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Casey MQ | |
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 Casey MQ performing at Lodge Room in Los Angeles. Photo by Will Buckley | |
| Background information | |
| Born | Casey Manierka-Quaile December 4, 1991[1] |
| Genres | experimental pop, electronic pop |
| Occupations |
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Casey William Manierka-Quaile[2] (born 4 December 1991), better known as Casey MQ, is a Canadian singer, musician, film composer, songwriter, and record producer.[3] In 2022, he won the Canadian Screen Award for Best Original Song at the 10th Canadian Screen Awards for "And Then We Don't", a song he co-wrote with Tika Simone for Thyrone Tommy's film Learn to Swim.[4] He collaborated with artists such as Oklou, Empress of, Shygirl, Eartheater, and Vagabon.[5]
Career
[edit]Casey began his career studying classical piano.[6] He would begin producing electronic music in the early 2010’s. In 2015 he began scoring films after attending the Canadian Film Centre for one year.[7]
MQ released his solo debut album, titled babycasey, in 2020.[8] In the same year, he was one of the creators of Club Quarantine, a popular Zoom-based online club night for LGBTQ audiences during the COVID-19 pandemic. The virtual series became a massive cultural phenomenon, featuring performances from Lady Gaga, Charli XCX, and Pabllo Vittar, among others.[9]
In 2016 he met oklou at Red Bull Music Academy and they would go on to make their first duo EP together entitled ‘For The Beast’.[10] His debut album would be a conceptual pop album titled ‘babycasey’.[11][12]
Upon the release of his debut album and co-producing Galore with oklou, Casey moved to Los Angeles to further entrench himself in production, songwriting and scoring.[13]
In 2024 he released his 2nd album with the label Ghostly International entitled ‘Later that day, the day before, or the day before that’.[14][15] In 2025, he reunited with oklou to co produce her next album ‘choke enough’.[16] He was one of the producers on Cadence Weapon's Polaris Music Prize-winning album Parallel World.[17]
Discography
[edit]Albums
[edit]- babycasey (2020, Halcoline Trance)
- Later that day, the day before, or the day before that (2024, Ghostly International)
EPs
[edit]- For the Beasts (with oklou) (2017, self-released)
- Nudes (2018, Creamcake)
- Two Songs (Live) (2023, Cascine)
As film composer
[edit]- Mary Goes Round (with Dillon Baldassero, 2017, dir. Molly McGlynn)
- Firecrackers (2018, dir. Jasmin Mozaffari)
- Honey Bee (2018, dir. Rama Rau)
- Tito (2019, dir. Grace Glowicki)
- Easy Land (2019, dir. Sanja Živković)
- Raf (2019, dir. Harry Cepka)
- Fitting In (2023, dir. Molly McGlynn)
- Backspot (2023, dir. D. W. Waterson)
- The Heirloom (2024, dir. Ben Petrie)
- Julian and the Wind (2024, dir. Connor Jessup)
Remixes
[edit]- Jeremy Dutcher – "Pomok na Poktoinskwes" (2018)
- Christine and the Queens – "Comme si" (2019)
- Détente – "Candles in the Wind" (2021)
- Sophia Bel – "You're Not Real You're Just a Ghost" (2021)
- Anna Clandening – "Girls Like You" (2022)
- Rose Gray – "Everything Changes (But I Won't)" (feat. Shygirl) (2025)
Guest appearances
[edit]- WolF J McFarlane – "Deaf Ears" (2013)
- Emay – "7th" (2017)
- 2nd Son – "Only Underground" (2017)
- Cadence Weapon – "Infinity Pool" (2018)
- DJ Charme – "Saudade" (2018)
- L CON – "The Art of Staying Together" (2018)
- Suicideyear – "Said and Done" (2018)
- Desiire – "Goodbyes" (2018)
- Sparrows – "On Air" (2019)
- PBDY – "Prey/Pray" (2019)
- oklou – "girl on my throne" (2020)
- a l l i e – "Clean Sight" (2021)
- Aasthma – "3AM" (2022)
- Bliptor – "Back of Mind" (2022)
- myst milano. – "NBHD" (2023)
- Nick Léon – "Ocean Apart" (2025)
Syncs in Film, TV Shows and Fashion Campaigns
[edit]- “Lurk” by Casey MQ & Oklou – Mugler SS25 Fashion Show (2024)
- “Candyboy” by Casey MQ – OOC Trailer - Bloody Hell Film (2024)
- “Lurk” by Casey MQ & Oklou – Dior Spring Summer digital campaign (2024)
- “Lurk’ by Casey MQ & Oklou – Dior Spring Summer runway show (2024)
- “Candyboy” by Casey MQ – Bloody Hell Film (2024)
- “Everlasting” by Casey MQ & Oklou – Eat The Night Film (2024)“Lurk” by Casey MQ & Oklou – DIOR Women’s Show SS26 (2025)
- “The Call” by Casey Manierka-Quaile – CHANEL Haute Couture Automne Hiver 2025-26 (2025)
Other contributions
[edit]| Title | Year | Lead artist | Album | Credit(s) | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Writing | Production | Instrumentation | Vocals | Arrangement | ||||
| "Get Up" | 2018 | TiKA | Non-album single | Co | ||||
| "Anywayz" | 2020 | Austra | HiRUDiN | Additional | ||||
| "It's Amazing" | Additional | |||||||
| "I Am Not Waiting" | Additional | |||||||
| "fall" | oklou | Galore | Additional | |||||
| "unearth me" | Additional | |||||||
| "god's chariots" | Yes | Co | ||||||
| "galore" | Yes | Co | ||||||
| "nightime" | Yes | Co | Additional | |||||
| "asturias" (feat. Zero Castigo) |
Additional | |||||||
| "rosebud" | Yes | Co | ||||||
| "girl on my throne" (feat. Casey MQ) |
Yes | Yes | Featured | |||||
| "another night" | Yes | Co | ||||||
| "Connect" | 2021 | Cadence Weapon | Parallel World | Yes | Yes | |||
| "Clean Sight" (feat. Casey MQ) |
a l l i e | Tabula Rasa | Yes | Featured | ||||
| "Highest Building" (feat. oklou) |
2022 | Flume | Palaces | Yes | ||||
| "No Sleep" | 2023 | Sophia Bel | Anxious Avoidant Deluxe | Co | ||||
| "Suburban Mall Jewelry" | Thoom | Fantasy for Danger | Yes | Co | ||||
| "Make It Work For Me" | Yes | Yes | ||||||
| "Puppets for the Gods" | Rozie Ramati | Non-album single | Co | |||||
| "Crush" (feat. Erika de Casier) |
Shygirl | Nymph_o | Yes | Co | ||||
| "Malocchio" | Kara Lane | Chokehold EP | Yes | Co | ||||
| "Fruit (Red, White & Royal Blue Version) |
Oliver Sim | Red, White & Royal Blue (Amazon Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) | Yes | Yes | ||||
| "Lexicon" | Vagabon | Sorry I Haven't Called | Yes | Additional | Programming | |||
| "Autobahn" | Yes | Additional | Wurlitzer, organ | |||||
| "Nothing to Lose" | Synthesizer | |||||||
| "Interlude" | Additional | Synthesizer, drum programming | ||||||
| "Made Out with Your Best Friend" | Yes | Additional | Synthesizer, drum programming | |||||
| "Sugarcane Switch" | Eartheater | Powders | Yes | Co | ||||
| "Clean Break" | Yes | Co | ||||||
| "rosa" | Namasenda | Ambrosia | Co | |||||
| "Idolize" | Dorian Electra | Fanfare | Yes | Co | ||||
| "Yes Man" | Yes | Co | ||||||
| "Touch Grass" | Yes | Co | ||||||
| "Lifetime" | Yes | Co | ||||||
| "Warning Signs" | Yes | Co | ||||||
| "CUT MY HEART OUT" | daine | TBA | Yes | Co | ||||
| "Precious/Pressure" | a l l i e | Yes | Yes | |||||
| "For Your Consideration" | 2024 | Empress Of | For Your Consideration | Yes | Additional | |||
| "What Type of Girl Am I?" | Yes | Yes | ||||||
| "Baby Boy" | Yes | Additional | ||||||
| "Alarms" (feat. Austra) |
Cadence Weapon | ROLLERCOASTER | Yes | Yes | ||||
| "Fire" | rei brown | Aura | Yes | |||||
| "Not Your Angel" | Zsela | Big For You | Yes | Co | Synthesizer, live drums, piano | |||
| "Brand New" | Yes | |||||||
| "Play" | Yes | Co | Piano, synthesizer, drum | |||||
| "Blink Twice" | Cecile Believe | Tender the Spark | Yes | |||||
| "Red Brick" | Yes | Co | ||||||
| "Blue Sun" | Yes | Co | ||||||
| "10 in the Morning (Demo)" | Dorian Electra | Fanfare: The Lost Demos | Yes | Co | ||||
| "endless" | 2025 | oklou | choke enough | Yes | Co | |||
| "thank you for recording" | Yes | Co | ||||||
| "family and friends" | Yes | Co | Additional | |||||
| "obvious" | Yes | Co | ||||||
| "ict" | Yes | Co | ||||||
| "choke enough" | Yes | Co | ||||||
| "take me by the hand" (feat. Bladee) |
Yes | Co | ||||||
| "plague dogs" | Yes | Co | ||||||
| "forces" | Yes | Co | ||||||
| "harvest sky" (feat. underscores) |
Yes | Co | ||||||
| "want to wanna come back" | Yes | Co | ||||||
| "blade bird" | Yes | Co | ||||||
| "Virtue" | Mallrat | Light hit my face like a straight right | Yes | Yes | ||||
| "The Light Streams In and Hits My Face" | Yes | Yes | ||||||
| "Love Songs / Heart Strings" | Yes | Yes | ||||||
| "Take It Off" | Soo Joo | No Ghost | Co | |||||
| "Nova" | Eartheater | Non-album single | Yes | Piano | ||||
References
[edit]- ↑ "Casey MQ discography - RYM/Sonemic". Rate Your Music.
- ↑ "Nova / Eartheater / Credits". Tidal. Retrieved July 17, 2026.
- ↑ Trey Alston, "Would You Be Casey MQ's 'Candyboy'?". Paper, November 26, 2020.
- ↑ "Night Raiders, Scarborough emerge victorious at 5th night of Canadian Screen Awards". CBC News, April 8, 2022.
- ↑ "Casey Manierka-Quaile". warpcomposers.net. Retrieved 2025-11-17.
- ↑ "Casey MQ: Many Hats, Constant Growth". SOCAN Words and Music. 2020-01-13. Retrieved 2026-06-15.
- ↑ Edwards, Samantha (2019-09-04). "Interview: Toronto musician Casey MQ scores three films at TIFF 2019 - NOW Magazine". NOW Toronto. Retrieved 2026-06-15.
- ↑ Rachel Evangeline Chong, "Casey MQ Celebrates and Interrogates the Glamour of '90s Boy Band Pop on 'babycasey'". Exclaim!, August 17, 2020.
- ↑ Alex Hudson, "Casey MQ Is Keeping Toronto's Nightlife Alive with Club Quarantine, Isolation's Biggest Queer Dance Party". Exclaim!, April 10, 2020.
- ↑ Gaca, Anna (2025-10-01). "Oklou's Endless Summer". Pitchfork. Retrieved 2026-06-15.
- ↑ Edwards, Samantha (2019-09-04). "Interview: Toronto musician Casey MQ scores three films at TIFF 2019 - NOW Magazine". NOW Toronto. Retrieved 2026-06-15.
- ↑ Alex Hudson, "Casey MQ Announces 'babycasey: ultra' Remix Album". Exclaim!, September 29, 2021.
- ↑ "Oklou Welcomes You To 'Galore,' A Fantastical Pop Escape". Nylon. 2020-08-25. Retrieved 2026-06-15.
- ↑ "2024 in Review: Music". ghostly.com. Retrieved 2026-06-15.
- ↑ Magazine, Dork, Casey MQ – Later That Day, The Day Before, Or the Day Before That (2024) | Album profile, retrieved 2026-06-15
- ↑ "Oklou Comes Back to Earth With New Album "choke enough" - PAPER Magazine". www.papermag.com. Retrieved 2026-06-15.
- ↑ Jenny Feniak, "Cadence Weapon's Parallel World wins 2021 Polaris Music Prize as best Canadian album". Edmonton Journal, October 1, 2021.