
After finishing high school, Ayo went on to attend Washtenaw Community College.
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The two never took official dance classes and were mostly self taught.Īs well as dancing, the two became fascinated by music and Ayo taught himself how to play piano, drums, and the trombone. Ayo, being the older of the two, began dancing at an early age, in which Teo soon joined in. They made a remix of Hey Violet's song Hoodie, which was released as a single on October 13th, 2017.Īyleo Bowles (Ayo) was born on Octoand Mateo Bowles (Teo) was born on Augin Ann Arbor, Michigan. Their song "Rolex" peaked at number 20 on the US Billboard Hot 100.

Then, I ordered, like, 15 panda and shark masks.Mateo Bowles Ayleo and Mateo Bowles (born Octo and Aug), commonly known as Ayo & Teo are a duo of dancers from Ann Arbor, Michigan. They have appeared in music videos for Usher's "No Limit]" and Chris Brown's "Party". “I went online and ordered some BAPE masks. “When we dance, we make some weird facial expressions. The two have been trending their masks around the world with what began as people making fun of their dancing-faces. “It’s like bro stuff.”Īyo and Teo’s influence with their talent has allowed closure for their listeners on behalf of the artist’s passing, as well as fashion. “He would just always DM me, ‘keep the vibes going’ and he’d just always have a good message no matter what,” said Teo. In fact, at the end of the official music video, a message reads, “Condolences to all those that who have lost a loved one. The boys aimed to allow those who are grieving the loss of a beloved artist with the song, “Fallen Angels.” This is a track many can resonate with. XXXTentacion had made an impact with use of his music, leaving many of his fans with intense feelings as described by Ayo. “The emotions through his songs, we made out through our dancing and we heard his fans saying that they didn’t know what to do and that they might kill themselves, and we were like ‘nah, we can’t have that.’ So, we released the track for them to listen to.” Teo had formed a relationship with XXXTentacion through social media which led to the brothers decision to release a song on behalf of both their fans and XXXTentacion’s fans.

The brothers also had plans to work with artist, XXXTentacion on their track, “Fallen Angels” before his passing, which has been released as a tribute song. “So where we’re from, people usually stay working regular jobs, but we did and now we’re helping our family out and everything, carrying the bag.”Īyo and Teo have worked with many of today’s influential artists such as Lil Yachty, Childish Gambino, Chris Brown and more. “Coming from Michigan and living in a small environment, a lot of people don’t make it out unless it’s for sports, which still, people barely make it out,” Ayo said. Since the success of “Rolex,” the two have released many singles, been touring and have a collected following of over three million on Instagram. When they returned from the mall that day, Ayo and Teo began dabbling with lyrics expressing their feelings about the watches with use of the app, “I am T-Pain” for autotune, which was later added to a melody, taken to the studio and quickly began trending worldwide. The inspiration for Ayo and Teo’s song, “Rolex” was quickly drawn by the duo’s desire to buy the watches after they were offered some replicas of the iconic brand. We made sure that we’d dance and show everyone that we’re having fun.” “In 2017, we just took off that year… Everything was pretty fast, but it was a lot of work… We were popping up everywhere we needed to be.
