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English musician

Coyle Girelli
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Background information
Born 29th October
Origin Otley, West Yorkshire, England
Genres Indie folk, Americana, alternative rock, musical theater, opera, pop rock, pop
Occupation(s) Singer Songwriter Composer Producer Multi-instrumentalist
Instrument(s) Vocals, guitar, piano, mandolin, keyboards, drums, production
Years active 2007–present
Labels Universal Republic Epic Records Primary Wave Music Fierce Panda Records So Recordings Sony Music Entertainment BMG Rights Management Honey Lemon Records Calm and Collected Music Group

Musical artist

Coyle Girelli is an English recording artist, multi-platinum selling composer, songwriter, record producer and multi-instrumentalist. Formerly frontman of alternative rock bands Your Vegas and The Chevin he released his debut solo album, Love Kills, in 2018. He has written songs for BTS, Daisy the Great, Robin Schulz, Westlife and many others, including the BTS worldwide number 1 single "Heartbeat"[1] and co-composed songs for the record breaking French musicals Robin des Bois and Les Trois Mousquetaires.[2] His sophomore solo album Funland was released in February 2022 to critical acclaim.[3]

Girelli grew up in Otley, West Yorkshire.[4] There he attended Prince Henry's Grammar School where he met the 3 other founding members of Your Vegas.[4]

Girelli attended University of Leeds, completing a degree in Law and Criminology.[4]

Your Vegas 2005-2011

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Girelli, along with Mat Steel, Jon Langford, Mal Taylor and Mark Heaton, formed alternative rock band Your Vegas in 2005 while studying at Leeds University. He was the singer[5][6] and songwriter in Your Vegas.[7] The band released several self-produced singles in the UK before signing to Universal Republic in 2007 and releasing debut album A Town And Two Cities[8] in May 2008.[9]

The band extensively toured across the US and Canada, completing a series of North American tours including two tours with The Bravery, two full North American tours with Duran Duran and a run with Shiny Toy Guns. Your Vegas performed at various US Music festivals, including The Bamboozle, Bonnaroo, Lollapalooza, SXSW and All Points West.[10]

Girelli made his network television with Your Vegas in the US on Last Call with Carson Daly with Your Vegas.[11]

Your Vegas founded their own celebrity football team along with MLS Magazine called Champions United. On 22 November 2008, they played a charity football match against Hollywood United.[12] Proceeds raised from the event went towards helping hurricane victims in Houston. Since the event, Girelli has participated in a number of Hollywood United games and events.

Steven Spielberg's Discovery Channel documentary Rising: Rebuilding Ground Zero to commemorate the 10th anniversary of the 11 September terrorist attack in New York used "Salvador" written by Girelli as its theme music.[13]

The Chevin 2011-2015

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In 2010, Girelli founded British alternative band The Chevin together with former Your Vegas bandmates Langford, Steel and Taylor.[14] Girelli wrote and produced debut release The Champion EP released on Fierce Panda in the UK. He also wrote debut album Borderland produced by American producer Noah Shain. Lead single "Champion" along with several other of his songs from album Borderland have appeared in films, trailers, commercials, computer games and television shows across the globe, including "Champion" on the FIFA 13 soundtrack.[15]

The band toured extensively across North America and Europe, including tours with Franz Ferdinand, White Lies, Airborne Toxic Event and The Pigeon Detectives and festival appearances at Firefly Music Festival, T In The Park, Lollapalooza, SXSW Music Festival, Live at Leeds, Camden Crawl, The Great Escape Festival and Bingley Music Live.

Girelli made several network television appearances with The Chevin including on the Late Show with David Letterman[16] and on Conan.

After a hiatus from 2014, The Chevin began releasing new music in summer 2019 with singles "Under The Thunder" and "Big Machine."

Girelli writes songs and produces for many other major label recording artists and his releases include BTS, Macklemore, Westlife,[17] Daisy the Great, Robin Schulz, Echosmith, Sister Sparrow & The Dirty Birds, Spencer Ludwig, Alex Winston, The Movielife, Story Untold, Peking Duk, Rozes, Sam Feldt, Asher Roth,[18] and Arty.[19] He has collaborated with songwriters including Linda Perry, Mac Davis, The Stereotypes, LP, Scott Harris, Amy Allen (songwriter), Dan Nigro and Sterling Fox. He appeared on stage with Peking Duk as a guest vocalist several times including performances at Lollapalooza and Electric Zoo and their 2018 US and European tours.

In 2015, Girelli composed music for short film Shaded Reflections which was selected for the Cannes Film Festival[20] and the Manhattan Film Festival where he won the award for 'Best Original Song'.[21]

In 2016, Girelli founded a New York City based independent record label called Honey Lemon Records.[22] He has released several New York based artists on the label including French singer Livia Blanc[23] and The Dawn of MAY.[24]

Robin Des Bois (2013) and Le 3 Mousquetaires (2016)

He co-composed the 2013 French musical sensation Robin des Bois along with Micheal Malih, David Hallyday, Fred Château, Mathieu Mendès, Corneille, Shaka Ponk, John Mamann and Stanislas.[25] His song "Gloria" from the show also appears on opera singer Vincent Niclo's 2013 album Luis. Girelli co-composed the 2016 French musical Les 3 Mousquetaires.[26] He is currently working on several new musical theater projects in New York City and Europe.

True Love Forever (2024)

In January 2023, Girelli released the single "True Love Forever" together with an announcement of a new theatrical show created in collaboration with immersive theater company Third Rail Projects. The show is titled "True Love Forever."[27]The show will open off-Broadway with performances at Art X in lower Manhattan, New York in November 2024.[28]

Reincarnation Blues (2025)

In June 2023, it was announced that Reincarnation Blues, a new musical Girelli created and composed with Ben Thornewill, based on the critically acclaimed book of the same name, was selected for development at the prestigious Rhinebeck Writers Retreat in the summer of 2023.[29] The show is currently in production and rumored to be opening in 2025.

Love Kills 2018–2020

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In 2017, Girelli announced on Twitter that he is working on a debut solo record Love Kills to be released in summer 2018.

Debut single "Where's My Girl?" was released 11 May 2018 described by Clash Magazine as a "swooning knee trembler".[30] Follow up single "My Blue Heart" was released on 8 June 2018.[31]

The 11 track album Love Kills was released to widespread acclaim on 21 September 2018. Atwood Magazine called the album "A beautifully dark masterpiece""[32] while High Voltage Magazine called it "possibly be the most surprising musical diamond find of the year".[33] with Girelli's vocal performance frequently compared to Roy Orbison and Elvis Presley[34]

The song "In Your Arms", from Love Kills was used in season 2, episode 2 of Netflix TV show StartUp.[35]An early version of "Naked Soul" was used as the music for a Naked Cashmere campaign with a video made featuring supermodel Kate Moss.[36] "Naked Soul" also featured in the 2019 Peter Lindbergh documentary 'Peter Lindbergh – Women's Stories.'

"Something Strange in the Night" from Love Kills was used in Season 4, Episode 3 of Netflix show Chilling Adventures of Sabrina.[37]

"Naked Soul" from Love Kills was used in MTV show Catfish: The TV Show Season 8, Episode 33[38]

Girelli recorded a version of "Bitter Sweet Symphony" for Sacha Gervasi's Emmy Award nominated HBO film, My Dinner with Hervé, released in October 2018.[39]

In November 2018, Girelli released "Christmas And Me" EP featuring two original songs, "Christmas And Me Are Through" and "The Lights" as well as versions of "O Holy Night", "I'll Be Home for Christmas" and "Christmas Don't Be Late".[40]

The album became the basis and inspiration being the theatrical collaboration with Third Rail Projects resulting in the creation of the immersive theater show True Love Forever.

In October 2021, Girelli released single "Fun," the first single from his sophomore album Funland.[41]

Funland was released to critical acclaim on 25 February 2022, with Rolling Stone Australia calling it "a contender for record of the year."[42] AAA Backstage stated "Girelli has a certain type of song writing that oozes a sense of beauty and feeling. A lot of artists write lovely albums but this one from start to finish is that of a masterpiece...."[43] Atwood Magazine described its sound as "Soaring and cinematic".[44]

An acoustic album called Stripped featuring several acoustic versions of songs on Funland, as well as a cover of the Leonard Cohen song, "Famous Blue Raincoat" and of the First Aid Kit's song, "Fireworks", was released on 22 July 2022.[45]

"Museum Day" 2023–2024

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"Museum Day", the first single from Girelli's third solo album was released on 14 June 2023.[46] With follow up singles "Jane Tells a Lie" released on 26 July 2023.[47] "So Predictable" and "Between Us" released throughout out 2023.

An EP of acoustic versions of songs from the album was released in May 2024.

Studio albums

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Year Title Role Notes
2008 Last Call With Carson Daly himself Musical guest
2012 The Late Show with David Letterman Musical Guest
2012 Conan Musical Guest

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