Coyle Girelli


Coyle Girelli is a British and American recording artist, multi-platinum selling composer, songwriter, record producer, multi-instrumentalist and entrepreneur. He is a co-founder and CEO of label group Calm and Collected Music Group and CAC Music Publishing as well as being involved in several other business ventures.
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. His sophomore solo album Funland was released in February 2022 to critical acclaim and his third solo album "Museum Day" released in autumn 2023.. His fourth solo album "Out Of This Town" was released on Sun Records in 2025 and featured a collection of songs written with legendary songwriter Mac Davis.

Early life

Girelli grew up in Otley, West Yorkshire. There he attended Prince Henry's Grammar School where he met the 3 other founding members of Your Vegas.
Girelli attended University of Leeds, completing a degree in Law and Criminology.

Music career

Your Vegas 2005-2011

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 and songwriter in Your Vegas. 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 in May 2008.
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 [Music and Arts Festival|All Points West].
Girelli made his network television with Your Vegas in the US on Last Call with Carson Daly with Your Vegas.
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. 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.

The Chevin 2011-2015

In 2010, Girelli founded British alternative band The Chevin together with former Your Vegas bandmates Langford, Steel and Taylor. 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.
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 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."

Songwriting

Girelli writes songs and produces for many other major label recording artists and his releases include BTS, Macklemore, Westlife, 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, and Arty. 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 and the Manhattan Film Festival where he won the award for 'Best Original Song'.
In 2016, Girelli founded a New York City based independent record label called Honey Lemon Records. He has released several New York based artists on the label including French singer Livia Blanc and The Dawn of MAY.
He co-founded CAC Music Publishing in 2023. The company has a catalog of over 23,000 songs and a roster of hundreds of writers.

Musical theater

Robin Des Bois and Le 3 Mousquetaires
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. 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. He is currently working on several new musical theater projects in New York City and Europe.
True Love Forever
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."
The show opened with a run of sold out performances at Art X in lower Manhattan, New York in November 2024 with more runs of sold out shows in late 2024 and early 2025.
Girelli released a second single from the show titled "You" in December 2024.
Reincarnation Blues
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.
In early 2025 a live performance of music from the show was performed at Drom in downtown Manhattan featuring Broadway performers Morgan Siobhan Green, and Eleri Ward.
In April 2025 a closed workshop and presentation of the show took at place at The Other Palace in London and featured Broadway actor Noah Ricketts as male lead Milo.

''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". Follow up single "My Blue Heart" was released on 8 June 2018.
The 11 track album Love Kills was released to widespread acclaim on 21 September 2018. Atwood Magazine called the album "A beautifully dark masterpiece" while High Voltage Magazine called it "possibly be the most surprising musical diamond find of the year". with Girelli's vocal performance frequently compared to Roy Orbison and Elvis Presley
The song "In Your Arms", from Love Kills was used in season 2, episode 2 of Netflix TV show StartUp.
An early version of "Naked Soul" was used as the music for a Naked Cashmere campaign with a video made featuring supermodel Kate Moss. "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.
"Naked Soul" from Love Kills was used in MTV show Catfish: The TV Show Season 8, Episode 33
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.
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".
The album became the basis and inspiration behind 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.
Funland was released to critical acclaim on 25 February 2022, with Rolling Stone Australia calling it "a contender for record of the year." 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...." Atwood Magazine described its sound as "Soaring and cinematic".
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.
The track "Porno" was used in the closing scene and title credits in Episode 6 of the Apple TV show Smoke featuring Taron Egerton.

"Museum Day" 2023–2024

"Museum Day", the first single from Girelli's third solo album was released on 14 June 2023. With follow up singles "Jane Tells a Lie" released on 26 July 2023. "So Predictable" and "Between Us" released throughout out 2023. The album was critically acclaimed and described as "an ode to New York" and "a soul-stirring celebration of life, love and NYC" by Atwood Magazine and a "musical masterpiece" by AAA Backstage.
An EP of acoustic versions of songs from the album was released in May 2024.

"Out Of This Town" 2025

On June 13, 2025, Girelli released the single "Pretty" and announced a new album titled "Out Of This Town" which would be released on Sun Records and was co-written with Mac Davis.
Other singles released from "Out Of This Town" were "Everyone But Me and You" which featured a duet with Cassandra Lewis and "Lost to the River" which featured a duet with KT Tunstall

Artist discography

Solo

Studio albums
  • Love Kills – Coyle Girelli
  • Funland – Coyle Girelli
  • Museum Day – Coyle Girelli
  • Out Of This Town – Coyle Girelli
Extended plays
  • Christmas And Me EP – Coyle Girelli
  • Stripped – Coyle Girelli
  • Museum Day - Acoustics EP – Coyle Girelli
  • True Love Forever EP – Coyle Girelli
Singles
  • "Where's My Girl?" – Coyle Girelli
  • "My Blue Heart" – Coyle Girelli
  • "Disappear" – Coyle Girelli
  • "Love Kills" – Coyle Girelli
  • "The Lights" – Coyle Girelli
  • "Fun" – Coyle Girelli
  • "From 7th Street with Love" – Coyle Girelli
  • "Here Comes My Baby" – Coyle Girelli
  • "Do You Wanna Dance?" – Coyle Girelli
  • "Famous Blue Raincoat" / "Fireworks" – Coyle Girelli
  • "Modern Noir - Stripped" – Coyle Girelli
  • "True Love Forever" – Coyle Girelli
  • "Museum Day" – Coyle Girelli
  • "Jane Tells a Lie" – Coyle Girelli
  • "So Predictable" – Coyle Girelli
  • "Between Us" – Coyle Girelli
  • "The Girl - Acoustic Version" – Coyle Girelli
  • "You" - Coyle Girelli
  • "Pretty" - Coyle Girelli
  • "Everyone But Me and You" – Coyle Girelli
  • "Lost To The River" – Coyle Girelli

With The Chevin

Studio albums
Extended plays
Singles

With Your Vegas

Studio albums
Extended plays
Singles

Other songs

  • "Naked Soul" – Coyle Girelli 2016 –
  • "Bitter Sweet Symphony" – Schukulu feat. Coyle Girelli 2018 –.

As featured artist

  • "On Your Own" – Serge Devant 2012
  • "Something For Nothing" – Asher Roth 2014
  • "Something For Nothing" – Blended Babies 2015
  • "Dragonfly" – Blended Babies 2016
  • "Beautiful Girl" – Blended Babies 2017
  • "Neon Rose" – Neon Tiger 2017
  • "Digital Perfection" – LEFTI 2017
  • "Supposed To Be" – Arty 2017
  • "Galaxies" – Nicolas Haelg 2018
  • "Song Goes On" - Keli Holiday 2021

Musical theater

Robin des Bois Les Trois Mousquetaires True Love Forever Reincarnation BluesChoreomania
YearTitleRolePlaywrightVenueRef.
2013Robin des BoisComposerPatrice Guirao and Lionel FlorencePalais des congrès de Paris, Paris
2016Les Trois MousquetairesComposerPatrice Guirao and Lionel FlorencePalais des congrès de Paris, Paris
2024/2025True Love ForeverComposer, Co-Creator, Producern/aArt X, New York City

Tours

  • UK Tour
  • UK Tour
  • Highlands and Islands Tour
  • UK Tour
  • North America Tour
  • North America Red Carpet Massacre Tour Part 1
  • US Tour
  • US Tour
  • North America Red Carpet Massacre Tour Part 2
  • US Tour
  • UK Tour
  • UK Tour
  • UK Tour
  • European Tour
  • European Tour
  • European Tour
  • UK Tour
  • European Tour
  • US Tour
  • North America Tour
  • European Tour
  • North America Tour
  • European Tour
  • North America Tour
  • North America Tour

Business ventures

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.
In 2023 he co-founded CAC Music Publishing. The company has a catalog of over 23,000 copyrights and a roster of hundreds of writers.

Personal Life

Girelli is British born, growing up in Otley, West Yorkshire. He became an American citizen in July 2025 becoming a duel citizen. He lives in New York City, Westhampton, NY and Los Angeles. He is a passionate and vocal supporter of English Premier League team Manchester City.