In a 2015 interview with Rookie, she recalled of this first recording, "It took me hours to figure out if I wanted to post it on Facebook or not to even tell my friends that I'd made it.

[18] She began posting music to Bandcamp under the names Clairo and DJ Baby Benz while attending Concord-Carlisle High School in Concord, Massachusetts.

A few additional EPs, including Aquarius Boy, Late Show, Moth Girl, Metal Heart, and Have a Nice Day, came after this in 2015.

[26] In her review for Pitchfork, Fader contributor Sasha Geffen wrote that the EP ought to subside the "legions of naysayers who dismissed her as a one-hit fluke or an industry plant.

"[27] A piece written by Joe Coscarelli of The New York Times said that the EP "bridges both worlds, building on the coy, understated bedroom pop of 'Pretty Girl' and 'Flaming Hot Cheetos' toward sturdier numbers like '4EVER' and 'B.O.M.D.

[46] Also in October 2020, she formed a new band called Shelly with indie pop artist Claud and their two friends from Syracuse University, Josh Mehling and Noa Frances Getzug.

[50] It was released on July 16, 2021, and was praised for Clairo's artistic progression and thematic songwriting that ponders future motherhood, domesticity and the responsibility of becoming a caregiver.

[56] She canceled the last three dates of her North American tour, after a technical incident at her gig in Toronto left her with temporary hearing damage.

[57] After two songs, her opening show of the UK tour in Bristol had to be canceled due to a case of sinusitis that was affecting her voice, leading to her having a panic attack onstage and leaving afterward.

[59] In May, after being featured on remixes by Phoenix and Beabadoobee,[60][61] she released the EP Live at Electric Lady, containing new versions of songs from her first two albums.

[62] She also released two charity singles on Bandcamp, "For Now" with all proceeds directed to Everytown for Gun Safety and For the Gworls,[63] and "Lavender" to raise funds for Doctors Without Borders during the Israel–Hamas war.

[65] In March, she shared an Instagram post captioned with emojis depicting the number three, a check mark, and a purple heart.

[71][72] On July 18, 2024, to promote the record, Clairo performed "Juna", the seventh track of the album, live at The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon.

[84] Clairo recalled that the Shins' Wincing the Night Away (2007) was the first album she "really completely geeked out over", crediting it as her inspiration to make music.

[85] She said that her musical influences were a mixture of her mother and father's musical tastes, citing artists including Al Green, Brenton Wood, Billy Paul, Cocteau Twins, Trashcan Sinatras, the The, and Public Image Ltd.[86] In July 2020, Clairo signed an open letter to then-UK Equalities minister Liz Truss calling for a ban on all forms of LGBT+ conversion therapy.

[87] In May 2022, a leaked draft opinion showed that the U.S. Supreme Court was planning to overturn abortion rights established in Roe v. Wade.

Clairo, alongside other musical artists like Lorde, Olivia Rodrigo and Phoebe Bridgers, signed a full-page ad in The New York Times condemning the planned Supreme Court decision.

[88][89] While performing at the Glastonbury Festival in June 2022, Clairo wore a T-shirt saying "Bans Off Our Bodies" in protest to the U.S. Supreme Court's Dobbs v. Jackson Women's Health Organization final decision which overturned access to abortion granted in Roe v.

[91] In January and July 2024, she performed at the Artists for Aid Benefit Concert in London which raised funds for the Gaza Strip and Sudan.

[18] She enrolled in the Bandier Program for Recording and Entertainment Industries, but dropped out after one year to pursue music full time.

[99][25] In 2021, she spoke openly about the accusations, telling Rolling Stone, "I definitely am not blind to the fact that things have been easier for me than other people's experiences.