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]
