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

| origin = Dublin, Ireland

| 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 =

MurMurs (2024) (as Cosha){{Cite web |last=O'Brien |first=Emily |title=Cosha releases MurMurs, her first project since her debut album |url=https://www.hotpress.com/music/cosha-releases-her-first-project-since-her-debut-album-murmurs-23022417 |access-date=2024-08-25 |website=Hotpress}}

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)

=Songwriting credits=

  • "Porsche" (2017) {{small|(Charli XCX featuring )}}
  • "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

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