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
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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.
music
Most of my music videos were made for under $200.
incredibly school
I was incredibly unpopular in high school but also extremely notorious.
I think I have serious latent Catholic guilt issues.
music
When I first started out, I was making really slow, psychedelic ambient music because it was all I could do.
becomes delete file songs throw
I start a lot of songs and throw them out because the energy is not right. It's almost like the file becomes cursed. I have to delete it.
considered enjoy inherently lack lesser liking music pop somehow substance tired
I'm tired of being considered vapid for liking pop music or caring about fashion as if these things inherently lack substance or as if the things I enjoy somehow make me a lesser person.
music religion
Music is a religion to me and my friends.
ended friendship meeting met music turned twitter
There are a lot of musicians I've met on Twitter where it was like, 'Hey, I like your music' - and then I ended up meeting them and it turned into a friendship.
bad smile
If I'm a bad mood, I can't go on stage and smile.
music songs
My favorite music is never the music that anyone else likes, and other people's favorite songs are always my least favorite.
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.
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.