Grimes

Recently, Grimes released new song, which is a great reason to write about her. J She is not only a musician and singer-songwriter, but also a producer and music video director. She is born and raised in Vancouver, but she did not get interested in music until she moved to Montreal, where she came in order to study neuroscience (!).

One of her friends, involved in the underground electronic music scene, introduced her to the techniques of making music. She liked it very much and quickly started to neglect  her studies because she preferred to develop her music skills rather than attend classes. Luckily, this choice turned out to be advantageous to her. Today, Grimes is one of the most prominent figures of contemporary electronic music.

The story about her stage name is very interesting. In one of the interviews, Claire Boucher (because that is her real name) explained that she wanted a pseudonym that would be “something aggressive and masculine” as not to stand out from the other electronic musicians who were (and still are, though it changes) mainly men.

And what about the new track? It is called “Realiti” and was shot during Grimes’ tour in Asia. Even if it was released a few time ago, I have listened it from that moment many times and it puts me in a good mood every time, so I want to share it with you. :)