Clara La San - Talking to You (Official Video)
Picture Credit: Louis F Cota
Enigmatic composer, producer, and singer Clara La San announces her debut album Made Mistakes (pre-save HERE). set to release June 7 via her label imprint CLS Music (partnered through AWAL Recordings). Alongside the announcement comes a lambent new single “Talking to You”. A sonic triple threat, Clara blends meditative synths with brooding drums and gleaming harp tones on “Talking To You”, which is written, performed, and produced by Clara La San herself. The single is accompanied by a visceral music video directed by Actual Objects (Bad Bunny, Dua Lipa, Yves Tumor, Caroline Polachek) where fans can view the narrative continuation from the first video for “Don’t Worry About It”, the potent single released last month.
“Don’t Worry About It”, with swirling celestial melodies and a trapped-out beat—is emblematic of the R&B siren’s resounding talent in writing and arranging songs that sound fresh and feel instantly familiar. It was her first new release since the 2023 re-release of “In This Darkness”, which garnered hundreds of millions of plays across streaming services, earning her solo sound a rightfully due nod. In April, Clara was also revealed as one of only two features on hitmaker Bryson Tiller’s forthcoming self-titled album.
While her music is steeped in a holistic listening of myriad musical strands—from early aughts R&B to contemporary rap instrumentals—Clara La San braids her influences with inspirations from cinema scores and up-to-the-second sound design, also thanks to additional production provided by Yves Rothman (Amaarae, Blondshell, Yves Tumor) and mixing by the iconic Tony Maserati (Mary J Blige, Beyonce, Lady Gaga) to express a singular style of soul and pop. Her palpable style is matched by a rare ability to conceive top line vocal melodies, layered in blushing harmonies that instantly imprint on the memory and have kept her growing and devoted fanbase, including many other artists and peers, returning for more.
Clara La San deploys her enviably natural feel for extended melody at the service of telling stories borne from lived experience. Her discreet, observant skill at divining sensual poetry from everyday life has only grown more notable since early guest vocal appearances prompted her to front her own mixtape. Good Mourning, co-produced with UK electronic producer Jam City, was released in 2017, and since deleted from DSPs - only adding to the mysterious allure weaved across her persona. Subsequent songwriting credits for the likes of Yves Tumor and Bicep have proven her range and unleashed Clara La San’s confidence in a solo sound that speaks to her maturity and dare-to-differ approach to working in the music industry.