{"id":3670,"date":"2019-10-02T11:29:34","date_gmt":"2019-10-02T18:29:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/songexploder.net\/?p=3670"},"modified":"2024-08-04T18:54:41","modified_gmt":"2024-08-05T01:54:41","slug":"clairo","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/songexploder.net\/clairo","title":{"rendered":"Episode 169: Clairo"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"subhead\">&#8220;Alewife&#8221;<\/div>\r\n\r\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/songexploder.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/SongExploder169-Clairo-600x314.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"314\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-3672\" srcset=\"https:\/\/songexploder.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/SongExploder169-Clairo-600x314.png 600w, https:\/\/songexploder.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/SongExploder169-Clairo-300x157.png 300w, https:\/\/songexploder.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/SongExploder169-Clairo-768x402.png 768w, https:\/\/songexploder.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/SongExploder169-Clairo.png 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/>\r\n\r\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/play.prx.org\/e?uf=http%3A%2F%2Ffeed.songexploder.net%2FSongExploder&amp;ge=prx_93_47a6718a-8e27-4ec9-b7c3-2a52cdd16520\" width=\"650\" height=\"200\" frameborder=\"0\"><span data-mce-type=\"bookmark\" style=\"display: inline-block; width: 0px; overflow: hidden; line-height: 0;\" class=\"mce_SELRES_start\">\ufeff<\/span><\/iframe>\r\n<div class=\"download-links\">LISTEN: <a href=\"https:\/\/itunes.com\/songexploder\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">APPLE PODCASTS<\/a> \u00b7 <a href=\"https:\/\/radiopublic.com\/SongExploder\">RADIOPUBLIC<\/a> \u00b7 <a title=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/open.spotify.com\/episode\/6LsRyiSTLhbV9k81uuLAeR?si=crGzy-i4RU616pTgmDbtLw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">SPOTIFY<\/a><\/div>\r\nClaire Cotrill is a singer, songwriter, and producer who goes by the name <a href=\"https:\/\/www.clairo.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Clairo<\/a>. She started releasing music in 2014 as a teenager. A few years later, songs she had uploaded to YouTube had racked up over 40 million views. This year, Clairo put out her debut album, <em>Immunity<\/em>. She\u2019s recently performed on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=iVfv7U7X3nM\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Ellen<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=IR8NvbZUs8M\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Jimmy Kimmel<\/a>, and played arenas, opening for Khalid. In this episode, Clairo breaks down her song \u201cAlewife.\u201d I spoke to Claire and her co-producer <a href=\"https:\/\/officialrostam.com\/\">Rostam Batmanglij<\/a> about how the song was made.\r\n\r\nYou can <a href=\"https:\/\/song.link\/i\/1465125174\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">buy or stream &#8220;Alewife&#8221; here<\/a>.\r\n\r\n<em>If you\u2019re having thoughts of suicide, or if you\u2019re worried about a friend or loved one, or if you would like emotional support, the <a href=\"https:\/\/suicidepreventionlifeline.org\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">National Suicide Prevention Lifeline<\/a> is available 24\/7 across the United States at 800-273-TALK. You can also text HELLO to 741741 to contact the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.crisistextline.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Crisis Text Line<\/a>. And if you&#8217;d like to donate to the American Foundation for Suicide Prevention, <a href=\"https:\/\/afsp.org\/take-action\/give-a-gift\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">you can do so here<\/a>.<\/em>\r\n\r\nFor a transcript of this episode, <a href=\"http:\/\/songexploder.net\/transcripts\/clairo-transcript.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">click here.<\/a>\r\n\r\n<i>Illustration by <\/i><i><a href=\"http:\/\/www.lerms.net\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Carlos Lerma<\/a><\/i><i>.<\/i>\r\n<blockquote><span class=\"header\">footnotes<\/span>\r\n<a href=\"https:\/\/songexploder.net\/rostam\">Rostam&#8217;s own episode of Song Exploder<\/a>\r\n<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Elliott_Smith\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Elliott Smith<\/a>\r\n<a href=\"https:\/\/truthstudios.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Truth Studios<\/a>\r\n<\/blockquote><!-- \/wp:post-content -->","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;Alewife&#8221; \ufeff LISTEN: APPLE PODCASTS \u00b7 RADIOPUBLIC \u00b7 SPOTIFY Claire Cotrill is a singer, songwriter, and producer who goes by the name Clairo. She started releasing music in 2014 as a teenager. A few years later, songs she had uploaded to YouTube had racked up over 40 million views. 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