Claire’s voyage started with a cover video recorded on her laptop one idle day back when she was thirteen years old.
Not sure if she should put it up on Facebook for her friends to see, she fiddled around her anxiety for the better part of the day before uploading it online. She recalled the fateful day to Rookie in 2015:
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.
Over the course of the next few years, the 22-year-old indie artist would put up multiple covers and originals on her SoundCloud and Bandcamp.
However, her breakout hit came in August 2017. Her viral sensation ‘Pretty Girl’ has well over seventy-two million views on YouTube.
Following that track, Clairo shot to fame. She even signed a gig with Tyler The Creator and Brockhampton. The up-and-coming artist was doing well, but then the rumor mill started churning.
