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Grimes
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Grimes performing at the Governors Ball Music Festival in New York City on June 9, 2014
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Born
| Claire Elise Boucher
(
1988-03-17
)
March 17, 1988
(age 36)
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Other names
| c
[1]
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Education
| McGill University
(no degree)
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Occupations
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- Musician
- singer
- songwriter
- record producer
- music video director
- visual artist
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Years active
| 2007?present
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Partner
| Elon Musk
(2018?2021)
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Children
| 3
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Awards
| Full list
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Musical career
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Origin
| Montreal, Quebec
, Canada
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Genres
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Instruments
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Labels
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Website
| grimesmusic
.com
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Claire Elise Boucher
(born March 17, 1988), better known as
Grimes
, is a
Canadian
musician
and
artist
. She was born in
Vancouver
in
British Columbia
.
Boucher grew up in
Vancouver
. When she was 18 she moved to
Montreal
to study
neuroscience
and
Russian
at
McGill University
.
[2]
She wrote on her Tumblr account that she started Grimes in 2009 when she first heard
Mariah Carey
.
[2]
She released her first album,
Geidi Primes
in 2010 on
cassette
. In 2011 she released an
EP
with
d'Eon
called
Darkbloom
.
[3]
In January 2012 she was signed to the
record label
4AD
. Pitchfork gave the album of a score of 7.5 out of 10.
[4]
On January 9, 2012 she released the single "Genesis".
Brooke Candy
was in the
music video
.
Grimes released her third album
Visions
on January 31, 2012 in the United States. It got mostly good reviews from music critics.
Pitchfork
gave the album a score of 8.5 out of 10.
[5]
Allmusic
called it the best album of 2012.
[6]
NME
chose it as the second best album of 2012.
[7]
In 2013 it was given the
Juno Award
for Electronic Album of the year.
In December 2013 Grimes signed to
Jay-Z
's management company
Roc Nation
.
[8]
She is a
feminist
and
autistic
.
[9]
[10]
In 2018, she became
partners
with
Elon Musk
. They have two sons, X Æ A-Xii and Techno Mechanicus "Tau" Musk,
[11]
[12]
and one daughter, Exa Dark Sideræl.
[13]
In October 2021, Grimes and Musk separated.
- ↑
Hudson, Laura (May 19, 2018).
"Encouraged by Elon Musk, Grimes changed her name to the speed of light"
.
The Verge
.
Archived
from the original on July 5, 2018
. Retrieved
November 11,
2018
.
- ↑
2.0
2.1
"Fashion Editorial & Stories - Farfetch"
.
www.farfetch.com
.
- ↑
"d'Eon / Grimes: Darkbloom EP"
.
Pitchfork
.
- ↑
"Grimes: Geidi Primes"
.
Pitchfork
.
- ↑
"Grimes: Visions"
.
Pitchfork
.
- ↑
"AllMusic Best of 2012"
.
AllMusic
.
- ↑
Soghomonian, Talia (20 November 2012).
"50 Best Albums Of 2012"
.
NME
.
- ↑
"Grimes Signs to Jay Z's Roc Nation"
. 17 December 2013.
- ↑
Cubarrubia, RJ (April 24, 2013).
"Grimes Rails Against Sexism: 'I'm Done With Being Passive'
"
.
Rolling Stone
. Retrieved
July 19,
2020
.
- ↑
Rossignol, Derrick (August 22, 2023).
"Grimes Recently Learned She Is Autistic And Revealed How She Realized That Might Be The Case"
.
Uproxx
. Retrieved
September 13,
2023
.
- ↑
Singh, Edith (May 25, 2020).
"Elon Musk and Grimes have changed their baby's name. A bit"
.
CNN Entertainment
. Retrieved
May 27,
2020
.
- ↑
Szalai, Jennifer (September 9, 2023).
"Elon Musk Wants to Save Humanity. The Only Problem: People"
.
The New York Times
. Retrieved
September 13,
2023
.
- ↑
Owoseje, Toyin (March 11, 2022).
"Grimes and Elon Musk secretly welcomed their second child in December"
.
CNN Entertainment
. Retrieved
November 25,
2022
.