Cassia O'Reilly
{{Short description|Irish singer-songwriter}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=January 2019}}
{{Infobox musical artist
| name = Cassia O'Reilly
| image =
| caption =
| birth_name = Cassia O'Reilly
| alias = Cosha, Bonzai
| birth_date = 1996
| birth_place = Indiana, United States
| genre = R&B, hip hop, dance, electronic
| occupation = {{hlist|Singer|songwriter|dancer|actress|fashion model|TV presenter}}
| years_active = 2015–present
| associated_acts =
| label = Columbia Records
}}
Cassia O'Reilly (known professionally as Cosha and formerly known as Bonzai{{cite web|url=https://www.discogs.com/artist/5989360-Cassia-OReilly |publisher=discogs |title=Cassia O'Reilly}}) is an Irish singer-songwriter and music producer.{{cite web |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20170815070540/http://www.dailyedge.ie/20-year-old-dublin-singer-new-yorker-3542806-Aug2017/ |url-status=live |archivedate=15 August 2017 |url=https://www.dailyedge.ie/20-year-old-dublin-singer-new-yorker-3542806-Aug2017/ |title=A 20-year-old Wicklow singer just got a rave review in The New Yorker for her new single |date=12 August 2017 |first=David |last=Elkin |website=DailyEdge.ie |accessdate=21 November 2018 }}{{cite web |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20170811140153/http://www.dazeddigital.com/music/article/37012/1/bonzai-i-feel-alright-interview |archivedate=11 August 2017 |url=http://www.dazeddigital.com/music/article/37012/1/bonzai-i-feel-alright-interview |first=Niall |last=Flynn |date=9 August 2017 |accessdate=21 November 2018 |website=Dazeddigital.com |url-status=live |title=Bonzai is making boundary-blurring R&B with an electric soul }}
Background
O'Reilly was born in Indiana, United States, and raised in Ireland, between County Wicklow and Dublin. Her African-American descent mother was a singer and her Irish father was a drummer. She moved to London at age 17.
Career
O'Reilly has worked with Eg White, Mura Masa and Rostam{{cite web |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20181102141722/http://www.thefader.com/2018/05/25/cosha-do-you-wanna-dance-rostam |title=Cosha is ready to reintroduce herself |first=David |last=Renshaw |date=25 May 2018 |archivedate=2 November 2018 |url=http://www.thefader.com/2018/05/25/cosha-do-you-wanna-dance-rostam |website=TheFader.com|accessdate=2 November 2018}} and Justin Raisen{{cite web |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20170314183915/https://hamadamania.com/2017/03/14/bonzai-hits-the-studio-with-justin-raisen/ |archivedate=14 March 2017 |url=https://hamadamania.com/2017/03/14/bonzai-hits-the-studio-with-justin-raisen/ |title=Bonzai hits the studio with Justin Raisen |date=14 March 2017 |url-status=live |website=hamadamania.com}} and toured with Flume.{{cite magazine |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20171008135354/http://www.billboard.com/articles/news/lifestyle/7988943/bonzai-irish-singer-new-face-fresh-style-interview |archivedate=8 October 2017 |url=https://www.billboard.com/articles/news/lifestyle/7988943/bonzai-irish-singer-new-face-fresh-style-interview |url-status=live |title=Bonzai is the Irish Singer-Songwriter Bringing Technicolor Rave to Modern R&B: New Face, Fresh Style |date=6 October 2017 |first=Braudie |last=Blais-Billie |magazine=Billboard |accessdate=2 November 2018 }}
Discography
= Albums =
{{Track listing
| headline = Mt. Pleasant (2021) (as Cosha){{cite web|url=https://www.clashmusic.com/news/cosha-announces-debut-album-mt-pleasant#:~:text=Cosha%20will%20release%20her%20debut,before%20being%20finished%20in%20London.|title=Cosha Announces Debut Album 'Mt. Pleasant'|date=7 May 2021 |publisher=Clash Music (UK)|accessdate=5 July 2021}}
| extra_column = Producer(s)
| total_length = 30:05
| title1 = Berlin Air
| writer1 = Cassia O'Reilly
| extra1 = {{hlist|Mura Masa|Cosha|Brett Shaw}}
| length1 = 3:54
| title2 = No Kink In The Wire
| writer2 = {{hlist|O'Reilly|Jacob Vetter|Johan Hugo}}
| extra2 = {{hlist|Cosha|JATA|Hugo|Koreless}}
| length2 = 5:30
| title3 = Do You Wanna Dance?
| writer3 = {{hlist|O'Reilly|Rostam Batmanglij}}
| extra3 = Rostam
| length3 = 3:26
| title4 = Lapdance from Asia
| writer4 = {{hlist|O'Reilly|Blane Muise|Zack Sekoff}}
| extra4 = {{hlist|Mura Masa|Cosha|Shaw|Koreless}}
| length4 = 3:28
| title5 = Run the Track
| writer5 = {{hlist|O'Reilly|Batmanglij}}
| extra5 = {{hlist|Rostam|Cosha}}
| length5 = 3:00
| title6 = Tighter
| writer6 = {{hlist|O'Reilly|Alexander Crossan|Coby Sey|Emile Haynie|Loraine James|Patrik Berger}}
| extra6 = {{hlist|Cosha|Berger|Mura Masa|James}}
| length6 = 4:09
| title7 = Hot Tub
| writer7 = {{hlist|O'Reilly|Crossan|Nate Huff|Tobias Laust Hansen|Vilhelm Tiburtz Strange|Villads Tyrrestrup Øster}}
| extra7 = {{hlist|Cosha|Mura Masa|}}
| length7 = 2:50
| title8 = Bad Luck
| writer8 = {{hlist|O'Reilly|Haynie}}
| extra8 = {{hlist|Cosha|Mura Masa|Haynie}}
| length8 = 3:45
| all_writing =
| note4 = featuring Shygirl
| note6 = featuring Coby Sey
}}
= EPs =
All tracks are written by O'Reilly.
{{Track listing
| headline =
| extra_column = Producer(s)
| total_length = 26:25
| title1 = Fire Me Up
| extra1 = {{hlist|Blacknoi$e|O'Reilly|Gabe Acheson|Sekoff}}
| length1 = 3:51
| title2 = Royah & Halia
| extra2 =
| length2 = 0:54
| title3 = Sun Back
| extra3 = {{hlist|Mura Masa|O'Reilly|Acheson|James Messiah}}
| length3 = 4:14
| title4 = Relish
| extra4 = {{hlist|Mura Masa|O'Reilly|Acheson|Sam Knowles}}
| length4 = 3:32
| title5 = Want You Back
| extra5 = {{hlist|1Mind|O'Reilly|Acheson|Mura Masa|Sekoff}}
| length5 = 3:35
| title6 = Perfect
| extra6 = {{hlist|1Mind|O'Reilly|Mura Masa|Sekoff}}
| length6 = 3:35
| title7 = MurMurs Interlude
| extra7 = {{hlist|Mura Masa|O'Reilly}}
| length7 = 2:17
| title8 = Glow
| extra8 = {{hlist|O'Reilly|Acheson|Mura Masa|Sekoff}}
| length8 = 4:43
| all_writing =
}}
=Mixtapes=
{{Track listing
| headline = R.I.P. Bonzai (2018) (as Cosha){{cite web|url=https://itunes.apple.com/gb/album/r-i-p-bonzai/1432877027|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180927170657/https://itunes.apple.com/gb/album/r-i-p-bonzai/1432877027|url-status=dead|archive-date=27 September 2018|title=R.I.P Bonzai by Cosha|publisher=iTunes (UK)|accessdate=27 September 2018}}
| extra_column = Producer(s)
| total_length = 39:02
| title1 = Do You Wanna Dance?
| writer1 = {{hlist|Cassia O'Reilly|Rostam Batmanglij}}
| extra1 = Rostam
| length1 = 3:26
| title2 = When U Call
| writer2 = {{hlist|O'Reilly|Jeff Gitelman}}
| extra2 = {{hlist|Mura Masa|Gitelman}}
| length2 = 1:44
| title3 = Bladerunnin'
| writer3 = {{hlist|O'Reilly|Hugo}}
| extra3 = {{hlist|Mura Masa|Hugo|Tom Tripp}}
| length3 = 3:27
| title4 = LUV
| writer4 = {{hlist|O'Reilly|Batmanglij}}
| extra4 = Rostam
| length4 = 3:08
| title5 = Brake Lights
| note5 = featuring NAO
| writer5 = {{hlist|O'Reilly|Crossan|Neo Jessica Joshua|Daniel Traynor|Francis White}}
| extra5 = Mura Masa
| length5 = 2:20
| title6 = Honey
| writer6 = {{hlist|O'Reilly|Crossan|Daniel Eisner Harle}}
| extra6 = {{hlist|Mura Masa|Danny L Harle}}
| length6 = 3:31
| title7 = Rare Fruit
| writer7 = {{hlist|O'Reilly|Gitelman}}
| extra7 = {{hlist|Mura Masa|Gitelman|Kevin Tuffy}}
| length7 = 3:26
| title8 = Sad Train Beat
| writer8 = {{hlist|O'Reilly|Hugo}}
| extra8 = {{hlist|JATA|Hugo}}
| length8 = 3:53
| title9 = Jaw Bone
| writer9 = {{hlist|O'Reilly|Hugo}}
| extra9 = {{hlist|JATA|Hugo|Mura Masa}}
| length9 = 3:11
| title10 = U Better
| writer10 = {{hlist|O'Reilly|Traynor}}
| extra10 = {{hlist|Mura Masa|GRADES}}
| length10 = 1:52
| title11 = This Life
| writer11 = {{hlist|O'Reilly|Traynor}}
| extra11 = {{hlist|Mura Masa|GRADES}}
| length11 = 4:29
| title12 = Flacko
| writer12 = {{hlist|O'Reilly|James Harmen Stack}}
| extra12 = {{hlist|Mura Masa|Jim-E Stack|Kai Campos}}
| length12 = 4:35
| all_writing =
}}
=Extended plays=
{{Track listing
| headline = Royah (2015) (as Bonzai)
| extra_column = Producer(s)
| total_length = 12:47
| title1 = Doses
| writer1 = {{hlist|Cassia O'Reilly|Jonathan Calvert}}
| extra1 = Calvert
| length1 = 3:02
| title2 = Nikka
| writer2 = {{hlist|O'Reilly|Calvert}}
| extra2 = Calvert
| length2 = 3:18
| title3 = Skhokho
| writer3 = {{hlist|O'Reilly|Crossan}}
| extra3 = Mura Masa
| length3 = 2:40
| title4 = Noise
| writer4 = {{hlist|O'Reilly|Calvert}}
| extra4 = Calvert
| length4 = 3:47
}}
{{Track listing
| headline = Lunacy (2016) (as Bonzai)
| extra_column = Producer(s)
| total_length = 13:56
| title1 = I Did
| writer1 = {{hlist|Cassia O'Reilly|Jonathan Calvert}}
| extra1 = John Calvert
| length1 = 3:09
| title2 = Bodhran
| writer2 = {{hlist|O'Reilly|Thomas Calvert}}
| extra2 = Redinho
| length2 = 2:49
| title3 = 2B
| writer3 = {{hlist|O'Reilly|Alexander Crossan}}
| extra3 = Mura Masa
| length3 = 2:53
| title4 = Ding Ding Ding
| writer4 = {{hlist|O'Reilly|Crossan}}
| extra4 = Mura Masa
| length4 = 1:41
| title5 = Cruel
| writer5 = {{hlist|O'Reilly|Rebecca Louise Jones|J. Calvert}}
| extra5 = Calvert
| length5 = 3:24
}}
{{Track listing
| headline = Sleep Hungry (2016) (as Bonzai)
| extra_column = Producer(s)
| total_length = 24:14
| title1 = Daniel Gets It Wrong
| writer1 = {{hlist|Cassia O'Reilly|Jonathan Calvert}}
| extra1 = John Calvert
| length1 = 2:01
| title2 = No Rest
| writer2 = {{hlist|O'Reilly|Calvert}}
| extra2 = Calvert
| length2 = 2:54
| title3 = Ravemeister
| writer3 = {{hlist|O'Reilly|Calvert}}
| extra3 = Calvert
| length3 = 0:26
| title4 = Stepping
| writer4 = {{hlist|O'Reilly|Calvert}}
| extra4 = Calvert
| length4 = 2:29
| title5 = Kassi
| writer5 = {{hlist|O'Reilly|Calvert}}
| extra5 = Calvert
| length5 = 2:59
| title6 = Faze
| writer6 = {{hlist|O'Reilly|James Luke Wood}}
| extra6 = Royce Wood Junior
| length6 = 3:38
| title7 = Lights On
| writer7 = {{hlist|O'Reilly|Alexander Crossan}}
| extra7 = Mura Masa
| length7 = 2:43
| title8 = Sick 'Em
| writer8 = {{hlist|O'Reilly|Calvert}}
| extra8 = Calvert
| length8 = 3:12
| title9 = Where Are U Now
| writer9 = {{hlist|O'Reilly|Crossan|Oliver Roddigan|Om'Mas Keith}}
| extra9 = {{hlist|Mura Masa|Cadenza}}
| length9 = 3:52
}}
=Singles=
==As lead artist==
- "I Did" (2016) (as Bonzai)
- "I Feel Alright" (2017) (as Bonzai)
- "Do You Wanna Dance" (2018) (as Cosha){{cite web |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20181102145329/https://www.wonderlandmagazine.com/2018/09/07/new-noise-cosha |first=Maybelle |last=Morgan |date=7 September 2018 |title=New Noise: Cosha |archivedate=2 November 2018 |work=Wonderland |url=https://www.wonderlandmagazine.com/2018/09/07/new-noise-cosha |accessdate=2 November 2018 |url-status=live}}
- "Luv" (2018) (as Cosha)
- "Flacko" (2018) (as Cosha)
- "No Kink in the Wire" (2020) (as Cosha)
- "Berlin Air" (2020) (as Cosha)
- "Lapdance from Asia" (2021) (as Cosha, featuring Shygirl)
- "Tighter" (2021) (as Cosha, featuring Coby Sey)
- "Run the Track" (2021) (as Cosha)
- "Sun Back" (2023) (as Cosha)
- "Want You Back" (2023) (as Cosha)
- "Fire Me Up" (2024) (as Cosha)
- "MurMurs Interlude" (2024) (as Cosha)
==As featured artist==
- "What If I Go?" (2016) {{small|(Mura Masa featuring Bonzai)}}
- "Nuggets" (2017) {{small|(Mura Masa featuring Bonzai)}}
- "Till the World Falls" (2018) {{small|(Nile Rodgers & Chic featuring Mura Masa, Cosha and Vic Mensa)}}{{cite web|url=https://music.apple.com/nz/album/its-about-time/1434829624|publisher=iTunes Store|title=It's About Time by Nile Rodgers & Chic on Apple Music|access-date=2 November 2018}}
- "Thicc" (2023) {{small|(Shygirl featuring Cosha)}}
=Songwriting credits=
- "Porsche" (2017) {{small|(Charli XCX featuring MØ)}}
- "Unfold You" (2021) (Rostam)
- "Shlut" (2022) (Shygirl)
- "Coochie (a bedtime story)" (2022) (Shygirl)
- "Wildfire" (2022) (Shygirl)
- "Crush" (2023) (Shygirl, featuring Erika de Casier)
- "Woe (I See It From Your Side) (Björk Remix)" (2023) (Shygirl)
- "Playboy/Positions" (2023) (Shygirl)
- "rep 4 me" (2024) (Mura Masa)
References
{{reflist}}
External links
- {{Official website|https://www.bonzaibonzaibonzai.com|Bonzai Official website}}
- {{Official website|https://www.cosha.co|Cosha Official website}}
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