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 and co-composed songs for the record breaking French musicals Robin des Bois and Les Trois Mousquetaires.[1] His sophomore solo album Funland was released in February 2022 to critical acclaim [2] and his third solo album "Museum Day" released in autumn 2023.[3]
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]
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
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]
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]
Musical theater
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 opened off-Broadway with performances at Art X in lower Manhattan, New York in November 2024 with more dates added for the end of 2024 and into 2025.[28][29]
Girelli released a second single from the show titled "You" in December 2024.
Reincarnation Blues (2025)
In June 2023, it was announced that Reincarnation Blues, a new musical Girelli created and composed with Ben Thornewill and Laura Zlatos, 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.[30]
Love Kills 2018–2020
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".[31] Follow up single "My Blue Heart" was released on 8 June 2018.[32]
The 11 track album Love Kills was released to widespread acclaim on 21 September 2018. Atwood Magazine called the album "A beautifully dark masterpiece"[33] while High Voltage Magazine called it "possibly be the most surprising musical diamond find of the year".[34] with Girelli's vocal performance frequently compared to Roy Orbison and Elvis Presley[35]
The song "In Your Arms", from Love Kills was used in season 2, episode 2 of Netflix TV show StartUp.[36]
An early version of "Naked Soul" was used as the music for a Naked Cashmere campaign with a video made featuring supermodel Kate Moss.[37] "Naked Soul" also featured in the 2019 Peter Lindbergh documentary 'Peter Lindbergh – Women's Stories.'
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.
Funland 2021–2023
In October 2021, Girelli released single "Fun," the first single from his sophomore album Funland.[42]
Funland was released to critical acclaim on 25 February 2022, with Rolling Stone Australia calling it "a contender for record of the year."[43] 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...."[44]Atwood Magazine described its sound as "Soaring and cinematic".[45]
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.[46]
"Museum Day" 2023–2024
"Museum Day", the first single from Girelli's third solo album was released on 14 June 2023.[47] With follow up singles "Jane Tells a Lie" released on 26 July 2023.[48] "So Predictable" and "Between Us" released throughout out 2023.
An EP of acoustic versions of songs from the album was released in May 2024.
Artist discography
Solo
Studio albums
Love Kills – Coyle Girelli (21 September 2018)[33]
In early 2019 Girelli founded Calm and Collected Music Group with Andrew Horowitz and Chris Leon. The company has grown rapidly since its formation and has a large roster of artists and writers and an expansive catalog of music across many genres that have generated billions of streams across DSPs. The company includes several subsidiary record labels, a publishing company, subscription website, visual and podcast productions.[65]
