather than offering easy answers, Resolve sits with tension and transforms it into momentum, inviting listeners to find strength in patience and clarity in persistence. It’s a body of work that honors the courage it takes to keep going, even when the path ahead is still coming into focus.
BEACON
ALBUM— 2021
Beacon is a meditation on light—how it’s found, how it’s shared, and how it guides us through uncertainty. Built from layered cello, rhythm, and spacious textures, the album unfolds like a signal sent across distance: steady, intentional, and deeply human. As OkCello blends improvisation with carefully sculpted compositions, Beacon becomes both refuge and invitation—music that meets listeners where they are, then gently points forward. It’s an album about resilience, connection, and the quiet power of becoming a source of light for one another.
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EP— 2021
Singles
Gonna, Gonna Be Ok (Suite Remix)” is a soul-soaked affirmation that feels like community in motion. Anchored by OkCello’s expressive, looping cello, the remix unfolds as a suite—each artist adding a distinct voice and emotional color. Theresa tha SONGBIRD’s words bring radiant warmth and reassurance, Salah Ananse offers a grounded, global afro-house soulfulness, and MALI Irene delivers a tender etheral strength that lingers long after the final note. Together, the collaborators transform the song into a shared exhale—an expansive reminder that even in uncertain times, healing and hope are collective acts.
Gonna, Gonna Be Ok Suite (Remix)
Featuring Bouquet (Salah Ananse, MALI Irene, and OkCello)
Words by Theresa Tha SONGBIRD
A cover of one of U2’s most iconic songs, OkCello’s rendition of WOWY is performed through a different lens. Rather than just a lament of the complications and tragedies of romantic love, OkCello’s performance imagines the citizens of a country locked in bitter and toxic dysfunction, longing for a sweetness in governance and community that they have longed for but never known. While this performance offers no solutions, the longing for such sweetness keeps alive the hope that it is possible.
With or Without You
Funny How Things Work Out
Funny How Things Work Out
Funny How Things Work Out is a kinetic meditation on trust, timing, and forward motion. Built entirely from layered cello, the track pulses with hip-hop drive and ska-inspired accents, transforming the instrument into both rhythm section and storyteller. There are no lyrics—just movement, momentum, and feeling—inviting listeners to nod, bounce, and reflect all at once. Playful yet grounded, the song captures that familiar realization that clarity often arrives only after we let go, reminding us that even the twists we didn’t plan for can carry us exactly where we need to be.