Letrux
"Letrux Aos Prantos" Photoshoot, 2020
Born
Letícia Pinheiro de Novaes

5 January 1982 (1982-01-05) (age 42)
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
OccupationSinger-songwriter
Years active2006–present
Musical career
GenresElectronic music, Experimental music, Pop, Indie

Letícia Pinheiro de Novaes, best known as Letrux (born 5 January 1982), is a Brazilian singer-songwriter, actress and writer.

Biography

Born in Rio de Janeiro, Novaes studied acting at the Casa de Artes das Laranjeiras and literature at the Federal University of Rio de Janeiro.[1] She approached music as a teenager, learning to play the guitar as a self-taught musician and founding the rock band Leticias and later the electronic music group Menage à trois.[2] In 2008, she formed with her then boyfriend Lucas Vasconcellos the duo Letuce, with whom she recorded 3 albums.[1][2]

In 2017, she embarked on a solo career, adopting the pseudonym Letrux.[1][2][3] Her debut album, Letrux em Noite de Climão, won the Multishow Brazilian Music Award in the Best Album category.[1] The album was also included in the list of the 10 best Brazilian albums of 2017 published by Rolling Stone.[4] In 2020, she released her second album, Letrux aos Prantos;[5][6][7] the album was nominated for Best Portuguese Language Rock or Alternative Album at the 21st Annual Latin Grammy Awards.[8]

As an actress, Novaes took part to several films and TV-series starting from 2010. Also a writer, in 2015 she published a collection of poems entitled Zaralha: Abri a Minha Pasta.[1]

Discography

With Letuce

  • Plano de Fuga pra Cima dos Outros e de Mim (2009)
  • Manja Perene (2012)
  • Estilhaça (2015)

Solo albums

Studio albums
  • Letrux em Noite de Climão (2017)
  • Letrux aos Prantos (2020)
  • Letrux como Mulher Girafa (2023)
Live albums
  • Letrux em Noite de Climão - Ao Vivo (2019)
Collections
  • Letrux em Noite de Pistinha (2019)

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 "Letrux". Enciclopédia Itaú Cultural. Retrieved 16 March 2022.
  2. 1 2 3 "Letrux". Dicionário Cravo Albin da Música Popular Brasileira (in Brazilian Portuguese). Retrieved 16 March 2022.
  3. ↑ "Letícia Novaes, do Letuce, assume papel de Letrux e faz estreia solo". Istoé (in Brazilian Portuguese). 19 July 2017. Retrieved 16 March 2022.
  4. ↑ "Melhores Discos Nacionais de 2017". Rolling Stone (in Brazilian Portuguese). Retrieved 16 March 2022.
  5. ↑ Antunes, Pedro (23 May 2020). "Aos Prantos Com Letrux". Rolling Stone (in Brazilian Portuguese). Retrieved 16 March 2022.
  6. ↑ Ferreira, Mauro (14 March 2020). "Letícia Novaes depura a estética de 'Climão' no álbum 'Letrux aos prantos'". O Globo (in Brazilian Portuguese). Retrieved 16 March 2022.
  7. ↑ Brêda, Lucas (5 March 2020). "Letrux troca a noite de climão pelas lágrimas em novo disco". Folha de S.Paulo (in Brazilian Portuguese). Retrieved 16 March 2022.
  8. ↑ Flores, Griselda (19 November 2020). "2020 Latin Grammys: Here Are All the Winners". Billboard. Retrieved 16 March 2022.
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