Bags

Bags

Clairo

“Bags” is the first single from Clairo’s debut album Immunity. It was first teased on May 24, 2019, with Clairo announcing that the track would be available at midnight.

Co-produced by Rostam, the song sheds the hazy, lo-fi, aesthetic prevalent in Clairo’s previous work. Instead, the track is brighter and more focused, embracing soft guitar, wavy synths, and twinkling piano, bringing a new sheen to Clairo’s music. “Bags” was inspired by Clairo’s first time with a girl, lyrically presenting a narrative where she struggles to tell her love interest that she’s crushing on them, hard.

In October 2019, Pitchfork ranked the song at #123 in their “The 200 Best Songs of the 2010s” list.