page_title: Clairo
section_title: 2018–present: Diary 001 and Immunity
hierarchical_section_title: Clairo / Career / 2018–present: Diary 001 and Immunity
caption_attribution_description: Clairo performing live at the El Rey theatre in Los Angeles, California, on Thursday, April 11, 2019. Shot for Ones To Watch.
context_page_description: Claire Elizabeth Cottrill, known professionally as Clairo, is an American singer-songwriter. She rose to prominence following the release of her lo-fi song "Pretty Girl" on YouTube. Her professional debut was with the EP Diary 001, followed by her debut studio album Immunity.
  Claire was born in Atlanta, Georgia, the daughter of marketing executive Geoff Cottrill, and grew up in Carlisle, Massachusetts. At the age of 13, she taught herself guitar from Internet tutorials, after which she began posting music to Bandcamp and SoundCloud, and maintained a YouTube channel where she posted covers and short films.
  After the popularity of "Pretty Girl", Clairo signed a record contract with the help of her family's connections with The Fader magazine. Her presentation of herself as a "do-it-yourself" artist was questioned amid some online controversy, which included her being labelled an "industry plant". She referred to the criticism as sexist.
context_section_description: On May 25, 2018, Fader Label released Clairo's debut record, titled Diary 001. 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." By then, "Pretty Girl" had amassed more than 15 million views on YouTube. A piece written by Joe Coscarelli of The New York Times said that the work: "bridges both worlds, building on the coy, understated bedroom pop of 'Pretty Girl' and 'Flamin Hot Cheetos' toward sturdier numbers like '4EVER' and 'B.O.M.D.'". That same month, she announced a headlining tour throughout North America, opening for Dua Lipa. Her July performance at the Bowery Ballroom in New York was a sold-out show. In October 2018, she performed at Lollapalooza. She is scheduled to perform at Coachella 2019.
  On May 24, 2019, Clairo released a new single, "Bags", and announced her debut album Immunity which was released on August 2, 2019. She would further release two more singles from the album "Closer to You" and "Sofia."  Following the album's commercial success, Apple Music named Clairo an Up Next artist in August 2019. Clairo made her television debut performing "I Wouldn’t Ask You" on Jimmy Kimmel Live! in September 2019, before performing "Bags" on The Ellen DeGeneres Show a few days later.
  In December 2019, Clairo 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. "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. Immunity was included in over 10 critics' end of year lists, including The Guardian, Pitchfork, Billboard and Los Angeles Times. As of 2019, Clairo was managed by Mike Ahern and Jimmy Bui.
caption: Clairo at El Rey Theatre in April 2019
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