Grimes
Grimes
Electronic dark wave and synthpop artist whose 2012 album Visions won the 2013 JUNO Award for Electronic Album of the Year.
NationalityCanadian
ProfessionPop Singer
Date of Birth17 March 1988
CityVancouver, Canada
CountryCanada
cranking hits job
My dream job would be sitting in a room, cranking out hits for Rihanna.
music songs
My favorite music is never the music that anyone else likes, and other people's favorite songs are always my least favorite.
few guess love meme quality truly
I truly love 'Gangnam Style.' I guess it's a meme. I feel like it's one of the few times where the meme and the quality combines nicely.
art funny obviously
It's obviously funny to be a meme, so I could be down with it in that regard, but it also belittles one's art.
aspect definitely
There's definitely a solitary aspect to not having a band, and there are times when I wish that I did.
incredibly school
I was incredibly unpopular in high school but also extremely notorious.
I think I have serious latent Catholic guilt issues.
I like to aestheticize every possible thing that can be aestheticized.
music
When I first started out, I was making really slow, psychedelic ambient music because it was all I could do.
becomes delete file songs throw
I start a lot of songs and throw them out because the energy is not right. It's almost like the file becomes cursed. I have to delete it.
considered enjoy inherently lack lesser liking music pop somehow substance tired
I'm tired of being considered vapid for liking pop music or caring about fashion as if these things inherently lack substance or as if the things I enjoy somehow make me a lesser person.
music religion
Music is a religion to me and my friends.
ended friendship meeting met music turned twitter
There are a lot of musicians I've met on Twitter where it was like, 'Hey, I like your music' - and then I ended up meeting them and it turned into a friendship.
bad smile
If I'm a bad mood, I can't go on stage and smile.