# Claire Laffut

Claire Laffut (born 21 June 1994) is a Belgian singer-songwriter, artist and model. Born in Namur, Belgium. She was featured on the cover of Elle Belgium in December 2013.

## Life and career
### 1994-2012: Early life

Claire Laffut was born on 21 June 1994 in Namur, Belgium to Annick and Frédéric Laffut, she also has a twin brother called Corentin. Growing up she tried many different activities such as classical dance, piano and drawing. At age 15/16 she joined dance school but she injured her ankle and decided to take up drawing.

### 2013-2018: LACLAIRE and career beginnings

In October 2013, LACLAIRE skin art was launched owned and created by Laffut it was a company that designed and made fake tattoos.
She was featured on the cover of Elle Belgique in December 2013. Also at this time she signed with Ford Models (Europe).
In 2015 whilst visiting a friend (photographer, Charlotte Ambramow) in Paris, France, she decided to stay and move to the city.
She was one of the faces of Chanel's Gabrielle campaign for their new perfume (Gabrielle Chanel) in 2018.
She released the E.P. "Mojo" in November 2019. The EP features four tracks (Vérité, Mojo, Gare du Nord, La fessée).

### 2019-present: Bleu and Becoming Karl Lagerfeld

She talked about her first album in late 2019 and that it would be released in 2020 and each song would be connected to a work of art designed by Laffut.
In 2020 she moved back to Belgium and along with this because of the COVID-19 pandemic her debut album was delayed.
On 3 September 2021, her first album Bleu was released it was influenced by Latin and Afro rhythms and inspired by the colour blue and her youth. Later in the year she performed for Valentino x Boiler Room.
In March 2023, it was announced that Laffut would be playing British fashion designer Loulou de la Falaise in the Disney+ series Becoming Karl Lagerfeld about the rise of Karl Lagerfeld in the 1970s. Also in 2023 she released a furniture collection in collaboration NV Gallery.
Laffut was on the cover of Belgian L'Officiel in 2024.

## Artistry
### Influences

Laffut has citied many different influences for her art, music and life such as singers Avril Lavigne, Burna Boy, Kali Uchis, Jorja Smith, Lizzy Mercer Descloux and close friend/collaborator Yseult. Electronic music producer Mort Garson. Her father was also a major influence on her music taste introducing her to music and going shopping at flea markets and looking for records with Laffut when she was younger he introduced her to the techno genre and singers Claude François and Fela Kuti. He also introduced her to Nigerian drummer Tony Allen who she recorded a song with which was never released. She has also been influenced by artist Henri Rousseau in her works more specifically his paintings of jungles and the painting La Charmeuse de Serpents.

## Discography

Albums :
| Title | Details |
| "Bleu" | Released: 3 September 2021 Label: Decca Records France Formats: CD, LP, streaming Peaked at #46 on the Ultratop albums charts |
Extended Plays :
| Title | Details |
| "Mojo" | Released: 9 November 2018 Label: Decca Records France Formats: CD, LP, streaming |
List of singles, with year released, selected chart positions and album name shown :
| Title | Year | Peak Chart Positions | Album |
| Title | Year | Belgium | Album |
| "Vérité" | 2018 | — | Bleu |
| "Nudes (feat. Yseult)" | 2019 | 17 | Bleu |
| "Étrange Mélange" | 2020 | — | Bleu |
| "Hiroshima" | 2021 | — | Bleu |

## Filmography

Films :
| Year | Title | Role | Ref. |
| 2017 | On l'appelait Ruby (Ruby is Dead) | Margot Monnier | |
Short Films :
| Year | Title | Role |
| 2017 | Off Ice | Manon |
| 2017 | Poke | Zoé |
| 2019 | Égo-Système | Valentine |
Television :
| Year | Title | Role | Ref. |
| 2024 | Becoming Karl Lagerfeld | Loulou de la Falaise | |
List of music videos, showing year released and director :
| Title | Year | Director(s) |
| "Vérite" | 2018 | Jamie-James Medina |
| "Mojo" | 2018 | The Bardos |
| "Gare du Nord" | 2018 | Alexandre Brisa |
| "Nudes" | 2019 | Jean-Charles Charavin |
| "Hiroshima" | 2021 | Partizan |

## Awards and nominations

| Award | Year | Category | Nominee(s) | Result |
| Shark Awards | 2018 | Best Colour Grading | Vérité (Music Video) | Nominated |
| D6bels Music Awards | 2019 | French solo artist | Herself | Nominated |
| D6bels Music Awards | 2019 | French song | | Nominated |
| D6bels Music Awards | 2020 | Female solo artist | Herself | Nominated |
| D6bels Music Awards | 2020 | French song | | Nominated |

## Tours
### Headlining

* Mojo Tour (2018)
* Summer Tour 2019 (2019)
* Bleu Tour (2021)
* Summer Tour 2022 (2022)