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claire rousay: A Little Death

A raw and honest conversation with the 'emo ambient' artist on the music industry, getting sober and finding back to her core practice

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Stephan Kunze
Nov 01, 2025
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“Do you mind if we speak while I’m walking outside?”

claire rousay is smiling at me through her phone camera, standing in the doorstep of her current Los Angeles home on a sunny autumn morning, looking splendid in a tank top and baseball hat.

Of course I don’t mind, so for the next hour, I’m listening to claire’s musings while she’s walking through her ne…

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