Grimes (musician)

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Grimes
Grimes performing at the Governors Ball Music Festival in New York City on June 9, 2014
Born
Claire Elise Boucher

( 1988-03-17 ) March 17, 1988 (age 36)
Vancouver , British Columbia , Canada
Other names c [1]
Education McGill University (no degree)
Occupations
  • Musician
  • singer
  • songwriter
  • record producer
  • music video director
  • visual artist
Years active 2007?present
Partner Elon Musk (2018?2021)
Children 3
Awards Full list
Musical career
Origin Montreal, Quebec , Canada
Genres
Instruments
  • Vocals
  • piano
  • synthesizer
Labels
Website grimesmusic .com

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 .

Early life [ change | change source ]

Boucher grew up in Vancouver . When she was 18 she moved to Montreal to study neuroscience and Russian at McGill University . [2]

Career [ change | change source ]

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]

Personal life [ change | change source ]

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.

References [ change | change source ]

  1. ↑ 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. ↑ 2.0 2.1 "Fashion Editorial & Stories - Farfetch" . www.farfetch.com .
  3. ↑ "d'Eon / Grimes: Darkbloom EP" . Pitchfork .
  4. ↑ "Grimes: Geidi Primes" . Pitchfork .
  5. ↑ "Grimes: Visions" . Pitchfork .
  6. ↑ "AllMusic Best of 2012" . AllMusic .
  7. ↑ Soghomonian, Talia (20 November 2012). "50 Best Albums Of 2012" . NME .
  8. ↑ "Grimes Signs to Jay Z's Roc Nation" . 17 December 2013.
  9. ↑ Cubarrubia, RJ (April 24, 2013). "Grimes Rails Against Sexism: 'I'm Done With Being Passive' " . Rolling Stone . Retrieved July 19, 2020 .
  10. ↑ 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 .
  11. ↑ Singh, Edith (May 25, 2020). "Elon Musk and Grimes have changed their baby's name. A bit" . CNN Entertainment . Retrieved May 27, 2020 .
  12. ↑ Szalai, Jennifer (September 9, 2023). "Elon Musk Wants to Save Humanity. The Only Problem: People" . The New York Times . Retrieved September 13, 2023 .
  13. ↑ Owoseje, Toyin (March 11, 2022). "Grimes and Elon Musk secretly welcomed their second child in December" . CNN Entertainment . Retrieved November 25, 2022 .

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