Coupdekat

Reilly was born in Luton{{Cite web |date=2023-01-10 |title=Coupdekat |url=https://youthmusic.org.uk/coupdekat |access-date=2023-12-08 |website=Youth Music |language=en}} and studied art and photography at A-level. She started playing the guitar when she was ten, and started writing when she was 14; her first works were about love and heartbreak.{{Cite web |title=BBC Music Introducing in Beds, Herts and Bucks - Coupdekat performs her track 'Little Tescos' for BBC Introducing - BBC Sounds |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/p09zqpgb |access-date=2023-12-09 |website=www.bbc.co.uk |language=en-GB}} She was a member of several bands, including Electric Blue, which was previously known as Sunseed{{Cite web |title=WE ARE ELECTRIC BLUE. We've decided to change the name because as a band we all felt like Sunseed didn't represent us or our music anymore. As you may have noticed, we have some new faces in the band and with that comes new sounds and visions. We felt like this step was only natural for us. Thank you for your support and we can't wait to continue our journey as Electric Blue! ⚡️⚡️⚡️ |url=https://www.facebook.com/permalink.php?story_fbid=pfbid02YpGFsQfywmuJvpPBDwkVYVVQzNmUmnP6dgosgA6h3EGkKLFc3CqtwZYAsZno4gF9l&id=101080784662206 |access-date=2023-12-10 |website=Facebook}} and dissolved during lockdown. She spent this period living in Leighton Buzzard,{{Cite web |last=Daniels |first=Maisie |date=2023-03-30 |title=COUPDEKAT: THROUGH A LOVED ONE'S EYES |url=https://www.fwordmag.com/single-post/coupdekat-through-a-loved-one-s-eyes |access-date=2023-12-08 |website=fword |language=en}} and after lockdown lifted, spent a year in Paris as an au pair, where she met several people who encouraged her to make music on her own.

Reilly's first single, "Ur Only",{{Cite web |date=2021-04-15 |title=Cutting edge UK artist coupdekat explores sex and relationships in the tinder age on new single 'Love Online' |url=http://cloutcloutclout.com/new-music/coupdekat-love-online/ |access-date=2023-12-09 |website=Clout |language=en-GB}} was written while still in Paris, and her second single, "Love Online", a song about online relationships, was released in April 2021, and became a finalist in Prospect 100's Global Music Competition the following month;{{Cite web |last=Balanescu |first=Miriam |date=2021-05-19 |title=Prospect 100 Announces Winner Of Global Music Competition |url=https://notion.online/prospect-100-announces-final-winner-of-global-music-competition/ |access-date=2023-12-09 |website=Notion |language=en-GB}} the month after that, she released "Little Tescos",{{Cite web |date=2021-06-25 |title=coupdekat: Little Tescos |url=https://loudwomen.org/2021/06/25/coupdekat-little-tescos/ |access-date=2023-12-10 |website=Loud Women |language=en}} a song about Tesco Express, the only place she could go in lockdown.{{Cite web |date=2022-11-10 |title='Mutations Festival' – Day Two Report (Friday) |url=https://www.brightonandhovenews.org/2022/11/10/mutations-festival-day-two-report-friday/ |access-date=2023-12-09 |website=Brighton and Hove News |language=en-US}} She then moved to London for university, and released "Lost in Translation",{{Rp|page=1:01:38}} a hyperpop song{{Cite web |last=Smith |first=Graeme |date=2022-07-05 |title=EP Review: Coupdekat – Imaginary Girls |url=https://yorkcalling.co.uk/2022/07/05/ep-review-coupdekat-imaginary-girls/ |access-date=2023-12-10 |website=York Calling |language=en-US}} about dating a French boy,{{Cite web |last=Gardener |first=Andy |date=2021-11-02 |title=Under The Radar episode 87 (with Coupdekat) 1/11/21 |url=https://www.phoenixfm.com/2021/11/02/radar-episode-87-coupdekat-1-11-21/ |access-date=2023-12-09 |website=Phoenix FM}}{{Rp|page=1:01:38}} which began with vocal samples,{{Cite web |date=2021-11-22 |title=Fresh Faves: Batch 426 |url=https://freshonthenet.co.uk/2021/11/faves426/ |access-date=2023-12-10 |website=Fresh On The Net |language=en-GB}} and made reference to Google Translate, struggling with abbreviations, and Brexit.{{Cite web |last=Smith |first=Graeme |date=2021-10-29 |title=Discovery: Coupdekat |url=https://yorkcalling.co.uk/2021/10/29/discovery-coupdekat/ |access-date=2023-12-10 |website=York Calling |language=en-US}} On 24 June 2022, she released Imaginary Girls, an EP consisting of six songs and two interludes including "Love Online" and "Lost in Translation", which was less than fifteen and a half minutes long, and dealt with the internet, lockdown relationships and social media.{{Cite web |date=2023-03-05 |title=Deep Dive: coupdekat – Superglue {{!}} AnalogueTrash |url=https://www.analoguetrash.com/blog/deep-dive-coupdekat-superglue |access-date=2023-12-10 |website=www.analoguetrash.com |language=en-GB}}

She then moved back to her parents' house, and wrote her second EP,{{Cite web |last=Gardener |first=Andy |date=2023-06-27 |title=Under The Radar episode 172 (with Abbey Frances & Coupdekat) 26/6/23 |url=https://www.phoenixfm.com/2023/06/27/under-the-radar-episode-172-with-abbey-frances-coupdekat-26-6-23/ |access-date=2023-12-11 |website=Phoenix FM}}{{Rp|page=1:09:24}} *For Entertainment Purposes Only,{{Cite web |title=Coupdekat releases hotly anticipated EP *FOR ENTERTAINMENT PURPOSES ONLY* |url=https://www.hoezine.com/loud-ldn-co-founder-and-fast-rising-artist-coupdekat-releases-hotly-anticipated-ep-for-entertainment-purposes-only |access-date=2023-12-11 |website=HOEZINE - Empowering Marginalised Youth |language=en-GB}} in July and August 2022, with the songs being produced after she met her producer in October{{Rp|page=1:09:24}} and set up "Coupdekat camp", where they locked themselves in her room for a week to work on it.{{Cite web |date=2023-07-04 |title=ASBO Meets: Coupdekat |url=https://www.asbomagazine.com/2023/07/04/asbo-meets-coupdekat/ |access-date=2023-12-12 |website=ASBO Magazine |language=en-GB}} In February 2023, she released "Superglue", an alt-pop song{{Cite web |date=2023-02-27 |title=Fresh Faves: Batch 478 |url=https://freshonthenet.co.uk/2023/02/faves478/ |access-date=2023-12-10 |website=Fresh On The Net |language=en-GB}} about a boy who kept entering and exiting her life and which addressed codependency and red flags. The following month, she released "Babyteef", a semi-autobiographical song about growing up too fast as a result of social media{{Cite web |last=Smith |first=Graeme |date=2023-03-30 |title=New Music: coupdekat – BABYTEEF |url=https://yorkcalling.co.uk/2023/03/30/new-music-coupdekat-babyteef/ |access-date=2023-12-11 |website=York Calling |language=en-US}} which used premature removal of deciduous teeth as a metaphor.{{Cite web |date=2023-03-31 |title='BABYTEEF' is a creative and frenetic new release from electro-pop upstart coupdekat |url=https://cloutcloutclout.com/new-music/coupdekat-babyteef/ |access-date=2023-12-10 |website=Clout |language=en-GB}} She then released "It's Not You" in May,{{Cite web |date=2023-05-26 |title=coupdekat blends her colourful style with a real sense of rawness on new single 'its not you!' |url=https://cloutcloutclout.com/new-music/coupdekat-its-not-you/ |access-date=2023-12-12 |website=Clout |language=en-GB}} for which the vocals were recorded while trampolining on her bed,{{Cite web |date=2023-07-05 |title=In Conversation With #256 - Coupdekat |url=https://whenthehornblows.com/content/2023/7/5/in-conversation-with-256-coupdekat |access-date=2023-12-12 |website=When The Horn Blows |language=en-US}} and then the EP in June, which featured "Stunt Girl".{{Cite web |date=2023-07-14 |title='Stunt Girl' is the latest creative showcase of coupdekat's fun alt-pop sound |url=https://cloutcloutclout.com/new-music/coupdekat-stunt-girl/ |access-date=2023-12-12 |website=Clout |language=en-GB}} In August 2023, she played Leeds Festival as part of Climate Live.{{Cite web |last=Hayhurst |first=John |date=2023-08-27 |title=Live Review: Leeds Festival – Saturday |url=https://yorkcalling.co.uk/2023/08/27/live-review-leeds-festival-saturday-3/ |access-date=2023-12-11 |website=York Calling |language=en-US}} She was booked for the 2024 Great Escape Festival in Brighton, but dropped out after committing to the Bands Boycott Barclays campaign, whose participants refused to play the event while its sponsor continued to bankroll companies supplying weapons and military technologies to Israel.{{Cite web |last=Dazed |date=2024-05-14 |title=Why 100+ artists have dropped out of The Great Escape festival |url=https://www.dazeddigital.com/music/article/62622/1/why-100-artists-great-escape-festival-palestine-bands-boycott-barclays |access-date=2024-07-26 |website=Dazed |language=en}}

In May 2022, she met fellow musician Maisi for brunch{{cite web |date=30 January 2023 |title=_shift talks: Where are the women? |url=https://www.shiftlondon.org/news/_shift-talks-where-are-the-women-brits-2023/ |access-date=7 May 2023 |publisher=Shift London}} after she discovered Reilly via TikTok;{{cite web |date=19 December 2022 |title="We're taking over the scene": meet Loud LDN, dance music's most vibrant new collective |url=https://www.nme.com/features/music-interviews/loud-ldn-drum-n-bass-revival-piri-venbee-lucy-tun-radar-3367338 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230115185851/https://www.nme.com/features/music-interviews/loud-ldn-drum-n-bass-revival-piri-venbee-lucy-tun-radar-3367338 |archive-date=15 January 2023 |access-date=15 January 2023 |publisher=NME}} there, they discussed the loneliness of being a woman in the music industry and how they were often pitted against each other. This prompted the pair to set up a group chat on WhatsApp{{cite web |date=29 March 2023 |title=Caity Baser: 'I want to become the most successful singer in the world' |url=https://www.rollingstone.co.uk/music/features/caity-baser-i-want-to-become-the-most-successful-singer-in-the-world-28118/ |access-date=6 April 2023 |work=Rolling Stone}} called Ladies Making Noise in London for the women and non-binary musicians they knew at that time. Initially starting with ten musicians including Piri and Matilda Cole,{{cite web |date=11 May 2023 |title=Loud LDN X Spotify: The collaboration to tune to |url=https://www.shiftlondon.org/news/loud-ldn-x-spotify-the-collaboration-to-tune-into/ |accessdate=6 June 2023 |publisher=Shift London}} the adding of other members caused the member list to grow to forty people, prompting them to set up an Instagram page, Loud LDN. Reilly used a June 2023 interview to note that the chat had 120 members and that it had moved to Discord.{{Cite web |date=24 March 2023 |title=Q&A: Coupdekat Talks London Music Scene, New EP & Collective Loud LDN |url=https://www.thelunacollective.co/journal/qa-coupdekat |access-date=3 July 2023 |website=THE LUNA COLLECTIVE |language=en-US}} On 4 November 2022, she supported Piri's band Piri & Tommy at Komedia on the Brighton leg of their Froge.tour.

Reilly's stage name, Coupdekat ({{IPAc-en|k|uː|p|d|ɛ|k|æ|t}}),{{cite web |url=https://www.instagram.com/p/CmCXkEPDqjU/?hl=en |title=LOUD LDN on Instagram: "LOUD LDN got a guest mix on @abbieabbiemac's BBC Introducing in Kent show! Some of our members summarised what LOUD LDN is and why it's so important to them. Have a listen to see what it's all about 💖 Featuring: @coupdekat @maisimaisimaisi @piri.io_ @matildaacole @theclarabach @parthenope.music @rosie.charles @charlotteplankmusic @molly.burman" |publisher=Instagram |access-date=17 June 2023}} was inspired by her time in France.{{Cite web |last1=Maureen |last2=Charles |date=2023-01-30 |title=Coupdekat : "Paris a été une étape décisive pour ma carrière" |url=https://www.danstafaceb.com/coupdekat-paris-a-ete-une-etape-decisive-pour-ma-carriere/ |access-date=2023-12-08 |website=La Face B |language=fr-FR}} Her early works were inspired by Blondie, Mazzy Star, and the Slits, though in a February 2022 interview with Blender magazine, she cited Lava La Rue, Beabadoobee, Claire Laffut, and Clairo.{{Cite web |date=2022-03-01 |title=Découverte: Coudekat avec son nouveau single:"F.Y.E.O" |url=https://blenderbookmagazine.com/2022/03/01/decouverte-coudekat-avec-son-nouveau-singlef-y-e-o/ |access-date=2023-12-10 |website=Blender Bookmagazine |language=en}} In a September 2023 interview with Strand magazine, she noted that her "original roots of inspiration" were Mazzy Star, Beabadoobee, the Smiths, Blur, the Cure, Happy Mondays, and the Stone Roses and that her second EP was inspired what she described as "computer rock", a "hybrid between indie rock music, and dance and D&B" prominent in New York, with "Stunt Girl" specifically inspired by the works of James Ivy. She also mentioned that her early works including "Superglue" and "Stunt Girl" had been composed on her guitar, which she would then record on her computer and annotate with drums, and that later works were started on her computer over a sample such as a drumbeat or a loop.{{Cite web |last=Hayashi |first=Akane |date=2023-09-21 |title=In Conversation With Coupdekat: On Her Latest EP, Loud LDN, & Gender Equality In The Music Industry |url=https://www.strandmagazine.co.uk/single-post/in-conversation-with-coupdekat-on-her-latest-ep-loud-ldn-gender-equality-in-the-music-industry |access-date=2023-12-10 |website=STRAND Magazine |language=en}}

Reilly was partly inspired to create Loud LDN by the Nine8 Collective, a group composed of Lava La Rue, Mac Wetha, Bone Slim, Biig Piig, Nayana Iz, Nige and LorenzoRSV.{{Cite news |date=8 June 2021 |title=Radical pop collective Nine8: 'Anyone who thinks like us is part of the gang' |language=en-GB |work=The Guardian |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2021/jun/08/nine8-collective-biig-piig-lava-la-rue-london-alt-pop |access-date=6 August 2023 |issn=0261-3077}} "Superglue" was inspired by "The Reel in the Flickering Light" by Christy Moore and "Tinkerbell is Overrated" by Beabadoobee and PinkPantheress, "Babyteef" was inspired by the 1975's "Give Yourself a Try" and the film Babyteeth. For *For Entertainment Purposes Only and its singles, Reilly worked with artist Kelly Ficcara, who created the character that appears on their artwork, and Phoebe Dowling, who shot the videos for "Superglue" and "Babyteeth" on a VHS-C to give them a DIY feel. NME used a December 2022 article about Loud LDN to note that Reilly's "catchy pop songs laid over drum ‘n’ bass beats defy easy genre classification", while Neil March of Fresh on the Net described Reilly's delivery as having "shades of Lily Allen in a jam with Alice Phoebe Lou".

• Demos (2020, as part of Sunseed){{Citation |title=Demos |date=2020-01-31 |url=https://open.spotify.com/album/4lXGcYc2WeD0ndqwiO8kQk |access-date=2023-12-10 |language=en}}
• Shades of Blue (2021, as part of Electric Blue){{Citation |title=Shades of Blue |date=2021-02-25 |url=https://open.spotify.com/album/1megJXh9jEl66g8MdZKBdI |access-date=2023-12-09 |language=en}}
• Imaginary Girls (2022)
• *For Entertainment Purposes Only (2023)
• The World She Created / Inside Her Pocket* (2025)

• "Ur Only" (2021)
• "Love Online" (2021)
• "Little Tescos" (2021)
• "Lost in Translation" (2021)
• "F.Y.E.O." (2022){{Cite web |title=Coupdekat - Discography |url=https://open.spotify.com/artist/7dkxCFHMMu1kwCdmCA15i0/discography/all |access-date=2023-12-09 |website=Spotify |language=en}}
• "Superglue" (2023)
• "Babyteef" (2023)
• "It's Not You" (2023)
• "Babyteef pt. 2" (2023, featuring Kkbutterfly27 Xx)
• ".Mp3" (2023)
• "M.I.A." (2024)
• "Cdjs" (2024)
• "Soda Pop" (2024)
• "Xxxx" (2025)
• "Pocket Locket*” (2025)
• "Babyteef pt. 2" (2025, featuring Kkbutterfly27Xx, REMASTERED)
• "HARDCORE APPLECORE!" (2025)

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