Claire Laffut

Claire Laffut (born 21 June 1994) is a Belgian singer-songwriter, artist and (retired) 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. At age 7 she was on the cover of SCAPA magazine, which was her first magazine cover. Growing up she tried many different activites such as classical dance, piano & drawing. At age 15/16 she joined dance school but she injured her ankle and decided to take up drawing. 
===2013-2018: LACLAIRE & career beginnings===
In October 2013 LACLAIRE skin art was launched owned and created by Laffut it was a company that designed & made fake tattoos. The products were available online and at the Hunting and Collecting store in Brussels.
She was featured on the cover of Elle Belgique (Elle Belgium) in December 2013. Also at this time she signed with the Ford Models (Europe division) modelling agency.
In 2015 whilst visiting a friend (photographer, Charlotte Ambramow) in Paris, France, she decided to stay & 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 of 2019. The EP features four tracks (Vérité, Mojo, Gare du Nord, La fessée).
===2019-present: Bleu and Kaiser Karl===
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.
In March 2023, it was announced that Laffut would be playing British fashion designer Loulou de la Falaise in the Disney+ series Kaiser Karl about the rise of Karl Lagerfeld in the 1970s.
==Artistry==
===Influences===
Laffut has citied many different influences for her art, music & life such as singers Avril Lavigne, Burna Boy, Kali Uchis, Jorja Smith, Lizzy Mercer Descloux & close friend/collabater 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 & 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 & the painting La Charmeuse de Serpen.
==Discography==
Album
Title	Details
Bleu 	
* Released: 3 September 2021
* Label: Decca Records France
* Formats: CD, LP, streaming
* Peaked at #46 on the Ultratop albums charts
Extended Play
Title	Details
Mojo 	
* Released: 9 November 2018
* Label: Decca Records France
* Formats: CD, LP, streaming
Singles
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 	Ref.
2017	Off Ice 	Manon 	
2017	Poke 	Zoé 	
2019	Égo-Système	Valentine	
Television 
Year	Title 	Role 	Ref.
TBA 	Kaiser Karl	Loulou de la Falaise	
Music videos
Year	Title 	Ref.
2018	Vérité 	
2018	Mojo 	
2018	Gare du Nord	
2019	Nudes 	
2021	Hiroshima 	
==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)
Category:1994 births
Category:Belgian people
Category:Singers
Category:Songwriters
Category:Artists
Category:Models