UNCOVERING THE MIND OF GRIMES 

Claire Elise Boucher Also known as Grimes was born on March 17, 1988, in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. Her music career began while she was attending Montreal's McGill University to study neuroscience. Later she began to further and further distance herself from her degree and began experimenting with music and performing for friends. Her name originated from the genre grime music, so she later created the name Grimes out of it. She then dropped out of college to pursue her dreams, starting with the release of Geidi Primes in 2010 all based on Dune. It was the first experimental album she ever made. She also designed the cover art. The release was through Arbutus records which Grimes officially left after the release of her second Album Halfaxa (2010) in 2012. Halfaxa was mainly considered a "Headphones" album by the public. With all, its quirky and creative ambient sounds and combinations. In 2012 she left Arbutus records to then sign with 4AD a very popular record label. The year before, Grimes had just started working on her next album Visions. Visions was a long and difficult recording process using apple garage band and a completely darkened room. Her song Oblivion especially gained traction. Later, in 2015 she released Art Angels and began collaborating with a wide array of artists. In 2020 her latest album Ms.Antropocene was released. Over all the albums are her interesting music styles and how she combines sounds. Funnily enough, Grimes once labeled her music "ADD music" thanks to its ever-shifting tones and never being able to stick to one set of sounds. She tends to experiment with art pop, synth-pop, electronic, dream pop, R and B, and Dark Wave. Her visual music videos have a personal art to them as well. She tends to use bright bold colors and shifting scenes in a lot of her videos. The planning of the elaborate costumes and backstory elements are a major factor in her work. The artist currently is working on her sixth album "Book 1" expected to be released in 2023-2024.