Casey MQ

Casey MQ
Casey MQ performing at Lodge Room in Los Angeles. Photo by Will Buckley
Background information
Born	Casey Manierka-Quaile (1991-12-04) December 4, 19911 Hamilton Ontario, Canada
Genres	experimental pop, electronic pop
Occupations	Singer Musician Film composer Songwriter Record producer

Casey William Manierka-Quaile² (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

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’.¹¹¹²

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’.¹⁴¹⁵ 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

• babycasey (2020, Halcoline Trance)
• Later that day, the day before, or the day before that (2024, Ghostly International)

• For the Beasts (with oklou) (2017, self-released)
• Nudes (2018, Creamcake)
• Two Songs (Live) (2023, Cascine)

• 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)

• 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)

• 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)

• “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)