Clairo
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Claire Elizabeth Cottrill, known professionally as Clairo, is an American singer–songwriter.
Clairo performing at BST Hyde Park in July 2025
Clairo performing live at the El Rey Theatre in Los Angeles, April 2019
Clairo performing at the Greek Theatre in Los Angeles, California, in 2022
Clairo performing at the Fonda Theatre in Los Angeles for the Charm residencies, September 2024
Industry plant
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Industry plant is a pejorative used to describe musicians who are believed to have become popular through nepotism, inheritance, wealth, favoritism, or their connections in the music industry rather t
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…executives of a recording studio in Brooklyn and secured her first recording contract—have sparked allegations that Clairo is a "nepo baby" or an "industry plant". She has a sister, Abby Cottrill. She and her family lived in Atlanta until she was seven years old, whereupon they moved to Washington state for three…
American rapper Raury (pictured) was widely accused of being an industry plant online in 2015. In response, he wore a shirt reading "industry plant" on the cover of XXL's Freshman Class issue in 2015.
British indie rock acts like Wet Leg (top) and The Last Dinner Party (bottom) faced accusations on social media of being industry plants in the 2020s.
Billie Eilish at Pukkelpop Festival 18 AUGUST 2019