Clairo
Associated with soft, intimate vocals, daydreamy atmosphere, and rumination, Clairo is the stage name of singer/songwriter Claire Cottrill. Often coloring keyboard or guitar accompaniment with samples and sound effects, the Boston native began sharing dozens of her stylized but sparse, melody-driven recordings to music-sharing sites as a young teen in 2013. She eventually had a minor viral hit with 2017's "Pretty Girl," and a bigger one with "Flaming Hot Cheetos," whose video garnered millions of views in 2018. Officially dropping the "bedroom" from bedroom pop, Clairo made her full-length debut with the Rostam-co-produced Immunity in 2019. 2023's Sling, a more richly arranged sophomore album, cracked the Billboard 200 Top 20; the next year's entirely analog-recorded Charm found her digging into '70s soul and soft rock sounds with the help of the Daptone records crew.
After releasing dozens of accumulated home recordings in 2013, Clairo issued the EP do u wanna fall in love? in 2014. She followed it with more EPs in 2015, including have a nice day, late show, AQUARIUS BOY, and moth girl. In May of that year, the full-length metal heart offered a collection of spare acoustic recordings with notable tape hiss. Meanwhile, she became active on social media with video posts that included acoustic guitar covers of songs by the Cure, Frankie Cosmos, and Alex G, among others. The year 2016 brought the creased laundry EP and the six-track brains a bus station, which introduced new equipment including electric guitar, various keyboard voices, and drum samples. In July of that year, she also delivered a split EP as Claire Cottrill with English lo-fi musician Keel Her.
In December 2016, the song "How Was Your Day?," a collaboration with Mellow Fellow, presented a richer indie pop sound with extended chords and a full arrangement of guitar, keyboards, drums, and vocal harmonies. Further establishing herself as a proponent of dreamy reflection, Clairo was featured in 2017 on no less than three atmospheric indie electronic pop singles: "Girl" by Brennan Henderson, "You Might Be Sleeping" by Jakob Ogawa, and "Froyo" by Hans. Also that year, her like-minded song "Pretty Girl" was featured on the Father/Daughter Records cassette compilation The Le Sigh, Vol. 3, and she had a second viral hit with the keyboard ballad "Flaming Hot Cheetos." Both songs received a commercial release by the FADER Label in mid-2017. An official video for "Cheetos" followed in March 2018 and was covered by such media outlets as Pitchfork, NPR, and Billboard. Still in her late teens, Clairo followed it a month later with a funky, more fully produced single, "4EVER," which saw her collaborating in the studio with Ashwin Torke, Deaton Chris Anthony, and Burns Twins. Singles including "Drown," a collaboration with Cuco, and "Heaven," from the soundtrack to Skate Kitchen, arrived before the end of the year.
Retaining intimacy while adopting a sleeker pop sound, Clairo co-produced her first official album, 2019's Immunity, with Rostam, bringing in guests including drummer Danielle Haim and a children's chorus. The single "Sophia" represented her first appearance in the Billboard Hot 100, and Immunity reached number 51 on the album chart. An arena tour in support of Khalid accompanied the release and was followed by a headlining tour. Adding further texture to her sound with components like vintage keys, Moogs, and layered vocals, Clairo's second full-length, Sling, was co-produced by Cottrill and Jack Antonoff. Released in 2021, it marked her debut for Republic Records and rose to number 17 on the Billboard 200.
A series of injury- and health-related developments beleaguered 2022 tours, but Clairo was back to open for Boygenius at the inaugural Re:SET Concert Series in early 2023. That year, she was featured on remixes by Phoenix and Beabadoobee, and she issued her own Live at Electric Lady EP in May. A couple of charity singles, "For Now" (benefitting Everytown for Gun Safety and FOR THE GWORLS) and "Lavender" (for Doctors Without Borders) appeared before the end of the year. Clairo enlisted Leon Michels (El Michels Affair, the Dap-Kings) to co-produce her third album, which they tracked live to tape in Queens and Woodstock, New York, using a cadre of his usual musicians. With a focus on live instruments including horns, woodwinds, and analog synthesizers, and a sound that toggled between warm '70s soul and soft rock, Charm was self-released in July of 2024.
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Immunity
Alternative & Indie - Lançado por FADER Label em 2 de ago. de 2019
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Sling
Alternative & Indie - Lançado por Republic Records em 16 de jul. de 2021
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Sexy to Someone
Alternative & Indie - Lançado por Clairo em 23 de mai. de 2024
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Immunity
Alternative & Indie - Lançado por FADER Label em 2 de ago. de 2019
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Love Songs
Rock - Lançado por Sub Pop Records em 9 de out. de 2024
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diary 001
Alternative & Indie - Lançado por FADER Label em 25 de mai. de 2018
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Bags
Alternative & Indie - Lançado por FADER Label em 24 de mai. de 2019
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Sofia
Alternative & Indie - Lançado por FADER Label em 26 de jul. de 2019
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Sling
Alternative & Indie - Lançado por Republic Records em 16 de jul. de 2021
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Sling
Alternative & Indie - Lançado por Republic Records em 16 de jul. de 2021
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Closer To You
Alternative & Indie - Lançado por FADER Label em 27 de jun. de 2019
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Glue Song (feat. Clairo)
Alternative & Indie - Lançado por Dirty Hit em 17 de abr. de 2023
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Blouse
Alternative & Indie - Lançado por Republic Records em 11 de jun. de 2021
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Sexy to Someone
Alternative & Indie - Lançado por Clairo em 23 de mai. de 2024
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Pretty Girl
Alternative & Indie - Lançado por FADER Label em 4 de ago. de 2017
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4EVER
Alternative & Indie - Lançado por FADER Label em 27 de abr. de 2018
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