Letrux | |
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![]() "Letrux Aos Prantos" Photoshoot, 2020 | |
Born | Letícia Pinheiro de Novaes 5 January 1982 (age 42)
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil |
Occupation | Singer-songwriter |
Years active | 2006–present |
Musical career | |
Genres | Electronic 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.
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]