Taylor Gayle Rutherfurd (born June 10, 2004), known mononymously as Gayle (stylized in all caps), is an American singer. After signing with Atlantic Records and Arthouse Entertainment, 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 Award nomination for Song of the Year. Rutherfurd is from Plano, Texas. She started singing when she was seven and eventually moved to Nashville, Tennessee, to pursue a musical career. She is dyslexic.

In 2020, she signed her first record with Arthouse Entertainment.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 and Arthouse.

In 2021, Gayle released “ABCDEFU”, her major-label debut single with Atlantic and Arthouse. 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 and Arthouse.

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 Eras Tour, and on the European leg of Pink’s upcoming Summer Carnival tour. She co-wrote Kelly Clarkson’s 2023 single “Me”. In May 2023, she was announced to be featured on Barbie: The Album singing the song “Butterflies”.