Artist Spotlight: Claud is the Brooklyn bedroom-pop writer for girl in red fans who want the jokes and the heartbreak

If you have ever screenshotted a girl in red lyric and sent it to someone you were not brave enough to text, Claud is the next artist to open.

Claud is a 27-year-old singer, songwriter and producer based in Brooklyn, and the sound is bedroom pop that never lost its sense of humour: warm guitars, small drums, a voice that sounds like it is telling you a secret on a night bus. Fans of girl in red and Clairo already speak the language. Claud's third album, Me and the Music, came out on Dead Oceans on 23 October 2026, three years after Supermodels.

Start here

Claud, "Soft Spot"

The song that put Claud on the map in 2020, released while the debut album Super Monster was still being teased. It is crush-sized: a few chords, a very specific feeling and a chorus you will hum for a week.

Claud, "Guard Down"

From Super Monster (February 2021). Slower and more exposed than "Soft Spot", and the one to play if your taste leans Frank Ocean at 2am rather than TV Girl at noon.

Claud, "Paul Rudd"

A Supermodels (2023) track that shows the writing getting sharper and funnier. The title alone is a good sign.

Claud, "She Doesn't Love Me"

The first single from the new record, put out on 12 August 2026. It is a driving, upbeat song about unrequited love in which a toxic girlfriend stands in for America. The video ends in a bar full of friends, with Clairo, Samia and Annie DiRusso among the cameos, according to the label's announcement.

Why now

Me and the Music has ten songs, from "Gay Witchcraft" and "The Legend" to "Let's End on a Good Note". Claud co-produced it with John Congleton, the producer behind records by Alvvays and St. Vincent, and Jack Antonoff, a mentor, pushed Claud to take a bigger hand in the production.

The mood is the interesting part. In the label's press release, Claud says: "I was just sick of taking everything so seriously." Another line from the same statement is the whole album in a sentence: "There's a difference between being sincere with life and taking life too seriously."

There is also a friend-group story here. Claud makes music as one third of Shelly alongside Clairo and Josh Mehling, whose second release, Shelly 2, arrived on 1 July 2025. If you came to Clairo through Charm, this is the other door into the same room.

If you like Claud, try

• Clairo: the obvious friend, and still the best next stop for the hushed side of Claud.
• Jordana: bedroom pop with a dry wit, in the same lane as "Soft Spot".
• beabadoobee: for when you want the guitars turned up.
• Phoebe Bridgers: Claud first came up through her Saddest Factory label, the home of Super Monster.

The full album is on Dead Oceans: https://deadoceans.com/news/claud-announces-new-album-me-and-the-music-out-october-23-2026-new-single-she-doesnt-love-me-out-now/