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How the Beach Boys and Harry Nilsson Shaped Clairo’s Charm
“It’s not a waste of time to be silly.”
Her 2019 debut Immunity gave a further glimpse into her tastes, taking after 21st century rockers like Tame Impala and the Strokes along with turn-of-the-century R&B acts like SWV and D’Angelo. But she pivoted on her sophomore album Sling, pursuing a softer sound inspired by the Laurel Canyon artists she’d long loved — Carole King, Harry Nilsson, the Carpenters — with help from producer Jack Antonoff. Though she used some of the same artists for inspiration (Blossom Dearie, the Beach Boys), this time she focused on the quirks in their catalogs, like Nilsson’s concept album-turned-animated soundtrack The Point!
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