de clair returns for one final moment in 2024 with her most intimate offering yet, the new single ‘seatbelt’ out on The Satchi Six. Stripping back her sound to its gleaming bones the song was recorded in a single take, live in an industrial space in Kuldīga, Latvia, showcasing her flawless talent for poignant lyricism, seamlessly fused with a minimalistic aesthetic.

Speaking about her new single, de clair explains, “What you hear was recorded in one take, and it was also the first time I sang the entire song, which influences how it sounds—it feels like it was created specifically for that room.”

Continuing, she says, “‘seatbelt’ is about seeing others, but also slowly realising that you yourself are not seen—neither by yourself nor by others. It’s like looking through an old family photo album and not finding yourself. Sad, but not uncommon, I think. This time, we mixed through a tube compressor instead of tape. During my time in Kuldīga, I wrote a lot of new music, but the process around ‘seatbelt’ was special. It was unexpectedly high summer, the last of the year when I was there, and I swam in Europe’s widest waterfall and hung out with Mikael’s dog, Lester.”