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
icons people looks
If you look at the way people behave at shows, icons are now musicians; they are the people that we worship.
people looks good-times
The most valuable live thing for me is when people look like they're having a good time.
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Our midfield has always been a strength of our team, particularly the depth, ... We have plenty of players who can contribute again this year. Andrew Jacobson will return this season and Eric Ebert, who made great strides as a sophomore, looks to have a breakout year.
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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.
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The thing is, I really like working. If I sit around too much, I get really bad anxiety.
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I'm not good at being, like, a sexy girl.
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I'm not interested in making art unless I'm totally freaked out and worried people are going to hate it.
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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.
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I need to be able to work for 20 or 30 hours in one go in complete darkness, alone with just the computer glow.
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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.
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I've seen Animal Collective live, and I suffered permanent hearing loss from that show!
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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.