Cassie Davis (born 1987) is an Australian singer and songwriter from
Perth
Perth () is the list of Australian capital cities, capital city of Western Australia. It is the list of cities in Australia by population, fourth-most-populous city in Australia, with a population of over 2.3 million within Greater Perth . The ...
. Her debut album, ''
Differently,'' was released in 2009.
Biography
Davis was born in
Gnangara, Western Australia,
[ ] the second child of a family of four. Her father, Steven,
is a pastor in Perth.
Davis' parents introduced her to music. Davis recorded her first songs on her home computer at age twelve. In 1999, she did work experience at a local recording studio for three years and learnt how to use mics, song arranging, basic producing and how to make a good recording. Davis then enrolled at the
Western Australian Academy of Performing Arts (WAAPA), where she studied sound engineering and production. In 2003 she travelled to the United States, accompanied by her elder sister, Emma, who handles the business side of their label, 12 Stones.
. Her younger brother, Joseph, plays guitar in her band.
Davis wrote and recorded the majority of her album independently. She also worked with producer
Printz Board, producer
Rodney Jerkins and songwriter/producer
Wayne Wilkins who has already brought her in to work on a number of writing and production projects.
In a 2009 article in ''
Rolling Stone Australia
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'', she describes herself as
Career
2009–present: ''Differently''
Davis landed a worldwide four-album deal with
Sony BMG
Sony BMG Music Entertainment was an American record company owned as a 50–50 joint venture between Sony Corporation of America and Bertelsmann. The venture's successor, the revived Sony Music, is wholly owned by Sony, following their buyout o ...
through her label 12 Stones.
Her debut release was the single "
Like It Loud"
which reached No. 11 on the ARIA singles chart. Davis performed "Like It Loud" on Week 2: Top 18 Results episode of ''
So You Think You Can Dance Australia'' backed by her band and 50 dancers.
In support of her single "
Like It Loud", Davis joined forces with Australian clothing label
Supre to create a limited edition T-shirt. Cathy Van Der Meulen said "Cassie is such an exciting new talent and represents everything our brand stands for in an Australian girl...fun, fashionable and forward thinking. Cassie is going to be an Australian icon not unlike Supre."
Her second single "
Differently" was released in Australia on 24 April 2009. The music video features
Travis McCoy,
Printz Board and Fish from
Fishbone
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. The third single, "
Do it Again", was co-written by former Australian artist
Leah Haywood, and
Daniel James and produced under Haywood and James moniker
Dreamlab. 'Do it Again' was released digitally and physically on 7 August.
Davis' debut album was released 14 August 2009. Cassie Davis' second single "Differently" was certified Gold on 18 September 2009. Confirmed via her Twitter page
Cassie Davis also wrote and appears on
Warren G
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's 2009 album ''
The G Files
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'', with
Snoop Dogg
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on the track "Swagger Rich" which appeared on the final season of Ugly Betty.
Cassie is currently the ambassador for
Camp Quality and their new program for high school students "The Teenage Alchemist" which is the children's family cancer charity that believes in bring optimism and happiness to the lives of children and families affected by cancer through fun therapy. "I'm thrilled to be helping Camp Quality spread optimism through high schools and to be involved in educating teenagers about cancer, making positive life choices and peer pressure. I want to encourage people to be strong and stay true to who they are and I think The Teenage Alchemist is a great way to get the message out there", said Cassie.
In early 2010, Cassie wrote a single titled "
Choose You" for
Stan Walker's second studio album ''
From the Inside Out''.
In 2011, Cassie started a production group called More Mega with fellow writer/producer
Snob Scrilla. Together, they wrote and produced
Havana Brown's debut single "We Run The Night". The song was released in late April, and was the first Australian track to debut in the top 10 in 2011 and is certified double platinum. They also produced and wrote Havana browns second single "Get It"
Cassie co-wrote the song "Take Me Away" for
Marvin Priest featuring
Wynter Gordon.
More recently, they have produced and written the newly released song "All We Have" for X-factor judge
Natalie Bassingthwaighte, "Braveheart" and "Welcome to the Jungle"by
Neon Jungle, "Running Back" by
Jessica Mauboy
Jessica Hilda Mauboy (; born 4 August 1989) is an Australian singer. Born and raised in Darwin, Northern Territory, she rose to fame in 2006 on the Australian Idol (season 4), fourth season of ''Australian Idol'', where she was runner-up and s ...
and "Choose You" by
Stan Walker.
Cassie changed her name to Brooklyn Young for a little while during the early 2012, with no music emerging under that name. She now goes by the moniker BABY, and has teamed up with two dudes in Los Angeles to form an electro-pop-house group called CONTRA. They've quietly been doing some small shows around Los Angeles to warm up for their EP, The 90s Are All That, which you'll hear in the Australian Autumn of 2015.
Personal life
Cassie has been in a relationship with
Snob Scrilla since 2009. They welcomed their first child in 2015.
Discography
Studio albums
Singles
Music videos
References
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1987 births
Living people
Musicians from Perth, Western Australia
Australian women songwriters
Australian women pop singers
21st-century Australian singers
21st-century Australian women singers