Pretty Girl
Modest electronic pop frames questions about self-image and becoming someone else's ideal. The unpolished surface brings the listener close to the thought process, while the melody stays light.
Artist
Clairo
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Tour dates & venues
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About the artist
Clairo is American singer-songwriter Claire Cottrill, who first attracted attention through homemade recordings before developing a detailed, quietly adventurous album catalogue. Her 2019 debut Immunity, co-produced with Rostam Batmanglij, brought greater instrumental depth to her intimate songwriting. Sling followed in 2021, drawing on warm, intricate folk-pop, while Charm arrived in 2024. Her music often explores attraction, vulnerability and the difficulty of expressing feelings directly. She's moved well beyond the bedroom-pop label without losing the conversational softness that made her earliest songs connect.
Official websitePretty Girl opens the door
The homemade video for Pretty Girl attracted a large YouTube audience in 2017. Immunity established the breadth of Clairo's songwriting beyond that viral introduction, with Bags and Sofia helping build a durable profile. Later albums expanded her sound instead of trying to repeat her first success.
Songs to know
Bags
A persistent guitar figure captures the interval between feeling attraction and deciding to reveal it. Each hesitation matters, turning uncertainty into the song's main event.
Sofia
Bright guitars and a firm pulse give queer attraction an outward-facing energy. The vocal stays intimate, allowing confidence and vulnerability to share the same space.
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From your headphones to the stage
There’s a moment at a gig when a familiar song stops feeling like something you listen to alone. The opening notes land, the room recognises them, and suddenly hundreds of people are sharing the same feeling. That’s the appeal of seeing Clairo: a connection with the music that a recording can start, but a live performance can make entirely different. A quiet verse can draw a room closer; a chorus can send it in the opposite direction. The dates above are the next opportunities listed here to be part of it.
Favourites, deep cuts and new discoveries
The songs you know are one reason to go. The songs that surprise you are another. An album track can sound different with a live band; a familiar melody might reveal a detail you’ve missed through headphones. The tracks featured here offer a way into the artist’s catalogue, rather than a promised setlist. Each tour has its own choices, and the artist’s announcements are the place to find confirmed show details. There’s room for both the song you’ve been waiting for and the one that becomes a favourite on the way home.
Let one artist lead to another
A favourite performer can open the door to a whole new corner of music. A shared genre might bring together artists with very different voices, influences and stories. The related names above are worth a listen if you’re curious about where to go next; the genre and location pages offer another route to a night out. For the shows listed here, check the official tour page and venue for the latest event details before booking. Ticket links, where available, lead to our permitted primary sellers. New dates appear here after review, so a quiet calendar isn’t the end of the story.