Clarity at Field Day Festival in 2015.
Clarence Clarity (born Adam Crisp) is an English singer, songwriter, producer, and musician.[1] He has been praised for his unique, eclectic pop sound which was described by The Guardian as "funk played by a swarm of bees",[1] and is noted for his high degree of anonymity regarding his life outside of making music. Despite the similarity, Clarity has stated that his stage name was not overtly influenced by the meme template 'Sudden Clarity Clarence'.[2]
He is friends with Rina Sawayama, and a regular producer of her. He co-produced Sawayama's debut extended play Rina (2017), as well as her debut studio album Sawayama (2020).
Discography[]
- No Now (2015)
- Think: Peace (2018)
- Dead Screen Scrolls (Ambient Works, Vol. 1) (2020)
- VANISHING ACT I : NO NOUNS (2021)
- YOURE WRONG TO (2022)
- Midieval Europe
Work with Rina[]
In 2017, Rina Sawayama's manager Will Frost introduced her to Clarence Clarity. The first song he did for Sawayama was "Alterlife", moment that she recalled during a Billboard 2021 interview. "I remember being like, 'Ugh! That’s too much!'".[3] Clarity ultimately produced every track from Sawayama's debut mini-album, Rina.[4] In 2018, Clarity produced Sawayama's stand-alone singles "Valentine (What's It Gonna Be)", "Cherry", and "Flicker".
Clarity also produced all but two tracks on Sawayama's debut 2020 studio album, Sawayama.[5] In June 2021, Sawayama was featured on Billboard's "Pride 2021 Cover", and was revealed that she and Clarity "cranked out" fourteen songs for her upcoming second studio album.[3]
Collaborations[]
- "6°" – unreleased collaboration
Credits[]
| Year | Title | Album | Writer | Producer |
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| 2017 | "Cyber Stockholm Syndrome" | Rina | 
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| "Alterlife" |
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| "Ordinary Superstar" |
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| "Take Me As I Am" |
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| "10-20-40" |
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| "Time Out (Interlude)" |
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| 2018 | "Valentine (What's It Gonna Be)" | Non-album single |
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| "Cherry" |
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| "Flicker" |
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| 2019 | "STFU!" | Sawayama |
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| 2020 | "Dynasty" |
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| "XS" |
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| "Akasaka Sad" |
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| "Paradisin'" |
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| "Love Me 4 Me" |
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| "Bad Friend" |
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| "Fuck This World (Interlude)" |
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| "Who's Gonna Save U Now?" |
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| "Tokyo Love Hotel" |
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| "Snakeskin" |
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| "Dance In The Dark | Sawayama Remixed |
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| "We Out Here" | Sawayama Deluxe |
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| "Love It If We Made It" |
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| 2021 | "Enter Sandman" | The Metallica Blacklist |
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| Lady Gaga – "Free Woman" (Rina Sawayama and Clarence Clarity Remix) | Dawn of Chromatica |
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| 2022 | "This Hell" | Hold the Girl |
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| "Minor Feelings" |
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| "Catch Me in the Air" |
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| "Forgiveness" |
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| "Your Age" |
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| "Imagining" |
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| "Frankenstein" |
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| "Hurricanes" |
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| "Phantom" |
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References[]
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 The Guardian. Clarence Clarity (No 35)
- ↑ "TND Podcast #19 ft. Clarence Clarity". YouTube.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 Kuga, Mitchell (2 June 2021). "Rina Sawayama Is Turning Pop Inside Out: Pride 2021 Cover". Billboard. Retrieved on June 2, 2021.
- ↑ The Line of Best Fit. Rina Sawayama and Clarence Clarity team up for haywire anthem “Alterlife”
- ↑ Strauss, Matthew (17 January 2020). "Rina Sawayama Announces Tour and Debut Album, Shares New Song: Listen". Retrieved on June 2, 2021.
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