Claire Elizabeth Cottrill (born August 18, 1998), known professionally as Clairo, is an American singer-songwriter who was born in Georgia and grew up in Massachusetts.She began posting music on the internet at age 13. [5]Clairo rose to prominence following the viral success of the music video for her lo-fi single "Pretty Girl" in 2017. [6] [7] …

Clairo, born Claire Cottrill, is an American lo-fi singer/songwriter and recording artist. She went viral with her song "Pretty Girl," which has garnered over 34 million views on ‘YouTube.’

Aug 10, 2024 · Early Life and Background. Clairo, born Claire Cottrill, has an interesting background that shaped her music career. Here are some intriguing facts about her early life. Clairo was born on August 18, 1998, in Atlanta, Georgia. Her family later moved to Carlisle, Massachusetts, where she spent most of her childhood.

Clairo is a new kind of pop star – a former viral teen sensation who is no longer terminally online. She’s having breakfast with us to talk about her new, third album, Charm. When she sits down, her little tattoos come into focus. Some are of her album titles: Sling is on her wrist in cursive; Charm is on her knuckles.

Jan 16, 2018 · Around this time, MTV noticed one of her covers and invited her to record a generic pop song to be used as background music for their shows.

Jul 25, 2018 · To the majority of her fans, 19-year-old Clairo’s rise was the quintessential anyone-can-do-it success story of the viral era. But a vocal minority began to wonder whether it was a more...

Jul 16, 2021 · At home, she began to figure out what that was, landing on a surprising conclusion: domesticity. It wasn’t a realisation she came to straight away, but one that unravelled with time. When she...

Jan 31, 2025 · Clairo on Her First Grammy Nomination, ‘Clairo Shade,’ and the Song Her Mom Wasn’t Sure About ... “That kind of morphed into background vocals. It was hilarious and maybe unexpected to ...

Charm is the third studio album by American singer-songwriter Clairo, released on July 12, 2024.The follow-up to her second album, Sling (2021), it is her first self-released studio album after her previous two albums were released by Fader and Republic respectively. Clairo produced the album alongside Leon Michels with musical contributions from Nick Movshon, Homer Steinweiss, Marco Benevento ...

Aug 1, 2019 · In the immediate aftermath of her viral stardom, Claire Cottrill was underprepared and overwhelmed. Then she got to work. On a Friday night in Oklahoma City, everyone is air guitaring to Paramore...