Clarees was born as Clarissa Schppe on November 16, 1999 near Berlin, Germany, and grew up in an acting family. She grew up practically on stage. This enabled Clarees to discover her talent as a singer, dancer and actress at an early age.During high school she concentrated on her singing and traveled a lot in Europe.Among other things, she managed the gospel choir (leader), directed the school band and acted as student and political spokesperson.She graduated from high school in 2018.Soon after her graduation in 2018 - 2019 she took part in the TV show German Idol and was voted into the semi-finals by the jury and the audience.Afterwards she signed her first exclusive "label and management contract" and released her first own pop songs.In July 2020 she resigned from this contract and started working with international EDM singers and producers.