Now LA-based, Koyal is made up of best friends Pooja Prabakaran (vocals), Noah Weinstein (guitar/producer) and Wallace (drums) who met in their Atlanta college basement and each earned engineering degrees.

Fueled by their tight-knit friendship and shared love of Glass Animals, Yeah Yeah Yeahs, and GROUPLOVE, the three friends began writing songs and have since amassed a loyal following with their genre-defying sound, dazzling instrumentation, and relatable lyricism. The group's namesake is a koyal, a black southeast Asian songbird that Pooja heard everyday outside her window during the 3 years she lived in India.

The group played at Brookhaven Cherry Blossom Festival last year, alongside Barenaked Ladies, Moon Taxi, +Live+, Sister Hazel, Lisa Loeb, and Crash Test Dummies. In 2023, Koyal sold out their hometown venue The Masquerade and set out on a headline East Coast tour.

Most recently in the spring of 2025, Koyal released their sophomore album "breathe in. breathe out." Upon its release, the album received high praise from Pleaser Magazine, The LUNA Collective, The Knockturnal and more. The Honey POP wrote the LP is, "incredible.. dynamic.. the perfect mix of light indie and edgier rock."

With their new album out in the world, the trio aims to solidify their place in the rising indie pop/rock sphere with their hearts on their sleeves.