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Claire Boucher, better known by her [[StageNames stage name]] Grimes, a reference to the artist Ken Grimes (and Grime music), is a [[UsefulNotes/{{Canada}} Canadian]] electronic musician, artist and music video director.

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Claire Boucher, better known by her [[StageNames stage name]] Grimes, is a [[UsefulNotes/{{Canada}} Canadian]] oddball who has been producing electronic music out of her bedroom for years now. She really blew up with the release of her third album, '' Visions''. Her name is a reference to the artist Ken Grimes (and Grime music), is a [[UsefulNotes/{{Canada}} Canadian]] electronic musician, artist and music video director.
to "Grime" music).



Grimes musical style is mostly electronic and experimental, though it ranges [[NeoClassicalPunkZydecoRockabilly a lot]].

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Grimes musical style is mostly electronic and experimental, though it ranges [[NeoClassicalPunkZydecoRockabilly a lot]]. \n She is also an artist and music video director.

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* DyeHard: Already dyed her hair with colors such as pink and blue.


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* KaleidoscopeHair: With colors such as pink and blue.
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''Gorilla vs. Bear'' named 'Visions' the best album of 2012, and ''Pitchfork'' named 'Art Angels' the #2 album of 2015.
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* ArtistDisillusionment / BerserkButton: In a [[http://actuallygrimes.tumblr.com/post/48744769552/i-dont-want-to-have-to-compromise-my-morals-in-order recent blog post]] she not only lashed out on people sexualizing her and referring to her as "cute" or "waif-like", she even went as far as to cancel the remainder of her world tour due to being royally pissed off by that behavior.



* NightmareFuel: Both Geidi Primes and especially Halfaxa are filled with dark and eerie moments:
** Geidi Primes is mostly subdued and soothing, but has a rather eerie feel to it too. "Shadout Mapes" is very weird and unsettling, while "Venus In Furs" is similar with it's distorted yet folksy waltz. Additionally, sadder songs like "Rosa" and "Avi" are very haunting and "Beast Infection" has some weird vocal distortion not to mention a disturbing title.
** Halfaxa heavily evokes dark fantasy and castles; Grimes herself was apparently inspired by medieval music for it. Particularly dark tracks include "Weregild", "Rasik", "Dream Fortress" (which begins slightly eerie but mostly soothing and dreamy until an abrupt change into freakiness, then goes back to the first part...), "River" and most certainly the lengthy "Hallways".



* TearJerker: All over her music.
** "Rosa" is extremely saddening and gloomy and "Avi" is similar. There is a somewhat sensitive/introverted feel to the whole album with the simple, lonely vocals.
** Very frequent all over Halfaxa, "Devon", "Swan Song" and "Favriel" in particular.
** Misc songs on Visions, like "Genesis", "Oblivion", "Vowels" and "Skin".
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* Tearjerker: All over her music.

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* Tearjerker: TearJerker: All over her music.

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* NightmareFuel: Both Geidi Primes and especially Halfaxa are filled with dark and eerie moments:
** Geidi Primes is mostly subdued and soothing, but has a rather eerie feel to it too. "Shadout Mapes" is very weird and unsettling, while "Venus In Furs" is similar with it's distorted yet folksy waltz. Additionally, sadder songs like "Rosa" and "Avi" are very haunting and "Beast Infection" has some weird vocal distortion not to mention a disturbing title.
** Halfaxa heavily evokes dark fantasy and castles; Grimes herself was apparently inspired by medieval music for it. Particularly dark tracks include "Weregild", "Rasik", "Dream Fortress" (which begins slightly eerie but mostly soothing and dreamy until an abrupt change into freakiness, then goes back to the first part...), "River" and most certainly the lengthy "Hallways".



* OneWomanSong: "Vanessa."

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* OneWomanSong: "Vanessa."Vanessa" and "Rosa."


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* Tearjerker: All over her music.
** "Rosa" is extremely saddening and gloomy and "Avi" is similar. There is a somewhat sensitive/introverted feel to the whole album with the simple, lonely vocals.
** Very frequent all over Halfaxa, "Devon", "Swan Song" and "Favriel" in particular.
** Misc songs on Visions, like "Genesis", "Oblivion", "Vowels" and "Skin".
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* WeUsedToBeFriends: "Pin".
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* OlderThanTheyLook: She is currently 26 years old, but honestly looks way younger.

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* OlderThanTheyLook: She is currently 26 28 years old, but honestly looks way younger.
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* DarkerAndEdgier: The demo of "Realiti" compared to the more upbeat album version.

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Claire Boucher, better known by her [[StageNames stage name]] Grimes, a reference to the artist Ken Grimes, is a [[UsefulNotes/{{Canada}} Canadian]] electronic musician, artist and music video director.

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Claire Boucher, better known by her [[StageNames stage name]] Grimes, a reference to the artist Ken Grimes, Grimes (and Grime music), is a [[UsefulNotes/{{Canada}} Canadian]] electronic musician, artist and music video director.


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* NewSoundAlbum: ''Art Angels'' is definitely one of these. She changed the electronic-lo-fi-dream-pop to a louder, direct electropop sound.


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* TakeThatCritics: "California", from ''Art Angels'' is a diss track to Pitchfork.
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* CarefulWithThatAxe: The appropriately named "Scream" off of Art Angels.
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* TakeThatAudience: During a pool party at Richie Hawtin's house in Ibiza for an online show, in front of several major [=DJs=] who meant SeriousBusiness, she did SomethingCompletelyDifferent and [[http://www.nme.com/news/grimes/72044 trolled everyone]] by playing a set full of [[RefugeInAudacity cheesy pop music]]; primarily Music/TaylorSwift, Music/MariahCarey (specifically "All I Want for Christmas is You"), and the Vengaboys. Off an ''[[CrossingTheLineTwice iPod]]''. Predictably, people were angry.

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* TakeThatAudience: During a pool party at Richie Hawtin's house in Ibiza for an online show, in front of several major [=DJs=] who meant SeriousBusiness, she did SomethingCompletelyDifferent and [[http://www.nme.com/news/grimes/72044 trolled everyone]] by playing a set full of [[RefugeInAudacity cheesy pop music]]; primarily Music/TaylorSwift, Music/MariahCarey (specifically "All I Want for Christmas is You"), and the Vengaboys. Off an ''[[CrossingTheLineTwice ''[[CrossesTheLineTwice iPod]]''. Predictably, people were angry.
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* LikeIsLikeAComma: It's pointed out how often she inserts "like" into her sentences. She even lampshades this by [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=an80V0MvaQM saying she talks like a valley girl]].

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* LikeIsLikeAComma: It's pointed out how often she inserts "like" into her sentences. She even lampshades this by [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=an80V0MvaQM saying she talks like a valley girl]].girl.
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Claire Boucher, better known by her [[StageNames stage name]] Grimes, a reference to the artist Ken Grimes, is a Canadian electronic musician, artist and music video director.

Born and raised in Vancouver, she started writing and recording songs while in college, which made her miss a great number of classes and ended up with her being expelled from her university. Not so bad, as now she could dedicate herself to be a full-time musician, collaborating with various DJ s such as Majical Cloudz, making an EP with musician d'Eon and opening shows to singer Lykke Li.

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Claire Boucher, better known by her [[StageNames stage name]] Grimes, a reference to the artist Ken Grimes, is a Canadian [[UsefulNotes/{{Canada}} Canadian]] electronic musician, artist and music video director.

Born and raised in Vancouver, she started writing and recording songs while in college, which made her miss a great number of classes and ended up with her being expelled from her university. Not so bad, as now she could dedicate herself to be a full-time musician, collaborating with various DJ s DJ's such as Majical Cloudz, making an EP with musician d'Eon and opening shows to singer Lykke Li.









* HeartSymbol: ''Infinite ❤ Without Fulfillment''.
* LikeIsLikeAComma: It's pointed out how often she inserts "like" into her sentences. She even lampshades this by [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=an80V0MvaQM saying she talks like a valley girl]].
* LyricalDissonance: A great deal of songs in the ''Visions'' album, including the opening track ''Infinite ❤ Without Fulfillment'', ''Genesis'', ''Oblivion'', among others. "Oblivion" is actually about a sexual assault incident Grimes experienced as a teenager and features the chorus, "See you on a dark night."
* NeoClassicalPunkZydecoRockabilly: As newspaper The Guardian summarized, "By sounding a little like everything you've ever heard, the whole sounds like nothing you've ever heard". Grimes herself describes her style as "ADD musics".

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* HeartSymbol: ''Infinite "Infinite ❤ Without Fulfillment''.
Fulfillment."
* LikeIsLikeAComma: It's pointed out how often she inserts "like" into her sentences. She even lampshades this by [[http://www.[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=an80V0MvaQM saying she talks like a valley girl]].
* LyricalDissonance: A great deal of songs in the ''Visions'' album, including the opening track ''Infinite "Infinite ❤ Without Fulfillment'', ''Genesis'', ''Oblivion'', Fulfillment," "Genesis," "Oblivion," among others. "Oblivion" is actually about a sexual assault incident Grimes experienced as a teenager and features the chorus, "See you on a dark night."
* NeoClassicalPunkZydecoRockabilly: As newspaper The Guardian summarized, "By sounding a little like everything you've ever heard, the whole sounds like nothing you've ever heard". heard." Grimes herself describes her style as "ADD musics".musics."



* OneWomanSong: ''Vanessa''.

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* OneWomanSong: ''Vanessa''."Vanessa."



* TakeThatAudience: During a pool party at Richie Hawtin's house in Ibiza for an online show, in front of several major [=DJs=] who meant SeriousBusiness, she did SomethingCompletelyDifferent and [[http://www.nme.com/news/grimes/72044 trolled everyone]] by playing a set full of [[RefugeInAudacity cheesy pop music]]; primarily Music/TaylorSwift, Music/MariahCarey (specifically "All I Want for Christmas Is You"), and the Vengaboys. Off an ''[[CrossingTheLineTwice iPod]]''. Predictably, people were angry.

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* TakeThatAudience: During a pool party at Richie Hawtin's house in Ibiza for an online show, in front of several major [=DJs=] who meant SeriousBusiness, she did SomethingCompletelyDifferent and [[http://www.nme.com/news/grimes/72044 trolled everyone]] by playing a set full of [[RefugeInAudacity cheesy pop music]]; primarily Music/TaylorSwift, Music/MariahCarey (specifically "All I Want for Christmas Is is You"), and the Vengaboys. Off an ''[[CrossingTheLineTwice iPod]]''. Predictably, people were angry.
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* ''Art Angels'' (2015)
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* LyricalDissonance: A great deal of songs in the ''Visions'' album, including the opening track ''Infinite ❤ Without Fulfillment'', ''Genesis'', ''Oblivion'', among others. "Oblivion" is actually about a sexual assault incident Grimes experienced as a teenager and features the chorus, "See you in the dark night."

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* LyricalDissonance: A great deal of songs in the ''Visions'' album, including the opening track ''Infinite ❤ Without Fulfillment'', ''Genesis'', ''Oblivion'', among others. "Oblivion" is actually about a sexual assault incident Grimes experienced as a teenager and features the chorus, "See you in the on a dark night."
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* OlderThanTheyLook: She is currently 24 years old, but honestly looks way younger.

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* OlderThanTheyLook: She is currently 24 26 years old, but honestly looks way younger.

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* LyricalDissonance: A great deal of songs in the ''Visions'' album, including the opening track ''Infinite ❤ Without Fulfillment'', ''Genesis'', ''Oblivion'', among others.

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* LyricalDissonance: A great deal of songs in the ''Visions'' album, including the opening track ''Infinite ❤ Without Fulfillment'', ''Genesis'', ''Oblivion'', among others. "Oblivion" is actually about a sexual assault incident Grimes experienced as a teenager and features the chorus, "See you in the dark night."



* OneOfUs: She has listed as her influences works such as LarsVonTrier, DavidLynch, Literature/HarryPotter, {{Manga/AKIRA}}, NinjaScroll, Literature/TheLordOfTheRings, Literature/TheMasterAndMargarita, and KoreanPopMusic.
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* LikeIsLikeAComma: It's pointed out how often she inserts "like" into her sentences. She even lampshades this by [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=an80V0MvaQM saying she talks like a valley girl]].
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* TakeThatAudience: During a performance at Richie Hawtin's house in Ibiza for an online show, in front of several major [=DJs=] who meant SeriousBusiness, she did SomethingCompletelyDifferent and [[http://www.nme.com/news/grimes/72044 trolled everyone by playing a set full of cheesy pop music]]; primarily Music/TaylorSwift, Music/MariahCarey (specifically "All I Want for Christmas Is You"), and the Vengaboys. Off an ''[[CrossingTheLineTwice iPod]]''. Predictably, [[DudeNotFunny people were angry.]]

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* TakeThatAudience: During a performance pool party at Richie Hawtin's house in Ibiza for an online show, in front of several major [=DJs=] who meant SeriousBusiness, she did SomethingCompletelyDifferent and [[http://www.nme.com/news/grimes/72044 trolled everyone everyone]] by playing a set full of [[RefugeInAudacity cheesy pop music]]; primarily Music/TaylorSwift, Music/MariahCarey (specifically "All I Want for Christmas Is You"), and the Vengaboys. Off an ''[[CrossingTheLineTwice iPod]]''. Predictably, [[DudeNotFunny people were angry.]]
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* TakeThatAudience: During a performance at Richie Hawtin's house in Ibiza for an online show, in front of several major [=DJs=] who meant SeriousBusiness, she did SomethingCompletelyDifferent and [[http://www.nme.com/news/grimes/72044 trolled everyone by playing a set full of cheesy pop music]]; primarily Music/TaylorSwift, Music/MariahCarey (specifically "All I Want for Christmas Is You"), and the Vengaboys. Off an ''[[CrossingTheLineTwice iPod]]''.

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* TakeThatAudience: During a performance at Richie Hawtin's house in Ibiza for an online show, in front of several major [=DJs=] who meant SeriousBusiness, she did SomethingCompletelyDifferent and [[http://www.nme.com/news/grimes/72044 trolled everyone by playing a set full of cheesy pop music]]; primarily Music/TaylorSwift, Music/MariahCarey (specifically "All I Want for Christmas Is You"), and the Vengaboys. Off an ''[[CrossingTheLineTwice iPod]]''. Predictably, [[DudeNotFunny people were angry.]]
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* TakeThatAudience: During a performance at Richie Hawtin's house in Ibiza for an online show, in front of several major DJs who meant SeriousBusiness, she [[http://www.nme.com/news/grimes/72044 trolled everyone by playing a set full of cheesy pop music]]; primarily Music/TaylorSwift, Music/MariahCarey (specifically "All I Want for Christmas Is You"), and the Vengaboys. ''[[CrossingTheLineTwice Off an iPod]].''

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* TakeThatAudience: During a performance at Richie Hawtin's house in Ibiza for an online show, in front of several major DJs [=DJs=] who meant SeriousBusiness, she did SomethingCompletelyDifferent and [[http://www.nme.com/news/grimes/72044 trolled everyone by playing a set full of cheesy pop music]]; primarily Music/TaylorSwift, Music/MariahCarey (specifically "All I Want for Christmas Is You"), and the Vengaboys. Off an ''[[CrossingTheLineTwice Off an iPod]].''iPod]]''.
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* TakeThatAudience: During a performance at Richie Hawtin's house in Ibiza for an online show, she [[http://www.nme.com/news/grimes/72044 trolled everyone by playing a set full of cheesy pop music]]; primarily Music/TaylorSwift, Music/MariahCarey (specifically "All I Want for Christmas Is You"), and the Vengaboys. ''[[CrossingTheLineTwice Off an iPod]].''

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* TakeThatAudience: During a performance at Richie Hawtin's house in Ibiza for an online show, in front of several major DJs who meant SeriousBusiness, she [[http://www.nme.com/news/grimes/72044 trolled everyone by playing a set full of cheesy pop music]]; primarily Music/TaylorSwift, Music/MariahCarey (specifically "All I Want for Christmas Is You"), and the Vengaboys. ''[[CrossingTheLineTwice Off an iPod]].''
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* TakeThatAudience: During a performance at Richie Hawtin's house in Ibiza for an online show, she [[http://www.nme.com/news/grimes/72044 trolled everyone by playing a set full of cheesy pop music]]; primarily Music/TaylorSwift, Music/MariahCarey (specifically "All I Want for Christmas Is You"), and the Vengaboys. ''[[CrossingTheLineTwice Off an iPod]].''
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* BerserkButton: In a [[http://actuallygrimes.tumblr.com/post/48744769552/i-dont-want-to-have-to-compromise-my-morals-in-order recent blog post]] she not only lashed out on people sexualizing her and referring to her as "cute" or "waif-like", she even went as far as to cancel the remainder of her world tour due to being royally pissed off by that behavior.

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* ArtistDisillusionment / BerserkButton: In a [[http://actuallygrimes.tumblr.com/post/48744769552/i-dont-want-to-have-to-compromise-my-morals-in-order recent blog post]] she not only lashed out on people sexualizing her and referring to her as "cute" or "waif-like", she even went as far as to cancel the remainder of her world tour due to being royally pissed off by that behavior.

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* BerserkButton: In a [[http://actuallygrimes.tumblr.com/post/48744769552/i-dont-want-to-have-to-compromise-my-morals-in-order recent blog post]] she not only lashed out on people sexualizing her and referring to her as "cute" or "waif-like", she even went as far as to cancel the remainder of her world tour due to being royally pissed off by that behavior.



* BerserkButton: In a [[http://actuallygrimes.tumblr.com/post/48744769552/i-dont-want-to-have-to-compromise-my-morals-in-order recent blog post]] she not only lashed out on people sexualizing her and referring to her as "cute" or "waif-like", she even went as far as to cancel the remainder of her world tour due to being royally pissed off by that behavior.

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* BerserkButton: In a [[http://actuallygrimes.tumblr.com/post/48744769552/i-dont-want-to-have-to-compromise-my-morals-in-order recent blog post]] she not only lashed out on people sexualizing her and referring to her as "cute" or "waif-like", she even went as far as to cancel the remainder of her world tour due to being royally pissed off by that behavior.
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* OneOfUs: She has listed as her influences works such as LarsVonTrier, DavidLynch, HarryPotter, {{Manga/AKIRA}}, NinjaScroll, TheLordOfTheRings, TheMasterAndMargarita, and KoreanPopMusic.

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* OneOfUs: She has listed as her influences works such as LarsVonTrier, DavidLynch, HarryPotter, Literature/HarryPotter, {{Manga/AKIRA}}, NinjaScroll, TheLordOfTheRings, TheMasterAndMargarita, Literature/TheLordOfTheRings, Literature/TheMasterAndMargarita, and KoreanPopMusic.
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* BerserkButton: In a [[http://actuallygrimes.tumblr.com/post/48744769552/i-dont-want-to-have-to-compromise-my-morals-in-order recent blog post]] she not only lashed out on people sexualizing her and referring to her as "cute" or "waif-like", she even went as far as to cancel the remainder of her world tour.

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* BerserkButton: In a [[http://actuallygrimes.tumblr.com/post/48744769552/i-dont-want-to-have-to-compromise-my-morals-in-order recent blog post]] she not only lashed out on people sexualizing her and referring to her as "cute" or "waif-like", she even went as far as to cancel the remainder of her world tour.tour due to being royally pissed off by that behavior.
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[[caption-width-right:350:Claire Boucher a.k.a. Grimes]]
Claire Boucher, better known by her [[StageNames stage name]] Grimes, a reference to the artist Ken Grimes, is a Canadian electronic musician, artist and music video director.

Born and raised in Vancouver, she started writing and recording songs while in college, which made her miss a great number of classes and ended up with her being expelled from her university. Not so bad, as now she could dedicate herself to be a full-time musician, collaborating with various DJ s such as Majical Cloudz, making an EP with musician d'Eon and opening shows to singer Lykke Li.

Grimes musical style is mostly electronic and experimental, though it ranges [[NeoClassicalPunkZydecoRockabilly a lot]].

!! Discography so far:

'''Albums:'''
* ''Geidi Primes'' (2010)
* ''Halfaxa'' (2010)
* ''Visions'' (2012)

'''Extended Plays:'''
* ''Darkbloom'' (2011, in collaboration with musician d'Eon)

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!! Grimes and her music contains examples of:

* DyeHard: Already dyed her hair with colors such as pink and blue.
* EchoingAcoustics: Reverb is pretty much ''everywhere'', but notably used in ''Genesis'' and ''Skin''.
* HeartSymbol: ''Infinite ❤ Without Fulfillment''.
* LyricalDissonance: A great deal of songs in the ''Visions'' album, including the opening track ''Infinite ❤ Without Fulfillment'', ''Genesis'', ''Oblivion'', among others.
* NeoClassicalPunkZydecoRockabilly: As newspaper The Guardian summarized, "By sounding a little like everything you've ever heard, the whole sounds like nothing you've ever heard". Grimes herself describes her style as "ADD musics".
* OlderThanTheyLook: She is currently 24 years old, but honestly looks way younger.
* OneOfUs: She has listed as her influences works such as LarsVonTrier, DavidLynch, HarryPotter, {{Manga/AKIRA}}, NinjaScroll, TheLordOfTheRings, TheMasterAndMargarita, and KoreanPopMusic.
* OneWomanSong: ''Vanessa''.
* SelfBackingVocalist: Pretty much all of the backing vocals are just layers of her own vocals.
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