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
teenager thinking media
I think the internet is kind of redefining what it is to be a teenager. Because there's a lot of media that's aimed at teenagers that other people are getting into. But, conversely, pornography or stuff that's intended for adults is completely readily available to anyone, like teenagers.
crazy moving artist
When an artist, or whomever, moves from their scene to the bigger pond, it starts getting crazy, because all of a sudden people don't respect you, and you have to start being a lot more aggressive than you would normally be.
voice pads instruments
I definitely see the voice as an instrument: It makes great drums, great synth pads, great everything.
people perception cameras
I like being behind the camera because I can control perception and what people see.
memories canada facts
I've never lived outside of Canada, so I've been really cold my entire life. Most of my memories are coloured by the fact that I was really cold, just... all the time!
challenges trying quality
As a producer, I'm trying to challenge myself to just make something that is of a professional quality - not necessarily pop music, but maybe in the sense that Nine Inch Nails is professional quality.
people cameras freak
Sometimes you find people who are magnetic, but once they get in front of a camera, they freak out and get weird.
song sick listening
I'm so sick of my own music that I don't know if I can edit another video, which involves hundreds of hours of listening to your own song again and again and again. It becomes so grating after a while.
believe mind humans
I believe the human mind is a very fallible thing, but it's the only thing that I can really know, I guess.
people looks good-times
The most valuable live thing for me is when people look like they're having a good time.
song shiver
Success, for me, is a song that can deliver shivers.
video
I prefer making videos to making music.
jeans wells
I just can't perform well unless I'm wearing jeans.
thinking people needs
If I think about what other people are thinking when I'm making music, I just can't do it. It's too withheld - I need to go totally over the top, and then kind of clean it up a bit and make it more reasonable after the fact.