| Letrux | |
|---|---|
 "Letrux Aos Prantos" Photoshoot, 2020 | |
| Born | Letícia Pinheiro de Novaes 5 January 1982 (1982-01-05) (age 42) Rio de Janeiro, Brazil |
| Occupation | Singer-songwriter |
| Years active | 2006–present |
| Musical career | |
| Genres | Electronic music, Experimental music, Pop, Indie |
| Musical artist | |
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. 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. In 2008, she formed with her then boyfriend Lucas Vasconcellos the duo Letuce [pt; it], with whom she recorded 3 albums.
In 2017, she embarked on a solo career, adopting the pseudonym Letrux. Her debut album, Letrux em Noite de Climão, won the Multishow Brazilian Music Award in the Best Album category. The album was also included in the list of the 10 best Brazilian albums of 2017 published by Rolling Stone. In 2020, she released her second album, Letrux aos Prantos; the album was nominated for Best Portuguese Language Rock or Alternative Album at the 21st Annual Latin Grammy Awards. Her album Letrux como Mulher Girafa was chosen by the Associação Paulista de Críticos de Arte as one of the 50 best Brazilian albums of 2023.
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.
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
- ^ "Letrux". Enciclopédia Itaú Cultural. Retrieved 16 March 2022.
- ^ "Letrux". Dicionário Cravo Albin da Música Popular Brasileira (in Brazilian Portuguese). Retrieved 16 March 2022.
- "Letícia Novaes, do Letuce, assume papel de Letrux e faz estreia solo". Istoé (in Brazilian Portuguese). 19 July 2017. Retrieved 16 March 2022.
- "Melhores Discos Nacionais de 2017". Rolling Stone (in Brazilian Portuguese). Retrieved 16 March 2022.
- Antunes, Pedro (23 May 2020). "Aos Prantos Com Letrux". Rolling Stone (in Brazilian Portuguese). Retrieved 16 March 2022.
- 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.
- 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.
- Flores, Griselda (19 November 2020). "2020 Latin Grammys: Here Are All the Winners". Billboard. Retrieved 16 March 2022.
- Barros, Adriana de (19 January 2024). "APCA divulga os 50 melhores álbuns nacionais de 2023". TV Cultura (in Portuguese). São Paulo: Fundação Padre Anchieta. Retrieved 15 December 2024.
