Rosemary Clare Louise Francis, known professionally as Clara La San, is a British singer, songwriter, and record producer. In 2013, her debut song "Let You Go" became popular on SoundCloud. Her follow-up song "In This Darkness" later went viral on TikTok upon being rereleased in 2022. Her debut studio album, Made Mistakes, was released in 2024.
Career La San grew up in the English countryside and learned classical piano as a child. She first began producing music using Logic Pro while attending university. Also while there, she released her first song, "Let You Go", on SoundCloud through the label Gang Fatale in 2014. It found success on the service and garnered her attention from record labels. Her song "In This Darkness" also became popular on SoundCloud. She was featured on the Scratcha DVA song "Pink22" in 2015 and on the extended play Fones by MssngNo in 2016. She released her debut mixtape, Good Mourning, in November 2017, but took it down two years later, later stating that "it didn't feel ready".
La San was featured on electronic music duo Bicep's 2020 single "Saku" and their song "X", both of which appeared on their 2021 album Isles, and on their 2022 single "Water". She rereleased "Let You Go" on streaming platforms in 2021 and "In This Darkness" in 2023, with the latter song going viral on TikTok that year. She returned as a lead artist in March 2024 with the release of her first single through CLS Music, an imprint of AWAL, "Don't Worry About It". She was featured on Bryson Tiller's song "Random Access Memory (RAM)" from his self-titled album, which was also released in March 2024. Her self-produced and self-written debut studio album, Made Mistakes, was released on 7 June 2024.
Musical style La San's music is largely alternative R&B with some describing the style as bedroom pop. She has stated that her music is inspired by "rap that has a lot of synth melodies". She records her music using her laptop and a Neumann U 87 microphone. Tobias Hess of Paper described La San's music as "an ethereal R&B that has one foot in the early 2000s and the other in a time that doesn't exist yet" and Niall Byrne of Nialler9 called it "nocturnal R&B-pop". She also became known for her enigmatic presence online.
Discography Studio albums +List of studio albums, with release date and label shown Title Details Made Mistakes Released: 7 June 2024 Label: CLS Music Format: LP record, digital download, streaming
Mixtapes +List of mixtapes, with release date and label shown Title Details Good Mourning Released: 24 November 2017 Rereleased: 13 December 2024 Label: Self-released (original release); CLS Music (rerelease) Format: Digital download, streaming
Singles As lead artist +List of singles as lead artist, with title, year released, and album shown Title Year Peak chart positions Album UKIndie USR&B "Let You Go" 2014 — — Good Mourning "In This Darkness" 2015 — 20 "Feel Good" 2017 42 — Good Mourning "Gravity" — — "Don't Worry About It" 2024 — — Made Mistakes "Talking to You" — — "Things You Didn't Know" — — "Unplanned" — — Good Mourning "Want You" 2025 — — "News" — — "Old Me" — — "Love You Right" (with Montell Fish) 2026 — —
As featured artist +List of singles as featured artist, with title, year released, and album shown Title Year Album "Saku" 2020 Isles "Water" 2022 "Touch Me" 2023 Jam City Presents EFM "The Moment" 2026 Before I Forget
Other charted songs +List of other charted songs, showing year released, with selected chart positions and album name Title Year Peak chart positions Album USR&B "Random Access Memory (RAM)" 2024 18 Bryson Tiller
Guest appearances + List of guest appearances, with year, other artist(s), and album Title Year Artist(s) Album "Pink22" 2015 Scratcha DVA Allyallrecords "All Good" 2018 Jam City Earthly 000 "I'll See You" 2020 Jonah Mutono Gerg "X" 2021 Bicep Isles "Telepathy Love" 2025 BNYX Loading...
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