Grimes/Claire Boucher thread

She should make a black metal album. Fans are used to overlooking politically problematic lyrics.

we should probably just have one thread where we tell all the female artists how they should be conducting their careers.

tbf I'd find Elon Musk a little more entertaining if he was some random local dude who had goofy ideas instead of a billionaire who likes being a celebrity. kind of a social responsibility to live up to when your influence extends beyond your reach

i'd be more tolerant of her ridiculous antics and embarrassing choice of partner if her music was still as great as it was a few years ago. the new album isn't bad but it's hard to feel excited about

as was said upthread she said plenty of poorly thought out ridiculous things before but that was much more endearing when she wasn't dating a tech billionaire who represents the worst of those sort of tech futurist ideas

we should probably just have one thread where we tell all the female artists how they should be conducting their careers.

― Evans on Hammond (evol j), Monday, November 25, 2019 3:22 PM (four hours ago) bookmarkflaglink

Congratulations you’ve cracked the code

how about one thousand posts where I tell everyone that Grimes is a dick

feel like some outlandish percentage like 75% of ilm distaste for grimes is bc she dated musk for a minute. i do understand since he's pretty distasteful and esp for ilx politics/aesthetics but seems so harsh to run her down bc of a very short romance.

― Mordy, Monday, November 25, 2019 11:59 AM (ten hours ago) bookmarkflaglink

in what way is this an ilm thing and not a common experience among music types in general

Listened to it today. It's not bad! Singles are great and IDORU is good too. Definitely sounds like an unfinished mix/master. Vocal recording/performance and production is the best she's done to this point. Production behind those vocals sounds fairly generic and uninspired compared to her earlier albums. If they can flesh that out, it's a solid record

I liked IDORU a lot. the album is good, but I'll most likely wait until the thing is actually out before I spend more time with it.

the interviews with LDR and Brit Marling were pretty interesting. She has interesting and intelligent things to say.

"she dated musk for a minute." she's still dating him so it's been a very long minute

Reversing the ravages of age seemed like a lot to hope for, but what we did get was a shipping container-based art installation called AI Meditations. Created by Grimes in collaboration with technologist Matt Aimonetti, a sign at the entrance explained that it had been developed as an alternative meditation tool for those who disagree with the received wisdom that nature is inherently calming. “If you’ve grown up with the internet, your natural home is the digital realm,” it read. “As a cyborg, too much exposure to nature and peace can cause feelings of disconnection, making meditation through traditional avenues difficult.”

this is pretty funny. i'm back on the train

Get ready to be transported to a @CyberpunkGame future with a performance by @Grimezsz at #TheGameAwards! 🤖 pic.twitter.com/GizjHAccpc

— The Game Awards (@thegameawards) December 13, 2019

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if you like this, cool, but then you must also like track #14 on every mp3.com best of the month CD-ROM from 2002 as well

sorry, i'm being rude. tripping balls with mike huckabee

As opposed to track #12, which is CFCF's Liquid Colours.

not that there's anything wrong with that

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TGwmFIphNcg

incapable of not loving this

i'm gonna like this record so much :(

We're all going to become libertarian billionaires after this

that's the hell that grimes' current musical output implies, yes.

She's forcing our hands!

she's forcing something, that's for sure. . .

Everything from the new one is pretty great, stoked if We Appreciate power will wind up as a bonus track though the site I just checked didn’t have it on any edition but maybe their info is incorrect.

https://youtu.be/57cHzg9lszE

And the cyberpunk performance.

zzzzzzzzz

I'm not going to link to Grimes' Tweet, which is presumably meant to announce she is carrying Elon Musk's child. Feel free to search it out yourselves, if you dare.

tbc, it's nsfw.

tbc it’s lol

prudes

🪐🗡_ pic.twitter.com/3WXN1H22Mz

— ༺GRIM ≡ﾟS༻ (@Grimezsz) January 8, 2020

What do the stupid emojis mean?

Boomer-ing post.

Title OTM:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gvzC8MmC850

dang this is like the 7th song on a CMJ covermound cd from 1998

I'm hearing some sonic nods to Nashville (mainstream country not the rootsy No Depression type stuff) that would've been pretty unusual for a '98 CMJ song.

the way she records guitars sounds so terrible

I can't hear it over the sound of my DGAF

I hear “Wonderwall”

I'm hearing some sonic nods to Nashville (mainstream country not the rootsy No Depression type stuff) that would've been pretty unusual for a '98 CMJ song.

i think modern mainstream country shares a similar hamfisted sonic aesthetic with both this song and 1998 major label alterna-landfill for sure

The banjos really push it from "delete" to "delete forever"

unsurprisingly i like this. weird record

the way she records guitars sounds so terrible

― ufo, Wednesday, February 12, 2020 8:13 PM (yesterday) bookmarkflaglink

not hearing that with this one. it really does sound like a cut-up "wonderwall" sample

I can’t unhear the wonderwall now. I like it better towards the end, and it’s good that it stays short. The video is interesting - her hands look terrifying and it must be pretty noisy there in the actual shoot with all the fans blowing.

I was about to post “ unsurprisingly I like this” so brad otm

(I’m sure some of the background isn’t actually there, but at least on my phone, it’s hard to tell how much)

https://i.imgur.com/rmdSx.gif

I'm hearing some sonic nods to Nashville (mainstream country not the rootsy No Depression type stuff) that would've been pretty unusual for a '98 CMJ song.

― o. nate, Wednesday, February 12, 2020 8:50 PM (yesterday) bookmarkflaglink

i don't get this at all, how does it relate to Alan Jackson or Brooks and Dunn who were mainstream country in 98

i mean basically taking an indie rock song and adding some superficial banjo and pedal steel

unsurprisingly i like this. weird record

― american bradass (BradNelson), Thursday, February 13, 2020 9:09 AM (twenty-five minutes ago) bookmarkflaglink

how is it weird??? if this wasn't grimes and just some b-list indie rock singer who got a song placed in a commercial one time none of you would even give this the time of day!

I mean at this point whether its cod 98 pop alt indie or cod Orgy singles all this stuff being interesting is only interesting in the light of it being by Grimes and how invested you are in the fact that Grimes is interesting and important and therefore the stuff she does is interesting because it either plays into the existing Grimes mythos or goes against them

man i don't even want to like this album, it's just happening

if you want to assume anything about my investment in grimes: the persona, let me assure you i have absolutely none