Coco & Clair Clair
Press photo for Treat Like Gold.
Press photo for Treat Like Gold.
Background information
OriginAtlanta, Georgia, United States
Genres
Instrument(s)Voice
Years active2014-present
Members
  • Taylor Nave
  • Claire Toothill

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.

Career

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 Atlanta street 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] and "Crushcrushcrush",[6] a song about dating an unattractive man.[10] In September 2019, they appeared alongside Clairo on Deaton Chris Anthony's track "Racecar", a song about Clairo's juvenile idiopathic arthritis,[11] for which a music video was released.[12] 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,[13] 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.[14] In October 2022, the song was used in the fifth episode of the fourth season of Atlanta.[15]

In December 2020, they released "Pop Star", an ode to life as a musician,[16] followed by "TBTF" in September 2021,[2] a song about looking flawless from the back and from the front.[17] 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.[18] In September 2022, the pair announced their debut album Sexy and released "Cherub", the first song they recorded for the album,[19] and alongside a video shot on a camcorder;[13] 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,[17] which featured "Pop Star", "TBTF", "Cherub", "Love Me", and "The Hills (feat. Deela)",[20] the last of which was remixed by George Daniel in September 2023[21] for a deluxe version of the album released in November 2023.[22] They then released a cover of Wham!'s "Last Christmas".[23]

Discography

Mixtapes

  • Posh (May 2017)

EPs

  • Treat Like Gold (April 2020)

Studio albums

  • Sexy (November 2022)

Singles

As lead artist

Title Year Album
"ROSÉ"
(feat. Fit of Body)[24]		 2015 Non-album single
"Knife Play"
(feat. Slug Christ)
"Silk and Wine (529)"
(feat. Lord Narf)
"Water"
(feat. Slug Christ)		 2016
"Pretty"
(feat. Okthxbb)		 2017
"Crushcrushcrush"
(feat. Paul Maxwell)
"Naomi & Kate"
(feat. Okthxbb)		 2018
"Sunnyside"
(feat. Isabelle Lovestory & Paul Maxwell)
"Atlanta Girls (Coco Freestyle)" 2019
"Bugs"
"Smash Hit" 2020
"U + Me"
"Pop Star" Sexy
"TBTF" 2021
"Cherub" 2022
"Love Me"
"The Hills (feat. Deela)" (George Daniel remix) 2023 Sexy (deluxe version)
"Pop Star" (Chaeyoung remix)
"Last Christmas" Non-album single
Title Year Album
"Racecar"
(Deaton Chris Anthony feat. Clairo, Coco & Clair Clair)		 2019 Bo Y
"Misbehave"
(Lewis OfMan feat. Coco & Clair Clair)		 2022 Sonic Poems

References

  1. ↑ "The best acts we saw at SXSW: 18 favorites sets from 2023 Austin music festival". Austin American-Statesman. Retrieved 2023-11-21.
  2. 1 2 "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. 2021-10-15. Retrieved 2023-11-21.
  3. 1 2 "Coco & Clair Clair Were Making TikTok Music Before TikTok Music Was A Thing". Stereogum. 2022-11-02. Retrieved 2023-11-22.
  4. ↑ Neumann, Laiken. "SXSW Music Spotlight: Coco & Clair Clair". www.austinchronicle.com. Retrieved 2023-11-22.
  5. ↑ "Coco & Clair Clair Are for the Random Girls". V Magazine. 2023-09-23. Retrieved 2023-11-23.
  6. 1 2 3 4 5 Bulnes, Madison (2022-10-14). "Coco & Clair Clair is for the girls". Document Journal. Retrieved 2023-11-22.
  7. ↑ "a Conversation with Clair from the Duo Coco And Clair Clair". KUNST. Retrieved 2022-10-12.
  8. 1 2 "Midnight in a Perfect World: Coco & Clair Clair". www.kexp.org. Retrieved 2023-11-22.
  9. ↑ "Coco & Clair Clair are real people, not robots". The FADER. Retrieved 2023-11-22.
  10. ↑ Bilal, Liza (2022-10-18). "Coco & Clair Clair's New Tracks 'Cherub' and 'Love Me' Tease Their Seductive Return - BRICKS Magazine". bricksmagazine.co.uk. Retrieved 2023-11-23.
  11. ↑
  12. ↑ "Watch Deaton Chris Anthony, Clairo and Coco & Clair Clair's "RACECAR" video". The FADER. Retrieved 2023-11-21.
  13. 1 2 "Ones To Watch". Ones to Watch. Retrieved 2023-11-22.
  14. ↑ "Premiere: Coco & Clair Clair's "Wishy Washy" Is Whispery, DIY Pop That Hits". Nylon. 2020-09-16. Retrieved 2023-11-23.
  15. ↑ Lee, Cydney (2022-11-11). "'Atlanta': All the Songs Heard in Season 4". Billboard. Retrieved 2023-11-21.
  16. ↑ "Coco & Clair Clair are on their Mariah shit on "Pop Star"". The FADER. Retrieved 2023-11-21.
  17. 1 2 "Coco & Clair Clair: Sexy". Pitchfork. Retrieved 2023-11-21.
  18. ↑ "First Spin: The Week's Best New Dance Tracks From Alesso & Katy Perry, Lewis OfMan & More". Billboard. 2022-02-18. Retrieved 2023-11-21.
  19. ↑ "Coco & Clair Clair Stay Playful Together on 'CHERUB'". Paper. Retrieved 23 November 2023.
  20. ↑ "Coco & Clair Clair announce new album Sexy, share "Cherub"". The FADER. Retrieved 2022-10-12.
  21. ↑ Lipshutz, Jason; Lynch, Joe; Bowenbank, Starr (2023-09-25). "10 Cool Pop Songs to Get You Through the Week: Chappell Roan, Bleachers, Kylie Minogue & More". Billboard. Retrieved 2023-11-18.
  22. ↑ "Coco & Clair Clair Are Bringing SEXY Back". Office Magazine. 2023-11-14. Retrieved 2023-11-19.
  23. ↑ "Coco & Clair Clair Cover Wham!"s "Last Christmas": Listen". Stereogum. 2023-11-24. Retrieved 2023-11-25.
  24. ↑ "ROSÉ (feat. Fit of Body) – Single by Coco & Clair Clair on Apple Music". Apple Music. March 15, 2015. Retrieved November 28, 2022.
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