No Clairo shade here! Grammy-nominated singer-songwriter opened up about her queerness in a new interview and shared that she's now at a comfortable place with her sexuality.
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"I don’t care for labels at all," the "Juna" singer told Seventeen in a new interview. "I believe people should like who they want and no one should have a problem with it. I’ve had a better experience with my queerness once I just shut the f*ck up and let it happen to me. If I date a girl, I date a girl. If I date a guy, I date a guy. I also understand that people benefit from drawing a hard line for themselves—having a clear path is also important. It varies person to person. Being queer is a huge part of who I am. I felt so free once I understood that I love anybody and everybody. I’ll kiss anyone."
Clairo also revealed that online "Am I Gay?" tests were also a part of her journey.
"We've all taken the 'Am I gay?' tests. The coming-of-age part of it is questioning. I wish I could go back and tell myself I don't need a definite answer. I can still be curious, date, and kiss who I want. I don’t have to wake up and decide who I am by a certain day. That was the first time in my life that I had to be okay with not having an answer."
Though she doesn't have all the answers, she concluded that, "It's really beautiful. It feels good to be queer."
She went on to speak about yearning, which is a big theme in her music — including her certified gay anthem "Bags."
"Yearning is healthy," said Clairo. "It’s necessary to pine after something you think could fix you and fix everything — everybody has that. I also like the idea of making it a romantic thing instead of a jealous thing. Those emotions come from the same place. It's actually so romantic to be jealous of somebody."
And we can't help but be a little jealous over her karaoke hang with Ayo Edebiri and Phoebe Bridgers, and she opened up about her friendship with the two queer artists.
"We probably met through mutual friends, but I am a massive fan of Ayo's," Clairo shared. "The way she thinks is amazing and she's so creative, funny, and naturally herself. Phoebe is so grounded, real, sweet, and such a wise person. They're quality humans, and it's nice to be friends with people who are experiencing similar things to you. Having that empathy for each other is helpful. You lean on each other."
Clairo is set to perform at Coachella this year, but Out first connected with her at Coachella in 2019, where she opened up about her identity for the first time.
"I'm having my gay sob right now, where I'm just letting all my emotions out and finally crying from that experience when I was 12 years old," she said almost exactly six years ago. "Expressing that and crying for all those moments, it feels good and I feel a lot more like myself. More than I ever have in my life. I'm lucky that I've been able to be in a position where it's so heavily supported. In the music scene, everyone is really open, and it feels so good. I just know that if I was still in college, I don't know if I would have said anything."
Clairo's latest album, Charm, is available on all music streaming services.
