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
alone complete computer hours work
I need to be able to work for 20 or 30 hours in one go in complete darkness, alone with just the computer glow.
art easy empty industry music spaces
There used to be a lot of industry in Montreal, and now there's not, so it's really easy to get huge, empty spaces where you can practice and make music or make art for very, very cheap.
bad
The thing is, I really like working. If I sit around too much, I get really bad anxiety.
good
I'm not good at being, like, a sexy girl.
art freaked people totally unless worried
I'm not interested in making art unless I'm totally freaked out and worried people are going to hate it.
sort
I'm not, like, a natural performer. It's sort of a thing that I've had to learn to do.
driving people wanting
I'm actually not a particularly negative person, but I feel like most things are better when they're not actualized. The motivation that comes from wanting something is so much more driving of people than actually getting it.
record
I want to make an a cappella record to release for free.
It's interesting to be a front person who is controlling the majority of the sound.
animal collective hearing loss permanent seen suffered
I've seen Animal Collective live, and I suffered permanent hearing loss from that show!
beings curve human learning music natural obscure
The thing about music is it's not an obscure pursuit, it's a very natural thing for human beings to do. Once you put in the effort, the learning curve is very fast.
I've always been very intense about everything I do.
people
You want people to hate you. If you're just making people happy, you're like Mumford & Sons.
music
My image seems to be so infantilized, and I don't really know why. It belittles the music.