Coco & Clair Clair
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| Background information | |
| Origin | Atlanta, Georgia, United States |
| Genres | Pop rap |
| Years active | 2014–present |
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Coco & Clair Clair are an American pop rap duo from suburban Atlanta, Georgia, founded by Taylor Nave and Claire Toothill in late 2013. Their debut album, Sexy, was released in November 2022, and their second album, Girl, was released in August 2024.
Career
[edit]Claire Marie Toothill met Taylor Rose Nave,[1] the grandniece of Taylor Dayne,[2] on Twitter in late 2013,[3] having followed her after seeing a picture of her at High Museum of Art posing with a statue,[3] and bonded with each other in real life after hearing Drake's "Marvins Room" at a party, with both proceeding to scream the lyrics whilst traversing an empty street in Atlanta at two in the morning.[4] Toothill was from Peachtree Corners, Georgia, and Nave was from Alpharetta, Georgia.[5] At the time, Nave was using the alias "Coco" after developing the alias for school announcements during her senior year of high school.[6] The pair formed a band after asking Nave's then-boyfriend if they could freestyle over an unused beat, releasing the track online, and deciding to pursue music together.[7]
In 2017, they released an EP, P.O.S.H., after which Toothill moved to New York City,[8] followed by "Pretty",[6] a song about self love,[9] which was used without consent by Teen Vogue for content advertising the 2019 Acne Awards, prompting the duo to call the firm out on Twitter.[10] Later in 2017, they released "Crushcrushcrush",[6] a song about dating an unattractive man,[11] and in September 2019, they appeared alongside Clairo on Deaton Chris Anthony's track "Racecar", a song about Clairo's juvenile idiopathic arthritis,[12] for which a music video was released.[13]
During the COVID-19 pandemic in the United States, Toothill moved back to Atlanta after being fired, and Nave graduated from college.[6] As a stopgap, they released the Treat Like Gold EP[8] in April 2020,[14] which contained "Wishy Washy", a song about spending a man's money, and for which a music video was released in September 2020 in which they loitered in front of a self-service laundry of the same name.[15] In October 2022, the song was used in the fifth episode of the fourth season of Atlanta.[16]
In December 2020, they released "Pop Star", an ode to life as a musician,[17] followed by "TBTF" in September 2021,[2] a song about looking flawless from the back and from the front.[18] In February 2022, they featured on Lewis OfMan's "Misbehave", which Billboard likened to a version of Kesha's "Tik Tok" shot in the Emily in Paris universe, and which appeared on OfMan's album Sonic Poems, which was released the same day.[19] In September 2022, the pair announced their debut album Sexy and released "Cherub", the first song they recorded for the album,[20] and alongside a video shot on a camcorder;[14] the following month, they released "Love Me", a song about wanting affection from someone they lack feelings for.[6]
They released the twelve-track Sexy in November 2022,[18] which featured "Pop Star", "TBTF", "Cherub", "Love Me", and "The Hills (feat. Deela)",[21] the last of which was remixed by George Daniel in September 2023[22] for a deluxe version of the album released in November 2023.[23] Also in November, they released a cover of Wham!'s "Last Christmas".[24] They released the single "Aggy" and announced the album Girl in June 2024; the single was an appeal to stop being negative and start partying, while the band cited Saint Etienne, Brandy, Everything but the Girl, Lana Del Rey, Club 8, Milky, and Madonna as influencing the album.[25] They released a further single, "Kate Spade" in July 2024,[26] followed by Girl the month after.[27]
Discography
[edit]Mixtapes
[edit]- Posh (May 2017)
EPs
[edit]- Treat Like Gold (April 2020)
Studio albums
[edit]- Sexy (November 2022)
- Girl (August 2024)
Singles
[edit]As lead artist
[edit]| Title | Year | Album |
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| "Rosé" (feat. Fit of Body)[28] |
2015 | Non-album single |
| "Knife Play" (feat. Slug Christ)[28] | ||
| "Silk and Wine (529)" (feat. Lord Narf)[28] | ||
| "Water" (feat. Slug Christ)[28] |
2016 | |
| "Pretty" (feat. Okthxbb)[28] |
2017 | |
| "Crushcrushcrush" (feat. Paul Maxwell)[28] | ||
| "Naomi & Kate" (feat. Okthxbb)[28] |
2018 | |
| "Sunnyside" (feat. Isabella Lovestory & Paul Maxwell)[28] | ||
| "Atlanta Girls (Coco Freestyle)"[28] | 2019 | |
| "Bugs"[28] | ||
| "Smash Hit"[28] | 2020 | |
| "U + Me"[28] | ||
| "Pop Star"[28] | Sexy | |
| "TBTF"[28] | 2021 | |
| "Cherub"[28] | 2022 | |
| "Love Me"[28] | ||
| "The Hills (feat. Deela)" (George Daniel remix)[28] | 2023 | Sexy (deluxe version) |
| "Pop Star" (Chaeyoung remix)[28] | ||
| "Last Christmas"[28] | Non-album single | |
| "Aggy"[28] | 2024 | Girl |
| "Kate Spade"[28] |
As featured artist
[edit]| Title | Year | Album |
|---|---|---|
| "Racecar"[28] (Deaton Chris Anthony feat. Clairo, Coco & Clair Clair) |
2019 | Bo Y |
| "Misbehave"[28] (Lewis OfMan feat. Coco & Clair Clair) |
2022 | Sonic Poems |
References
[edit]- ^ "The best acts we saw at SXSW: 18 favorites sets from 2023 Austin music festival". Austin American-Statesman. Retrieved November 21, 2023.
- ^ a b "Coco & Clair Clair Take the Stage for UCSB's First In-Person Concert | The Daily Nexus". The Daily Nexus | The University of California, Santa Barbara's independent, student-run newspaper. October 15, 2021. Retrieved November 21, 2023.
- ^ a b "Coco & Clair Clair Were Making TikTok Music Before TikTok Music Was A Thing". Stereogum. November 2, 2022. Retrieved November 22, 2023.
- ^ Neumann, Laiken. "SXSW Music Spotlight: Coco & Clair Clair". www.austinchronicle.com. Retrieved November 22, 2023.
- ^ "Coco & Clair Clair Are for the Random Girls". V Magazine. September 23, 2023. Retrieved November 23, 2023.
- ^ a b c d e Bulnes, Madison (October 14, 2022). "Coco & Clair Clair is for the girls". Document Journal. Retrieved November 22, 2023.
- ^ "a Conversation with Clair from the Duo Coco And Clair Clair". KUNST. May 23, 2019. Retrieved October 12, 2022.
- ^ a b "Midnight in a Perfect World: Coco & Clair Clair". www.kexp.org. Retrieved November 22, 2023.
- ^ "Coco & Clair Clair are real people, not robots". The FADER. Retrieved November 22, 2023.
- ^ "Pop Duo Calls Out 'Teen Vogue' For Allegedly Using Song Without Credit Or Compensation". Nylon. August 12, 2019. Retrieved January 21, 2024.
- ^ Bilal, Liza (October 18, 2022). "Coco & Clair Clair's New Tracks "Cherub" and "Love Me" Tease Their Seductive Return". Bricks Magazine. Retrieved November 23, 2023.
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- For the fact that the song was about her arthritis, see Graves, Shahlin (September 27, 2019). "Listen: Deaton Chris Anthony feat. Clairo, Coco & Clair Clair - "Racecar"". Coup de Main Magazine. Retrieved October 12, 2022.
- For the fact that she specifically suffers from juvenile idiopathic arthritis, see Cliff, Aimee (November 27, 2018). "Getting real with viral pop star Clairo". Dazed. Retrieved November 22, 2023.
- ^ "Watch Deaton Chris Anthony, Clairo and Coco & Clair Clair's "Racecar" video". The Fader. Retrieved November 21, 2023.
- ^ a b "Ones to Watch". Ones to Watch. Retrieved November 22, 2023.
- ^ "Premiere: Coco & Clair Clair's "Wishy Washy" Is Whispery, DIY Pop That Hits". Nylon. September 16, 2020. Retrieved November 23, 2023.
- ^ Lee, Cydney (November 11, 2022). "Atlanta: All the Songs Heard in Season 4". Billboard. Retrieved November 21, 2023.
- ^ "Coco & Clair Clair are on their Mariah shit on "Pop Star"". The FADER. Retrieved November 21, 2023.
- ^ a b "Coco & Clair Clair: Sexy". Pitchfork. Retrieved November 21, 2023.
- ^ "First Spin: The Week's Best New Dance Tracks From Alesso & Katy Perry, Lewis OfMan & More". Billboard. February 18, 2022. Retrieved November 21, 2023.
- ^ "Coco & Clair Clair Stay Playful Together on 'CHERUB'". Paper. Retrieved November 23, 2023.
- ^ "Coco & Clair Clair announce new album Sexy, share "Cherub"". The FADER. Retrieved October 12, 2022.
- ^ Lipshutz, Jason; Lynch, Joe; Bowenbank, Starr (September 25, 2023). "10 Cool Pop Songs to Get You Through the Week: Chappell Roan, Bleachers, Kylie Minogue & More". Billboard. Retrieved November 18, 2023.
- ^ "Coco & Clair Clair Are Bringing SEXY Back". Office Magazine. November 14, 2023. Retrieved November 19, 2023.
- ^ "Coco & Clair Clair Cover Wham!"s "Last Christmas": Listen". Stereogum. November 24, 2023. Retrieved November 25, 2023.
- ^ "Coco & Clair Clair Align On New Album 'Girl'". Clash. Retrieved September 8, 2024.
- ^ O'Connor, Siobhain (July 30, 2024). "Coco & Clair Clair release new single 'Kate Spade'". Dork. Retrieved September 8, 2024.
- ^ "Coco and Clair Clair - 'Girl' album review". faroutmagazine.co.uk. August 28, 2024. Retrieved September 8, 2024.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w "Coco & Clair Clair - Discography". Spotify. Retrieved January 26, 2024.
