Clairo

Claire Elizabeth Cottrill{{Cite web |title=ACE Repertory |url=https://www.ascap.com/ace/#/ace/writer/886249388/COTTRILL%20CLAIRE%20E |access-date=2025-03-09 |website=American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers}}{{Cite web |last=Nattress |first=Katrina |date=2022-02-02 |title=iHeartRadio Music Awards Best New Alternative Artists: Meet The Nominees |url=https://www.iheart.com/content/2022-03-01-iheartradio-music-awards-best-new-alternative-artists-meet-the-nominees/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221207042545/https://www.iheart.com/content/2022-03-01-iheartradio-music-awards-best-new-alternative-artists-meet-the-nominees/ |archive-date=2022-12-07 |access-date=2025-03-09 |website=iHeart |language=en}} was born on August 18, 1998{{Cite news |last=Ting |first=Jasmine |date=August 18, 2019 |title=Clairo Gets a Sesame Street Surprise from Khalid |url=https://www.papermag.com/khalid-clairo-elmo-birthday-surprise-2639879428.html |website=Paper |language=en-US |access-date=October 10, 2019 |archive-date=January 24, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210124091115/https://www.papermag.com/khalid-clairo-elmo-birthday-surprise-2639879428.html |url-status=live }} in Atlanta.{{Cite web |last=Ignacio |first=Joseph |date=November 28, 2019 |title=Clairo completes "Immunity" tour by conquering Boston |url=https://raidertimes.com/arts-entertainment/2019/11/28/clairo-conquers-boston-at-end-of-immunity-tour/ |website=The Raider Times |access-date=November 21, 2020 |archive-date=January 22, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210122031616/https://raidertimes.com/arts-entertainment/2019/11/28/clairo-conquers-boston-at-end-of-immunity-tour/ |url-status=live }} She is the daughter of marketing executive Geoff Cottrill and Allie Cottrill, a photographer and designer. She and her family lived in Atlanta until age seven, when they moved to Seattle for three years before settling in Carlisle, Massachusetts.{{cite news|title=Clairo {{!}} Don't fight the feeling, because it doesn't just belong to you|url=https://www.flaunt.com/blog/clairo|newspaper=Flaunt|date=October 17, 2019}}{{cite news|last=Reed|first=Davy|title=How Clairo found herself|url=https://theface.com/music/clairo-charm-vol-4-issue-22-interview-jack-antonoff|newspaper=The Face|date=March 5, 2025}}

Cottrill began recording covers on her laptop at the age of 13, beginning with a cover of a Maroon 5 song. In a 2015 interview with Rookie, she recalled of this first recording, "It took me hours to figure out if I wanted to post it on Facebook or not to even tell my friends that I'd made it. I was so nervous about it! I just closed my eyes and did it, and then I closed my computer and tried not to think about it".{{Cite web |last=Zoladz |first=Lindsay |date=July 25, 2018 |title=The Curious Case of Clairo |url=https://www.theringer.com/music/2018/7/25/17610744/clairo-diary-001-music-industry |access-date=September 13, 2023 |website=The Ringer}}{{Cite web |last=Campbell |first=Nilina |date=May 11, 2015 |title=Claire Cottrill: Sweet 17 |url=https://www.rookiemag.com/2015/05/claire-cottrill-sweet-17/ |access-date=September 13, 2023 |website=Rookie}} She performed cover songs at local businesses including Blue Dry Goods. MTV contacted her at the time to record a song to be used as background music for a television show on MTV, but the song was never aired.Moreland, Quinn (January 16, 2018). [https://pitchfork.com/features/rising/meet-clairo-the-youtube-star-turning-teenage-awkwardness-into-viral-gold/ Meet Clairo, the YouTube Star Turning Teenage Awkwardness Into Viral Gold] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210124160208/https://pitchfork.com/features/rising/meet-clairo-the-youtube-star-turning-teenage-awkwardness-into-viral-gold/ |date=January 24, 2021 }}, Pitchfork She began posting music to Bandcamp under the names Clairo and DJ Baby Benz while attending Concord-Carlisle High School in Concord, Massachusetts. She began posting covers, songs, and DJ mixes of rap music on SoundCloud.{{Cite web|url=https://www.cchsvoice.org/wiqh-brings-musical-talent-from-cchs/|title=WIQH Brings Musical Talent from CCHS!|last=Alumni Writers|date=April 14, 2014|website=CCHS Voice|language=en-US|access-date=2019-08-21|archive-date=August 21, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190821174132/https://www.cchsvoice.org/wiqh-brings-musical-talent-from-cchs/|url-status=dead}} She also put three short films on an old YouTube channel{{Cite web |last=Cottrill |first=Claire |date=October 9, 2011 |title=Claire Cottrill |url=https://youtube.com/@cc88xoxxx |access-date=May 19, 2023 |via=YouTube |archive-date=May 19, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230519071716/https://www.youtube.com/@cc88xoxxx |url-status=live }} and maintained a second channel for covers and short films.

She launched her EP Do U Wanna Fall in Love? in 2013 after releasing several home recordings. A few additional EPs, including Aquarius Boy, Late Show, Moth Girl, Metal Heart, and Have a Nice Day, came after this in 2015.{{Cn|date=May 2025}}

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Clairo first drew wide attention in late 2017 when the video for her song "Pretty Girl" went viral on YouTube.{{cite web|last=Moore|first=Jacob|date=September 29, 2017|url=https://www.complex.com/pigeons-and-planes/2017/09/clairo|title=Meet Clairo, the Lo-Fi Bedroom Singer/Songwriter Who Went Viral By Being Herself|website=Complex|access-date=January 19, 2019|archive-date=August 18, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210818111455/https://www.complex.com/pigeons-and-planes/2017/09/clairo|url-status=live}} The song was recorded for an indie rock compilation benefiting the Transgender Law Center.{{Cite news |last=Coscarelli |first=Joe |date=May 23, 2018 |title=Clairo's 'Pretty Girl' Went Viral. Then She Had to Prove Herself. |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2018/05/23/arts/music/clairo-pretty-girl-diary-001.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210903233116/https://www.nytimes.com/2018/05/23/arts/music/clairo-pretty-girl-diary-001.html |archive-date=September 3, 2021 |access-date=May 31, 2018 |work=The New York Times |language=en-US}} According to her, she recorded the track "using the resources around me which were pretty s_. I used like a little keyboard that I had and I was really into '80s pop music–my mom is obsessed with it–so it kind of inspired me to do something like that."{{cite news |last1=Tanzer |first1=Myles |date=October 19, 2017 |title=Clairo on "Pretty Girl" and making chill pop songs for the whole internet to enjoy |url=https://www.thefader.com/2017/10/19/clairo-pretty-girl-video-interview |work=The Fader |access-date=September 25, 2018 |archive-date=July 17, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210717031150/https://www.thefader.com/2017/10/19/clairo-pretty-girl-video-interview |url-status=live }} She attributes audience interest in the video to YouTube's algorithm system. The video was quickly put into the growing genre of bedroom pop and became popular on vaporwave-centric Facebook groups.{{Cite web |last=Israel |first=Ryan |date=August 24, 2018 |title=Clairo sparkles on debut EP 'diary 001' |url=https://ndsmcobserver.com/2018/08/clairo-legends-saturday-night/ |access-date=September 14, 2023 |website=The Observer}} "Pretty Girl" had amassed more than 110 million views on YouTube by 2024.

Another video, "Flaming Hot Cheetos", was released a month before "Pretty Girl" on YouTube. It garnered 3 million views by July 2018.{{cite web |last1=Zoladz |first1=Lindsay |date=July 25, 2018 |title=The Curious Case of Clairo |url=https://www.theringer.com/music/2018/7/25/17610744/clairo-diary-001-music-industry |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210802195845/https://www.theringer.com/music/2018/7/25/17610744/clairo-diary-001-music-industry |archive-date=August 2, 2021 |access-date=September 25, 2018 |website=The Ringer}} The success of "Pretty Girl" led to interest from major labels such as Capitol, RCA, and Columbia. Jon Cohen, the co-founder of The Fader, signed Clairo to the magazine's associated record label with a 12-song record contract and introduced her to Pat Corcoran, manager of Chance the Rapper. She became a client of talent agency Haight Brand near the end of 2017.

On May 25, 2018, the Fader Label released Clairo's debut record, titled Diary 001.{{cite web|last1=Strauss|first1=Matthew|date=April 27, 2018|url=https://pitchfork.com/news/clairo-announces-debut-ep-shares-new-song-listen/|title=Clairo Announces Debut EP, Shares New Song: Listen|website=Pitchfork|access-date=May 1, 2018|archive-date=January 22, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210122060319/https://pitchfork.com/news/clairo-announces-debut-ep-shares-new-song-listen/|url-status=live}} In her review for Pitchfork, Fader contributor Sasha Geffen wrote that the EP ought to subside the "legions of naysayers who dismissed her as a one-hit fluke or an industry plant."{{cite web |last1=Geffen |first1=Sasha |title=Diary 001 EP |url=https://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/clairo-diary-001-ep/ |website=Pitchfork |date=May 21, 2018 |access-date=January 23, 2019 |archive-date=August 18, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210818111455/https://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/clairo-diary-001-ep/ |url-status=live }} A piece written by Joe Coscarelli of The New York Times said that the EP "bridges both worlds, building on the coy, understated bedroom pop of 'Pretty Girl' and 'Flaming Hot Cheetos' toward sturdier numbers like '4EVER' and 'B.O.M.D.'" Also in May, Clairo announced a headlining tour throughout North America, as well as select dates opening for Dua Lipa.{{cite web |last1=Kim |first1=Michelle |title=Clairo Announces Tour |url=https://pitchfork.com/news/clairo-announces-tour/ |website=Pitchfork |date=May 30, 2018 |access-date=January 22, 2019 |language=en |archive-date=March 31, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190331204450/https://pitchfork.com/news/clairo-announces-tour/ |url-status=live }} Her July performance at the Bowery Ballroom in New York was a sold-out show. In August 2018, she performed at Lollapalooza.{{cite magazine |last1=Legaspi |first1=Althea |last2=Klinkenberg |first2=Brendan |date=August 4, 2018 |title=Lollapalooza 2018: Tyler the Creator, Bruno Mars, Lizzo Highlight Day Two |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/lollapalooza-2018-tyler-the-creator-bruno-mars-lizzo-highlight-day-two-706650/ |magazine=Rolling Stone |access-date=January 22, 2019}} She performed at Coachella in 2019.{{cite web |title=Meet Clairo, the Carlisle native who's playing Coachella |url=https://www.boston.com/culture/lifestyle/2019/01/04/meet-clairo-the-carlisle-native-whos-playing-coachella |website=The Boston Globe |date=January 4, 2019 |first1=Jenni|last1=Todd|access-date=January 23, 2019 |archive-date=March 31, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190331220020/https://www.boston.com/culture/lifestyle/2019/01/04/meet-clairo-the-carlisle-native-whos-playing-coachella |url-status=live }}

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}}File:Clairo @ El Rey 04 11 2019 (48498299611).jpg in Los Angeles, April 2019]]On May 24, 2019, Clairo released a new single, "Bags", and announced her debut studio album Immunity,{{Cite web|url=https://pitchfork.com/news/clairo-announces-debut-album-immunity-shares-new-song-bags-listen/|title=Clairo Announces Debut Album Immunity, Shares New Song "Bags": Listen|website=Pitchfork|date=May 24, 2019|access-date=July 24, 2019|archive-date=July 17, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210717082521/https://pitchfork.com/news/clairo-announces-debut-album-immunity-shares-new-song-bags-listen/|url-status=live}} which was released on August 2, 2019.{{cite web|url=https://hypebeast.com/2019/8/clairo-immunity-album-stream|title=Clairo Shares Highly-Anticipated Debut Album 'Immunity'|author=Sophie Caraan|publisher=Hypebeast|date=August 2, 2019|access-date=August 2, 2019|archive-date=August 2, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190802102916/https://hypebeast.com/2019/8/clairo-immunity-album-stream|url-status=live}} She would further release two more singles from the album, "Closer to You" and "Sofia".{{cite web|url=https://www.thefader.com/2019/07/26/clairo-drops-new-track-sofia-2019-listen|title=Clairo drops new track "Sofia"|author=SHAAD D'SOUZA|access-date=July 26, 2019|publisher=The Fader|archive-date=May 8, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210508082806/https://www.thefader.com/2019/07/26/clairo-drops-new-track-sofia-2019-listen|url-status=live}}{{Cite web|first=Quinn|last=Moreland|url=https://pitchfork.com/features/profile/clairo-immunity-interview/|title=Clairo Has Something to Prove|website=Pitchfork|date=August 2019|language=en|access-date=2019-10-07|archive-date=October 30, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191030215821/https://pitchfork.com/features/profile/clairo-immunity-interview/|url-status=live}} Following the album's commercial success, Apple Music named Clairo an Up Next artist in August 2019.{{Cite magazine|url=https://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/pop/8527873/clairo-apple-music-up-next-artist|title=Clairo Named Apple Music's 'Up Next' Artist|last=Iasimone|first=Ashley|date=August 21, 2019|magazine=Billboard|access-date=2019-08-21}}

Clairo made her television debut performing "I Wouldn't Ask You" on Jimmy Kimmel Live! in September 2019,{{Cite web|url=https://consequence.net/2019/09/clairo-kimmel-wouldnt-ask-video-performance/|title=Clairo performs "I Wouldn't Ask" with children's choir on Kimmel: Watch|last=Schatz|first=Lake|date=September 6, 2019|website=Consequence of Sound|language=en-US|access-date=2019-10-13|archive-date=December 18, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221218213611/https://consequence.net/2019/09/clairo-kimmel-wouldnt-ask-video-performance/|url-status=live}} before performing "Bags" on The Ellen DeGeneres Show a few days later.{{Cite web|url=https://pitchfork.com/news/watch-clairo-perform-bags-on-ellen/|title=Watch Clairo Perform "Bags" on Ellen|last=Minsker|first=Evan|date=September 17, 2019|website=Pitchfork|language=en|access-date=2019-10-13|archive-date=October 13, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191013144051/https://pitchfork.com/news/watch-clairo-perform-bags-on-ellen/|url-status=live}} In December 2019, she won Pop Artist of the Year at the 2019 Boston Music Awards for the second consecutive year, as well as Album of the Year for Immunity.{{Cite web |title=Boston Music Awards 2019 |url=https://bostonmusicawards.com/bma/boston-music-awards-2019/ |access-date=2024-05-25 |website=Boston Music Awards |language=en-US}} "Bags" was included in over 15 critics' lists ranking the year's top songs including Pitchfork's and Paste's lists of best songs of the decade.{{Cite web|url=https://pitchfork.com/features/lists-and-guides/the-200-best-songs-of-the-2010s/|title=The 200 Best Songs of the 2010s|date=October 7, 2019|website=Pitchfork|language=en|access-date=2019-10-13|archive-date=October 7, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191007154504/https://pitchfork.com/features/lists-and-guides/the-200-best-songs-of-the-2010s/|url-status=live}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.pastemagazine.com/articles/2019/10/best-songs-of-the-2010s-1.html|title=The 100 Best Songs of the 2010s|last=Todd|first=Harry|date=October 21, 2019|website=Paste|language=en|access-date=December 14, 2019|archive-date=December 31, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191231131944/https://www.pastemagazine.com/articles/2019/10/best-songs-of-the-2010s-1.html|url-status=live}} Immunity was included in over 10 critics' end of year lists, including The Guardian, Pitchfork, Billboard, and the Los Angeles Times.{{Cite news |date=2019-12-20 |title=The 50 best albums of 2019: the full list |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2019/dec/03/50-best-albums-of-2019 |access-date=2024-05-25 |work=The Guardian |language=en-GB |issn=0261-3077}}{{Cite web |last=Pitchfork |date=2019-12-10 |title=The 50 Best Albums of 2019 |url=https://pitchfork.com/features/lists-and-guides/best-albums-2019/ |access-date=2024-05-25 |website=Pitchfork |language=en-US}}{{Cite magazine |author=Billboard Staff |date=2019-12-10 |title=The 50 Best Albums of 2019: Staff Picks |url=https://www.billboard.com/media/lists/best-albums-of-2019-top-50-8545657/ |access-date=2024-05-25 |magazine=Billboard |language=en-US}}{{Cite web |date=2019-12-11 |title=Best albums and songs of 2019: Solange, Lana Del Rey and the miracle that is 'Old Town Road' |url=https://www.latimes.com/entertainment-arts/music/story/2019-12-11/best-albums-songs-2019-solange-lana-del-rey-old-town-road |access-date=2024-05-25 |website=Los Angeles Times| language=en-US|first1=Mikael|last1=Wood}} Since 2019, Clairo has been managed by Mike Ahern and Jimmy Bui.{{Cite magazine|last=Kaplan|first=Llana|date=June 28, 2019|title=Why Clairo Passed on Major Label Offers and Built Her Own Team|magazine=Billboard |url=https://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/pop/8517923/clairo-immunity-debut-album-up-next-interview}}

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In April 2020, Clairo revealed that she had begun working on her second studio album via a tweet of a screenshot of a playlist titled "Album 2 (demos so far)".{{Cite web |last=Langford |first=Jackson |date=April 13, 2020 |title=Clairo reveals she's returned to work on her new album |url=https://www.nme.com/news/music/clairo-reveals-shes-returned-to-work-on-her-new-album-2645326 |website=NME |language=en-GB |access-date=March 21, 2021 |archive-date=June 24, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210624202925/https://www.nme.com/news/music/clairo-reveals-shes-returned-to-work-on-her-new-album-2645326 |url-status=live }} Also in October 2020, she formed a new band called Shelly with indie pop artist Claud and their two friends from Syracuse University, Josh Mehling and Noa Frances Getzug. The group released two songs, "Steeeam" and "Natural", on October 30, 2020.{{Cite web |last=Schatz |first=Lake |date=October 30, 2020 |title=Clairo forms new band Shelly, shares debut songs "Steeeam" and "Natural": Stream |url=https://consequence.net/2020/10/clairo-new-band-shelly-steeeam-natural/ |website=Consequence |language=en-US |access-date=March 21, 2021 |archive-date=April 23, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210423170450/https://consequence.net/2020/10/clairo-new-band-shelly-steeeam-natural/ |url-status=live }}

On June 11, 2021, Clairo released "Blouse", the first single from her second studio album, Sling, which was announced on the same day.{{Cite web |last=Bloom |first=Madison |date=June 11, 2021 |title=Clairo Announces New Album Sling, Shares New Song "Blouse" |url=https://pitchfork.com/news/clairo-announces-new-album-sling-shares-new-song-blouse-listen/ |website=Pitchfork |language=en-US |access-date=June 11, 2021 |archive-date=June 11, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210611041258/https://pitchfork.com/news/clairo-announces-new-album-sling-shares-new-song-blouse-listen/ |url-status=live }}{{Cite magazine |last=Martoccio |first=Angie |date=June 11, 2021 |title=Clairo Drops Crushing Ballad 'Blouse' With Backing Vocals by Lorde |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/clairo-blouse-new-album-sling-1180050/ |magazine=Rolling Stone |language=en-US |access-date=June 11, 2021}} The record was released on July 16, 2021, co-produced by Jack Antonoff,{{Cite web |title=CLAIRO ANNOUNCES SOPHOMORE ALBUM SLING TO BE RELEASED JULY 16TH CO-PRODUCED WITH JACK ANTONOFF – Press Releases – Universal Music Canada |url=https://www.universalmusic.ca/press-releases/clairo-announces-sophomore-album-sling-to-be-released-july-16th-co-produced-with-jack-antonoff/#:~:text=Universal%20Music%20Canada-,CLAIRO%20ANNOUNCES%20SOPHOMORE%20ALBUM%20SLING%20TO%20BE%20RELEASED,CO-PRODUCED%20WITH%20JACK%20ANTONOFF |access-date=2025-05-02 |website=www.universalmusic.ca}} and was praised for Clairo's artistic progression and thematic songwriting that ponders future motherhood, domesticity and the responsibility of becoming a caregiver.{{Cite web |title=Sling is a true testament to Clairo's masterful songwriting talents |url=https://www.thelineofbestfit.com/reviews/albums/clairo-sling-album-review |access-date=2024-05-25 |website=The Line of Best Fit |language=en-US}}{{Cite web |last=Daly |first=Rhian |date=2021-07-15 |title=Clairo – 'Sling' review: meditations on motherhood inspired by '70s songwriting greats |url=https://www.nme.com/reviews/album/clairo-sling-album-review-2992272 |access-date=2024-05-25 |website=NME |language=en-GB}} It appeared on numerous "best albums of 2021" lists.{{Cite news |last1=Beaumont-Thomas |first1=Ben |last2=Snapes |first2=Laura |date=2021-12-17 |title=The 50 best albums of 2021 |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2021/nov/30/the-50-best-albums-of-2021 |access-date=2024-05-25 |work=The Guardian |language=en-GB |issn=0261-3077}}{{Cite web |last=NME |date=2021-12-10 |title=The 50 best albums of 2021 |url=https://www.nme.com/features/nme-best-albums-of-the-year-2021-3114833 |access-date=2024-05-25 |website=NME |language=en-GB}}{{Cite web |date=2021-12-06 |title=The 50 Best Albums Of 2021 |url=https://www.stereogum.com/2169206/the-50-best-albums-of-2021/lists/year-in-review/2021-in-review/ |access-date=2024-05-25 |website=Stereogum |language=en}}

In February 2022, Clairo embarked on the US leg of the Sling tour.{{Cite web |last=Aubrey |first=Elizabeth |date=2022-02-18 |title=Clairo debuts new song 'Nomad' on first night of US tour |url=https://www.nme.com/news/music/clairo-debuts-new-song-nomad-on-first-night-of-us-tour-3164899 |access-date=2024-05-25 |website=NME |language=en-GB}} She canceled the last three dates of her North American tour, after a technical incident at her gig in Toronto left her with temporary hearing damage.{{Cite web |last=Robinson |first=Ellie |date=2022-07-30 |title=Clairo cancels last three shows of tour after tech mishap leads to ear injury |url=https://www.nme.com/news/music/clairo-cancels-last-three-shows-of-tour-after-tech-mishap-leads-to-ear-injury-3279987 |access-date=2024-05-25 |website=NME |language=en-GB}} After two songs, her opening show of the UK tour in Bristol had to be canceled due to a case of sinusitis that was affecting her voice, leading to her having a panic attack onstage and leaving afterward.{{Cite web |last=Ross |first=Gemma |date=2022-10-05 |title=Clairo live in London: a triumphant end to a trying tour |url=https://www.nme.com/reviews/live/clairo-live-london-brixton-academy-review-setlist-photos-3323100 |access-date=2024-05-25 |website=NME |language=en-GB}} The Glasgow show was canceled but the show the day after it in Manchester went ahead, and her final UK show of that tour was in London.

In 2023, the singer appeared as an opening act for Boygenius during the inaugural Re:SET Concert Series.{{Cite web |date=2023-06-07 |title=boygenius, Clairo set the stage for Re:SET concert series - KCR College Radio |url=https://kcr.sdsu.edu/boygenius-clairo-set-the-stage-for-reset-concert-series/ |access-date=2024-05-25 |language=en-US}} In May, after being featured on remixes by Phoenix and Beabadoobee,{{Cite magazine |last=Zemler |first=Emily |date=2023-03-16 |title=Hear Clairo Join Phoenix for Atmospheric Remix of 'After Midnight' |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/phoenix-clairo-after-midnight-remix-1234697776/ |access-date=2024-05-25 |magazine=Rolling Stone |language=en-US}}{{Cite web |last=Ruiz |first=Matthew Ismael |date=2023-04-20 |title=Clairo Joins Beabadoobee for New Version of "Glue Song" |url=https://pitchfork.com/news/clairo-joins-beabadoobee-for-new-version-of-glue-song-listen/ |access-date=2024-05-25 |website=Pitchfork |language=en-US}} she released the EP Live at Electric Lady, containing new versions of songs from her first two albums.{{Cite magazine |last=Martoccio |first=Angie |date=2023-05-12 |title=Clairo Takes Her Intimate Indie Gems to Electric Lady for Live EP |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/clairo-live-album-electric-lady-1234733767/ |access-date=2024-05-25 |magazine=Rolling Stone |language=en-US}} She also released two charity singles on Bandcamp, "For Now" with all proceeds directed to Everytown for Gun Safety and For the Gworls,{{Cite web |last=Bloom |first=Madison |date=2023-04-03 |title=Clairo Shares New Benefit Song "For Now" |url=https://pitchfork.com/news/clairo-shares-new-benefit-song-for-now-listen/ |access-date=2024-05-25 |website=Pitchfork |language=en-US}} and "Lavender" to raise funds for Doctors Without Borders during the Gaza war.{{Cite web |last=Pilley |first=Max |date=2023-10-21 |title=Clairo releases new track 'Lavender' to raise aid funds for Gaza |url=https://www.nme.com/news/music/clairo-releases-new-track-lavender-to-raise-aid-funds-for-gaza-3518989 |access-date=2024-05-25 |website=NME |language=en-GB}}

File:Clairo @ Fonda Theatre 09 08 2024 (54011316442).jpg in Los Angeles for the Charm residencies, September 2024.]]

In January 2024, Clairo teased a new album with a post on Instagram, captioning it "maybe this year".{{Cite web |last=Graves |first=Shahlin |date=2024-01-12 |title=Clairo teases new music for release this year... |url=https://www.coupdemainmagazine.com/clairo/19530 |access-date=2024-05-25 |website=Coup De Main Magazine |language=en}} In March, she shared an Instagram post captioned with emojis depicting the number three, a check mark, and a purple heart.{{Cite web |last=Daly |first=Rhian |date=2024-03-04 |title=It looks like Clairo has finished her third album |url=https://thefortyfive.com/news/clairo-third-album-finished/ |access-date=2024-05-25 |website=The Forty-Five |language=en-GB}} On May 23, Clairo announced her third album, titled Charm, which she co-produced with Leon Michels.{{Cite web |last=Strauss |first=Matthew |date=2024-05-23 |title=Clairo Announces New Album Charm, Shares New Song "Sexy to Someone" |url=https://pitchfork.com/news/clairo-announces-new-album-charm-shares-new-song-sexy-to-someone-listen/ |website=Pitchfork |language=en-US |access-date=2024-05-23}} Its lead single, "Sexy to Someone" was released concurrently.{{Cite web |last=Pappis |first=Konstantinos |date=May 23, 2024 |title=Clairo Announces New Album 'Charm', Shares New Single 'Sexy to Someone' |url=https://ourculturemag.com/2024/05/23/clairo-announces-new-album-charm-shares-new-single-sexy-to-someone/ |website=Our Culture |language=en-GB |access-date=May 23, 2024}} On May 29, she announced two residencies to support the album in New York and Los Angeles in September 2024.{{Cite web |last=Strauss |first=Matthew |date=2024-05-29 |title=Clairo Announces New York and Los Angeles Concerts |url=https://pitchfork.com/news/clairo-announces-new-york-and-los-angeles-concerts/ |website=Pitchfork |language=en-US |access-date=2024-05-31}} On June 28, "Nomad" was released as the record's second and last single.{{Cite web |last=Jacob |first=Lola |date=2024-06-18 |title=Clairo announces next single 'Nomad'. |url=https://www.coupdemainmagazine.com/clairo/19758 |website=Coup De Main |language=en |access-date=2024-07-19}}

Charm was released on July 12, 2024, to critical acclaim with music critics highlighting the record's jazz-like production, songwriting and Clairo's overall musical expansion.{{Cite news |last=Hawthorne |first=Katie |date=2024-07-12 |title=Clairo: Charm review – deeply human songs of desire and distance |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/article/2024/jul/12/clairo-charm-review-desire-distance-and-swooningly-sexy-songs |work=The Guardian |language=en-GB |issn=0261-3077 |access-date=2024-09-28}}{{Cite web |last=Bannikov |first=Igor |date=2024-07-11 |title=Clairo - Charm {{!}} Reviews |url=https://www.clashmusic.com/reviews/clairo-charm/ |website=Clash |language=en-GB |access-date=2024-09-28}} On July 18, 2024, to promote the record, Clairo performed "Juna", the seventh track of the album, live at The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon.{{Cite magazine |last=Zemler |first=Emily |date=2024-07-18 |title=Watch Clairo Showcase Intimate Song 'Juna' on 'Fallon' |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/clairo-juna-performance-fallon-1235063024/ |access-date=2024-07-19 |magazine=Rolling Stone |language=en-US}}{{Cite web |last=Bloom |first=Madison |date=2024-07-18 |title=Watch Clairo Perform "Juna" on Fallon |url=https://pitchfork.com/news/watch-clairo-perform-juna-on-fallon/ |access-date=2024-07-19 |website=Pitchfork |language=en-US}} On the same day, she also announced the dates of her 2024 North American tour spanning between September and November.{{Cite web |last=Breihan |first=Tom |date=2024-07-18 |title=Clairo Sings A Laid-Back "Juna" On 'Fallon' & Announces North American Tour: Watch |url=https://www.stereogum.com/2272162/clairo-sings-a-laid-back-juna-on-fallon-announces-north-american-tour/news/ |access-date=2024-07-19 |website=Stereogum |language=en-US}} The tour was supported by singer-songwriter Alice Phoebe Lou as the opening act.{{Cite web |last=Skinner |first=Tom |date=2024-07-18 |title=Clairo performs 'Juna' on 'Fallon' and announces 2024 North American 'Charm' tour |url=https://www.nme.com/news/music/clairo-performs-juna-on-fallon-announces-2024-north-american-charm-tour-buy-tickets-3775957 |access-date=2024-07-19 |website=NME |language=en-GB}}

On August 4, the music video for "Juna" was released.{{Cite web |last=Pappis |first=Konstantinos |date=2024-08-04 |title=Clairo Shares New Video for 'Juna' |url=https://ourculturemag.com/2024/08/04/clairo-shares-new-video-for-juna/ |access-date=2024-08-04 |website=Our Culture |language=en-GB}} It marked Clairo's first music video in six years, and it is wrestling-themed.{{Cite magazine |last=Kreps |first=Daniel |date=2024-08-04 |title=Clairo Makes 'Juna' Her First Music Video in Years |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/clairo-juna-first-music-video-1235073883/ |access-date=2024-08-04 |magazine=Rolling Stone |language=en-US}} The next day, she released a cover of Lana Del Rey's "Brooklyn Baby" exclusively on Spotify as part of the Spotify Singles series.{{Cite web |date=2024-08-06 |title=Clairo covers 'Brooklyn Baby' from Lana Del Rey's third LP 'Ultraviolence' |url=https://crackmagazine.net/2024/08/clairo-cover-brooklyn-baby-lana-del-rey-ultraviolence/ |access-date=2024-08-06 |website=Crack}} On October 9, Clairo released a cover of singer-songwriter Margo Guryan's "Love Songs". The cover song is a part of the Guryan tribute compilation album Like Someone I Know, released on November 8, 2024.{{Cite web |last=Jones |first=Abby |date=2024-10-09 |title=Clairo Covers Margo Guryan's "Love Songs": Listen |url=https://www.stereogum.com/2283504/clairo-love-songs-margo-guryan-cover/music/ |website=Stereogum |language=en-US |access-date=2024-10-09}} Simultaneously, Charm was nominated in the Best Alternative Music Album category of the 67th Annual Grammy Awards.{{Cite web |last=Strauss |first=Matthew |date=2024-11-08 |title=2025 Grammys: Kim Gordon, Clairo, Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds, and More Nominated for Best Alternative Music Awards |url=https://pitchfork.com/news/2025-grammys-kim-gordon-clairo-nick-cave-and-the-bad-seeds-nominated-for-best-alternative-music-awards/ |access-date=2024-11-08 |website=Pitchfork |language=en-US}} This marked Clairo's first Grammy nomination.

On December 3, Clairo shared the music video for "Sexy to Someone".{{Cite magazine |last=Mier |first=Tomás |date=2024-12-03 |title=Clairo Entrances a Yeti in 'Silly' Video for 'Sexy to Someone' |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/clairo-sexy-to-someone-video-1235191310/ |access-date=2024-12-04 |magazine=Rolling Stone |language=en-US}} On February 6, 2025, a music video for "Terrapin" was released.{{Cite magazine |last=Roundtree |first=Cheyenne |date=2025-02-06 |title=Clairo Taps Ayo Edebiri and 'Weird Al' Yankovic for 'Terrapin' Video |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/clairo-ayo-edebiri-weird-al-yankovic-terrapin-music-video-1235258837/ |access-date=2025-02-15 |magazine=Rolling Stone |language=en-US}} It was directed by actress Ayo Edebiri, and features "Weird Al" Yankovic as "Clairo".{{Cite web |last=Green |first=Walden |date=2025-02-06 |title=Clairo Shares New "Terrapin" Music Video Starring "Weird Al" Yankovic |url=https://pitchfork.com/news/clairo-shares-new-terrapin-music-video-starring-weird-al-yankovic-watch/ |access-date=2025-02-15 |website=Pitchfork |language=en-US}}

Clairo recalled that the Shins' Wincing the Night Away (2007) was the first album she "really completely geeked out over", crediting it as her inspiration to make music.{{cite web |last1=Wang |first1=Steffannee |date=May 24, 2018 |title=Clairo would like to leave her bedroom now, please |url=https://www.thefader.com/2018/05/24/clairo-diary-001-pretty-girl-4ever-interview |website=The Fader |access-date=August 23, 2019 |archive-date=April 17, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210417183027/https://www.thefader.com/2018/05/24/clairo-diary-001-pretty-girl-4ever-interview |url-status=live }} Since many around her told her that a career in music was unlikely, she did not consider it a prospect and therefore did "whatever" she wanted musically. She said that her musical influences were a mixture of her mother and father's musical tastes, citing artists including Al Green, Brenton Wood, Billy Paul, Cocteau Twins, Trashcan Sinatras, the The, and Public Image Ltd.{{Cite web |last=Kahn |first=Jamie |date=March 7, 2022 |title=Clairo reveals her biggest musical influences |url=https://faroutmagazine.co.uk/clairo-biggest-musical-influences/ |access-date=March 3, 2023 |website=Far Out |archive-date=March 16, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230316045132/https://faroutmagazine.co.uk/clairo-biggest-musical-influences/ |url-status=live }}

In July 2020, Clairo signed an open letter to then-UK Equalities minister Liz Truss calling for a ban on all forms of LGBT+ conversion therapy.{{cite instagram|author=Ban Conversion Therapy|user=banconversiontherapy|date=July 10, 2020|title=Our letter to government urging for a ban of conversion therapy has complete backing from some incredible #LGBTQ+ public figures and allies. It's supported by every leading UK #LGBT charity and human rights organisation. And now we need you're help. Use our resources, educate yourselves, write to your MP, chat to your families and SPREAD 👏🏻 THE 👏🏻 WORD. #BanConversionTherapy #ConversionTherapy #ShitYouShouldCareAbout|postid=CCdBrlGlqFo/?igshid=1m1khry9ain0v|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200821041643/https://www.instagram.com/accounts/login/?next=%2Fp%2FCCdBrlGlqFo%2F%3Figshid%3D1m1khry9ain0v|archive-date=August 21, 2020|via=Instagram|access-date=July 29, 2020}} In May 2022, a leaked draft opinion showed that the U.S. Supreme Court was planning to overturn abortion rights established in Roe v. Wade. Clairo, alongside other musical artists like Lorde, Olivia Rodrigo and Phoebe Bridgers, signed a full-page ad in The New York Times condemning the planned Supreme Court decision.{{cite web |last1=Campbell |first1=Erica |date=May 13, 2022 |title=Billie Eilish, Phoebe Bridgers, and Halsey sign letter against US Supreme Court's overturn of abortion rights |url=https://www.nme.com/news/music/billie-eilish-phoebe-bridgers-and-halsey-sign-letter-against-us-supreme-courts-overturn-of-abortion-rights-3225228 |website=NME |access-date=July 13, 2022 |archive-date=May 29, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230529042752/https://www.nme.com/news/music/billie-eilish-phoebe-bridgers-and-halsey-sign-letter-against-us-supreme-courts-overturn-of-abortion-rights-3225228 |url-status=live }}{{cite web |last1=Hatfield |first1=Amanda |date=May 13, 2022 |title=160 artists condemn Supreme Court's Roe v. Wade plans ahead of rallies & marches on Saturday |url=https://www.brooklynvegan.com/160-artists-condemn-supreme-courts-roe-v-wade-plans-ahead-of-rallies-marches-on-saturday/ |website=Brooklyn Vegan |access-date=July 13, 2022 |archive-date=July 13, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220713114419/https://www.brooklynvegan.com/160-artists-condemn-supreme-courts-roe-v-wade-plans-ahead-of-rallies-marches-on-saturday/ |url-status=live }} While performing at the Glastonbury Festival in June 2022, Clairo wore a T-shirt saying "Bans Off Our Bodies" in protest to the U.S. Supreme Court's Dobbs v. Jackson Women's Health Organization final decision which overturned access to abortion granted in Roe v. Wade.{{cite web |last1=Daly |first1=Rhian |date=June 26, 2022 |title=Clairo live at Glastonbury 2022: a vitally soothing set from a first-class star |url=https://www.nme.com/reviews/live/clairo-live-at-glastonbury-2022-review-setlist-photos-3256481 |website=NME |access-date=July 13, 2022 |archive-date=July 13, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220713114524/https://www.nme.com/reviews/live/clairo-live-at-glastonbury-2022-review-setlist-photos-3256481 |url-status=live }}

In October 2023, Clairo signed the Artists4Ceasefire open letter calling for a ceasefire in the Gaza war to President Joe Biden.{{Cite web |title=Artists4Ceasefire |url=https://www.artists4ceasefire.org/ |access-date=2024-01-28 |website=Artists4Ceasefire |language=en-US}} In January and July 2024, she performed at the Artists for Aid Benefit Concert in London which raised funds for the Gaza Strip and Sudan.{{Cite magazine |title=Mustafa, Clairo, and other artists perform at Gaza and Sudan benefit concert |url=https://ca.billboard.com/music/concerts/mustafa-artists-for-aid-gaza-sudan-benefit |access-date=2024-07-18 |magazine=Billboard}}

In 2017, Clairo began attending Syracuse University. She enrolled in the Bandier Program for Recording and Entertainment Industries, but dropped out after one year to pursue music full time. Bandier Program director Bill Werde encouraged her to take time off, calling it a "rare opportunity."{{Cite web | url=https://www.thenewshouse.com/entertainment/music/clairos-syracuse-year-was-a-time-of-mutual-inspiration/ | title=Clairo's Syracuse year was a time of mutual inspiration | last=Hopsicker | first=Katie | website=thenewshouse | date=March 23, 2022 | access-date=April 28, 2023 | archive-date=April 28, 2023 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230428032138/https://www.thenewshouse.com/entertainment/music/clairos-syracuse-year-was-a-time-of-mutual-inspiration/ | url-status=live }}{{cite web |last1=Hopsicker |first1=Katie |title=Clairo's Syracuse year was a time of mutual inspiration |url=https://www.thenewshouse.com/entertainment/music/clairos-syracuse-year-was-a-time-of-mutual-inspiration/ |website=thenewshouse.com |date=March 23, 2022 |publisher=The NewsHouse |access-date=November 4, 2024}}

Clairo came out as bisexual to her fans via Twitter in May 2018.{{Cite web|url=https://www.them.us/story/clairo-interview|title=Clairo Opens Up About Coming Out And Coming into Her Own|last=Bennett|first=Willa|date=May 27, 2019|website=them.|language=en|access-date=October 5, 2019|archive-date=November 1, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201101030748/https://www.them.us/story/clairo-interview|url-status=live}}{{cite tweet |last=Cottrill |first=Claire |author-link=Claire Cottrill |user=clairo |number=1001340431362412545 |date=May 29, 2018 |title=B.O.M.D. is also G.O.M.D. for ur information |language=en |access-date=December 20, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220817235226/https://twitter.com/clairo/status/1001340431362412545 |archive-date=August 17, 2022 |url-status=live}} In an interview, she explained that making friends in college is what helped her to come out, as her friends were openly gay and she was inspired by "their confidence and their willingness to be exposed."{{Cite web |last=Bennett |first=Willa |date=May 27, 2019 |title=Clairo Opens Up About Coming Out And Coming into Her Own |url=https://www.them.us/story/clairo-interview |website=Them |language=en |access-date=October 7, 2019 |archive-date=November 1, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201101030748/https://www.them.us/story/clairo-interview |url-status=live }} In a 2025 interview, Clairo said she is queer. She stated, "I don’t care for labels at all. I believe people should like who they want and no one should have a problem with it".{{Cite web |date=2025-04-07 |title=Clairo’s Age of Clarity |url=https://www.seventeen.com/celebrity/a64285586/clairo-interview-2025/ |access-date=2025-04-07 |website=Seventeen |language=en-US}}

Clairo was diagnosed with juvenile idiopathic arthritis at the age of 17.{{cite web |last1=Cliff |first1=Aimee |date=November 27, 2018 |title=Clairo IRL |url=http://www.dazeddigital.com/music/article/42329/1/clairo-pretty-girl-pop-star-interview |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210114180241/https://www.dazeddigital.com/music/article/42329/1/clairo-pretty-girl-pop-star-interview |archive-date=January 14, 2021 |access-date=July 13, 2022 |website=Dazed}}

After the success of "Pretty Girl", a number of social media users (specifically on discussion website Reddit) began claiming that Clairo was an "industry plant" who gained success through her father's nepotism. She denied the claims, calling them sexist. Writers for The Guardian and The Ringer also stated that her father's connections facilitated her record contract signing.{{cite news |last1=Empire |first1=Kitty |author-link1=Kitty Empire |date=December 7, 2019 |title=Clairo review – a quiet phenomenon |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2019/dec/07/clairo-live-electric-ballroom-london |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210719163802/https://www.theguardian.com/music/2019/dec/07/clairo-live-electric-ballroom-london |archive-date=July 19, 2021 |access-date=July 13, 2020 |work=The Guardian}}

In 2021, she spoke openly about the accusations, telling Rolling Stone, "I definitely am not blind to the fact that things have been easier for me than other people's experiences. It would be stupid of me to not acknowledge the privilege I had from the start to be able to sign somewhere where there's trust, to be able to sign a record deal that doesn't revolve around keeping myself afloat financially."{{cite magazine |last1=MARTOCCIO |first1=ANGIE |date=July 8, 2021 |title=Clairo's Wide-Open Spaces |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-features/clairo-new-album-sling-blouse-antonoff-immunity-1193000/ |access-date=October 30, 2022 |magazine=Rolling Stone}}

{{main|Clairo discography}}

Studio albums

• Immunity (2019)
• Sling (2021)
• Charm (2024)

• Lazy Days Tour (2018){{Cite web |title=Velvet Underground – Just another WordPress site |url=https://thevelvet.ca/events/clairo-lazy-days-tour/ |access-date=2023-08-13 |website=Velvet Underground}}
• Immunity Tour (2019){{Cite magazine |last=Shaffer |first=Claire |date=August 5, 2019 |title=Clairo Announces North American Headlining Tour |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/clairo-immunity-tour-867469/ |access-date=2023-08-13 |magazine=Rolling Stone |language=en-US}}
• Sling Tour (2022–2023){{Cite magazine |last=Martoccio |first=Angie |date=July 20, 2021 |title=Clairo Maps 2022 North American Tour in Support of 'Sling' |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/clairo-sling-north-american-tour-dates-1199474/ |access-date=2023-08-13 |magazine=Rolling Stone |language=en-US}}
• Charm Tour (2024–2025){{Cite web |last=Krueger |first=Jonah |title=Clairo Announces 2024 American Tour: How To Get Tickets

|url=https://consequence.net/2024/07/clairo-north-american-charm-tour-how-to-get-tickets/ |access-date=2024-07-17 |website=Consequence |date=July 17, 2024 |language=en}}

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