Clairo Shade meme depicting an image of the American singer-songwriter.

Clairo Shade

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About

Clairo Shade is a slang term spawned from a series of Twitter / X posts in 2024 concerning American singer-songwriter Clairo receiving "shade" from other pop singers, like Katy Perry and Chappell Roan (among others), and their fans. While some agreed that Clairo was receiving shade, other X users mocked it and used "Clairo Shade" ironically in slang overload posts that combined it with other then-trending Stan Twitter buzzwords. Many of the posts humorously asked, "Does Anyone Feel Like This is Clairo Shade?" when highlighting obviously unrelated pop culture stories. Clairo Shade memes also went viral when a twink fell through the roof of a Bushwick, Brooklyn lesbian party where a Clairo Shade cake was served.

Origin

The phrase "Clairo Shade" was used online as early as 2018, evident in a post shared by X[1] user @RyLou_95 on August 13th, 2018, which replied to artist LIZ's post that condemned "manufactured industry plants." @RyLou_95 joked, "Clairo shade??" implicating the discourse about Clairo's father Geoff Cottrill being a former recording studio executive.[2] The reply was non-viral, receiving only two likes in five years.

Other non-viral usage of "Clairo Shade" surfaced on X[2][3] in 2023.

The first known viral instance of "Clairo Shade" was a quote posted by X[4] user @saintmacklin on July 10th, 2024. The user joked about the covers for Katy Perry’s forthcoming album 143 being Clairo Shade by outlining a pattern in the album's number sequence to implicate Clairo. In a month, the tweet amassed over 15,000 likes (shown below).


macklin @saintmacklin This might be Clairo shade bc 1, 4, and 3 respectively correspond the letters to "A" "D" "C" in the Latin alphabet, which could stand for "And Die, Clairo"......... Pop Base @PopBase Jul 10 Covers for Katy Perry's new album '143' out September 20th. 12:31 PM Jul 10, 2024 653.5K Views

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On July 11th, 2024, X[5] user @yo_scoot added to the trend when quoting the video of U.S. President Joe Biden mistakenly calling Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy "President Vladimir Putin" at a 2024 press conference with "this might be clairo shade," receiving over 3,600 likes in a month (shown below).


scott @yo_scoot this might be clairo shade Disclose.tv @disclosetv • Jul 11 NOW - Biden: "And now I want to hand it over to the President of Ukraine... ladies and gentlemen, President Putin." 0:17 • 6:29 PM Jul 11, 2024 172.4K Views

Increasingly viral and absurd instances of the meme surfaced going into late July 2024. For instance, on July 13th, X[6] user @notjoshszn posted about the Donald Trump assassination attempt, when writing, "Trump assassination lowkey Clairo shade," gaining over 46,000 likes in a month (shown below).


josh @notjoshszn Trump assassination lowkey Clairo shade • 6:35 PM ⚫ Jul 13, 2024 913.4K Views

The Lesbian Bushwick Party Where The Twink Fell Through The Roof

On August 18th, 2024, X[7] user @poIarseltzer tweeted a photo of a cake with "Clairo Shade" written on it, captioned, "whole party lowkey felt like clairo shade," gaining over 13,000 likes in four days (shown below).


willa @poIarseltzer whole party lowkey felt like clairo shade Clairo Shade 11:44 AM • Aug 18, 2024 230.9K Views

Later on August 18th, X[8] user @poIarseltzer tweeted, "entire birthday party immediately ending because oomf fell through the skylight," gaining over 1,400 likes in four days.

Then, X[9] user @_garrettcharles tweeted, "I don’t have many life regrets but not getting a video of the twink crashing through the skylight at this lesbian rooftop party tonight will definitely be something that haunts me til I die." The tweet gained over 2,500 likes in four days (shown below).


777 Follow @_garrettcharles I don't have many life regrets but not getting a video of the twink crashing through the skylight at this lesbian rooftop party tonight will definitely be something that haunts me til I die • 3:42 AM ⚫ Aug 18, 2024 211.2K Views •

Users then drew the connection that the Clairo Shade cake party was the same party where a "twink" fell through the roof of a Bushwick, Brooklyn building's skylight.

For instance, on August 19th, 2024, X[10] user @kriscawog tweeted, "The lesbian Bushwick party where the twink fell the roof turning out to be Emerson College alum is the icing on the Clairo shade cake," gaining over 6,700 likes in three days (shown below).


kristen cawog @kriscawog Follow The lesbian Bushwick party where the twink fell the roof turning out to be Emerson College alum is the icing on the Clairo shade cake 6:37 PM. Aug 19, 2024 576.8K Views

Various Examples


Alex Follow ... @hannahtheebaker Does anyone feel like this is clairo shade? They're like oh we hated charm it couldn't save our marriage Pop Base @PopBase Aug 20 Jennifer Lopez has filed for divorce from Ben Affleck, TMZ reports. 8:34 PM. Aug 20, 2024 556.2K Views • tim @deliclit This is where they're holding clairo hostage THE SHADE STORE 4022B 6:24 PM. Aug 20, 2024 180.8K Views matt @computer_gay just watched harry potter 1 w my niece...y'all better start getting physical media before it's gone Original Max APPEE BRY HARRY Clair Shade 1:07 PM ⚫ Aug 21, 2024 229K Views WiLLL @willfulchaos no exclamation point??.... this feels like clairo shade POP CRAVE Pop Crave @PopCrave Aug 18 Happy 26th birthday to the talented Clairo. 12:42 AM ⚫ Aug 18, 2024 279.9K Views ... SITA Follow @raspberhrriies Joe Biden has unfollowed Clairo on Instagram joebiden 17.3 M Followers 108 Following For you Q clairo No users found • 11:36 AM Aug 21, 2024 329.6K Views ◇ a•n•g.e.l.o◇ @thiccwaifood Now this is DEFINITELY Clairo shade- like she's basically saying "oh I'm annoyed of fans I wish I could be Clairo so I wouldnt have as many fans" POP CRAVE Pop Crave @PopCrave Aug 19 Chappell Roan talks about the mistreatment she's been receiving from fans: "I don't care that abuse and harassment and stalking is a normal thing to do to people who are famous or a little famous...That does not make it okay. That does not make it normal." TikTok @chappellroan just answer my questions for a second II 0:55 SYTUA ЭТТЭХ Sper 11:00 AM - Aug 21, 2024 1M Views TikTok @chappellroan

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External References

[1] X – @RyLou_95

[2] X – @iluvcsy

[3] X – @clairojuul

[4] X – @saintmacklin

[5] X – @yo_scoot

[6] X – @notjoshszn

[7] X – @poIarseltzer

[8] X – @poIarseltzer

[9] X – @_garrettcharles

[10] X – @kriscawog

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