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
hate shoes people
I don't even wear shoes with heels because I hate making a noise when I walk and people looking at me.
issues rights environmental
I'm sad that it's uncool or offensive to talk about environmental or human rights issues.
thinking way audience
The way that you present yourself visually totally dictates your audience and everything that anyone thinks about you.
art giving world
Art gives me an outlet where I can be aggressive in a world where I usually can't be.
waiting important shiver
Whenever I'm making music I'm always waiting for the shivers to happen - that's an important thing for me.
girl fun crazy
Miami is just really fun whenever I go there. It's like this post-apocalyptic Barbie world: everything is pink, and there're palm trees everywhere. But then there are also all these people in crazy sunglasses, warehouses with sick parties where all the girls are covered in spikes and black leather. It's a very weird place.
mean space cost
I would never go to a studio. I need my space, you know what I mean? I need to be able to chain smoke and pace about, cry and like... spit. Just make noise, make a huge mess. I also feel like if I was concerned for the cost of the studio - like, 'this is costing 40 dollars an hour' - I wouldn't be able to work.
idols ifs american-idol
If I went on 'American Idol,' I would definitely be kicked out immediately.
philosophical mean important
Just because something might not have a deep philosophical meaning doesn't mean it's not important or relevant.
girl successful ugly
Ugly girls generally don't become successful in music. And it sucks because it's a standard that just exists.
thinking shallow-person people
My great fear is that I'm the ultimate shallow person. I think about this kind of thing a lot, and about this phenomenon in our culture where people identify themselves with their interests. I've been trying not to think about it too much. It used to really upset me when people called me "witch house."
cute dresses needs
Obviously, I like things that are cute and aggressive at the same time, but I didn't want it to just be mini-bangs and lip-syncing in a dress. I need to get away from that stuff.
inspire trying want
I want to say my life inspires my lyrics, but I also try to abstract them as much as possible because I don't want to refer to my life explicitly. I'm definitely really embarrassed by my lyrics.
thinking stuck music-is
I think Canadians make a lot of music because we're stuck inside all the time.