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
successful giving labels
There aren't many other labels who I can say are that successful, and can give me as much as 4AD gives me, and still have such a great roster.
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.
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.
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.
jeans wells
I just can't perform well unless I'm wearing jeans.
video
I prefer making videos to making music.
girl successful ugly
Ugly girls generally don't become successful in music. And it sucks because it's a standard that just exists.
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.
heart broken care
I just watched another person I care deeply about basically turn into Gollum and my heart is broken.
icons people looks
If you look at the way people behave at shows, icons are now musicians; they are the people that we worship.
rocks tin done
You don't just have to be influenced by rock, or goth, anymore. It's okay to say, 'My influences are Tin Pan music from Bali and Rihanna.' There are still so many combinations that haven't been done yet.
teenager thinking media
I think the internet is kind of redefining what it is to be a teenager. Because there's a lot of media that's aimed at teenagers that other people are getting into. But, conversely, pornography or stuff that's intended for adults is completely readily available to anyone, like teenagers.
block artist people
My manager lives on my block; four of the apartments in my apartment complex of seven are people I know. It's a really close-knit community, and almost everyone on these few blocks are artists or graphic designers, because we live right on the cusp of a warehouse district.