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
cities people trying
I usually like to get people in because I don't have a band or anything. In cities where I have friends, I try to get them to come out and dance for me.
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.
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.
hate understanding trying
Before you hate something you should try to understand it.
baseball trying pitcher
The older pitcher acquires confidence in his ballclub. He doesn't try to do it all himself.
thinking important trying
I think it's important how you spend your time. I try to make sure that I'm growing.
home house trying
My job has me traveling all the time, and I got this house, so my downtime is spent sort of making a home. Every year it's different, and I try to do things that are more fulfilling.
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.
music
Most of my music videos were made for under $200.
art good
I think if you're good at art, you'll be good at most types of art.
music
My image seems to be so infantilized, and I don't really know why. It belittles the music.
cranking hits job
My dream job would be sitting in a room, cranking out hits for Rihanna.