Claud: Difference between revisions

| pronouns=[[they/them]]<ref>[https://www.instagram.com/claud.mp3/ Instagram bio], retrieved Feb 13, 2021</ref>

| gender=[[nonbinary]]<ref name="billboard">{{cite web |last1=Williams |first1=Nick |title=Non-Binary Artist Claud Debuts New 'Sideline Star' EP & Shares Exclusive 'Gaylist' Mix |url=https://www.billboard.com/articles/news/pride/8540685/non-binary-artist-claud-pride-playlist-exclusive-listen |publisher=Billboard |accessdate=22 November 2020}}</ref>

'''Claud Mintz''', performing as simply '''Claud''', is an American bedroom pop<ref name="dorkmagazine">{{cite web |last1=Konemann |first1=Liam |title=Meet bedroom pop's new outsider, Claud: "I always felt pushed to the side" |url=https://www.readdork.com/features/claud-interview-feb20 |publisher=Dork |accessdate=22 November 2020}}</ref><ref name="popsugar">{{cite web |last1=Tezel |first1=Balim |title=Meet Claud, the Non-Binary Indie Artist Who'll Get You Hooked on Melancholic Pop |url=https://www.popsugar.com/entertainment/who-wish-you-were-gay-singer-claud-46664655 |publisher=PopSugar |accessdate=22 November 2020}}</ref> musician from the suburbs of Chicago.<ref name="papermagaazine">{{cite web |last1=Dix |first1=Peyton |title=Claud Keeps Growing Up |url=https://www.papermag.com/claud-just-to-forget-2641341795.html |publisher=Paper |accessdate=22 November 2020}}</ref>

Claud originally released their music under the pseudonym '''Toast''', releasing an EP in 2018.<ref name="billboard"/> In 2019, Claud dropped out of college at Syracuse University<ref name="papermagaazine"/> to pursue music full-time.<ref name="billboard"/> In 2020, they formed a new band named "Shelly" with Clairo, Josh Mehling, and Noa Frances Getzug.<ref name="stereogum">{{cite web |last1=DeVille |first1=Chris |title=Hear 2 Songs From Clairo, Claud, & Friends' New Band Shelly |url=https://www.stereogum.com/2104453/shelly-steeeam-natural-clairo-claud/music/ |publisher=Stereogum |accessdate=22 November 2020}}</ref> Also in 2020, Claud was the first artist to sign on with Phoebe Bridgers' record label Saddest Factory.<ref name="nme">{{cite web |last1=Reilly |first1=Nick |title=Claud announced as first act signed to Phoebe Bridgers' Saddest Factory Records and released the new song Gold. |url=https://www.nme.com/en_asia/news/music/claud-announced-as-first-act-signed-to-phoebe-bridgers-saddest-factory-records-radar-2785024 |publisher=NME |accessdate=22 November 2020}}</ref> Claud's debut album, ''Super Monster'', was released on February 12, 2021.<ref name="nme1">{{cite web |last1=Triscari |first1=Caleb |title=Claud announces debut album 'Super Monster', shares new single |url=https://www.nme.com/news/music/claud-announces-debut-album-super-monster-shares-new-single-2830646 |publisher=NME |access-date=5 December 2020}}</ref>

{{quote|My [[trans]]-ness sometimes feels like a superpower; it's like I can connect with people in ways that I couldn't if I were [[cis]] or [[Heterosexual|straight]].<ref name="Specter">{{Cite web |title=Claud's New Album Is Bedroom Pop for Our Stay-at-Home Era |last=Specter |first=Emma |work=Vogue |date=February 12, 2021 |access-date=February 13, 2021 |url= https://www.vogue.com/article/claud-new-album-super-monster}}</ref>