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
stuff obsessed
I'm just very obsessed with Japanese stuff in general.
sick cold montreal
I'm a very unhealthy person, and Montreal is very cold, and I'm usually sick when I'm there.
fashion want sci-fi
I want to make Grimes a high-fashion sci-fi act.
video made
Most of my music videos were made for under $200.
sentimental persons
I love a lot of very sentimental music, but I shouldn't necessarily be the person who makes it.
thinking people assuming
I think a lot of music that's really innovative is not even considered because it was made by people who had a sexual image. And people assume that it's a commodified thing, so it can't be "indie."
crazy school childhood
I was raised in a Catholic household and went to a Catholic school, and my childhood brain perceived medieval Catholicism as an action movie: There's this crazy omnipresent guy who can destroy you at any moment.
essence hype video
If painters could be compared to filmmakers, Bosch is the Hype Williams of renaissance painters. With Bosch, there's always a narrative that is very nonlinear - and that's the essence of a good music video.
character findings hard
I find it really hard to throw myself into something artistically where I'm making up a whole character and finding something for that character to do.
jobs people needs
I don't have any money to hire actors. I just need to get people who are going to do a good job being themselves.
writing dark winter
I write music better in the winter, I prefer making music when it's dark.
shoes costumes needs
I don't know if I would ever have costume changes - usually I just end up taking off my shoes, I get so sweaty, and... I just need to be comfortable.
crazy ideas people
I grew up going to punk shows, that kind of thing - I don't wanna make pop punk! - but I like the idea of people going totally crazy and it being really intimate, loud and super-aggressive, but combining that with pop music.
crazy moving people
Lately I've been really into screaming a lot through delay [effects], having seven people on stage topless going crazy, stuff like that. Really in your face, but maybe more organic than choreographed dance moves.