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.
baseball trying pitcher
The older pitcher acquires confidence in his ballclub. He doesn't try to do it all himself.
hate understanding trying
Before you hate something you should try to understand it.
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.
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.
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.