Biography

Claire Cottrill (born August 18, 1998), also known by her stage name Clairo, is an American recording artist from Carlisle, Massachusetts who wrote "Pretty Girl" (2017), a lo-fi-produced song that attracted over 22 million views on YouTube. She credited her sudden popularity to the website's algorithm system. The song's success attracted criticism from those who called her self-described "DIY" ethos disingenuous and a disguise of nepotism.After the popularity of "Pretty Girl", Clairo signed a record contract with the help of her father Geoff Cottrill, a marketing executive who worked for numerous companies related to advertising and artist promotion. In 2018, she released her debut record Diary 001 on Fader Label, a company related to Fader magazine.