Grimes/Claire Boucher thread

I can never tell if she is trolling or like completely serious

i think both of those things are true

I was thinking it's been a very long time since her album was released. and no new music since then ?

I don't know why but I thought she would be the kind of artist who releases new tracks every now and then, spontaneously, online or else.

she's been tweeting regularly about how she's been working on the album. said she's aiming for Q2 2014 iirc. i'd say it's taking so long because she's been touring pretty relentlessly.

Yeah, every picture she posts is like "this is what bathtubs look like in Singapore" or "picture of me meeting this artist at yet another festival" or "check out my goofy tour rider".

yeah, I thought the touring/enjoying notoriety aspect might be key.
but still, nowadays, even on tour, I suppose it must be easy to make/record music, especiallly the way she seems to be working.

it's not like she needs to be in a studio with a producer, band, engineers, etc.

maybe she doesn't spend any time at all on music, maybe she just fucks around on tumblr for hours on end until she passes out

ahah. maybe !

otm

Signed with Roc Nation.

how many cute animals were in that contract

http://i.imgur.com/BMFQWBl.jpg

Wut

she's on instagram now as "actuallygrimes"

http://i.imgur.com/mT39CNP.png

http://pitchfork.com/news/53538-grimes-at-work-on-new-album-no-release-date-set/

"a toast, to all the Lorde money you'll be making us soon" xp

i wonder if jay-z is like me, in that he still listens to visions at least once a month

has blue ivy heard visions

has she stepped foot in an old navy

http://actuallygrimes.tumblr.com/post/84400601704/tbt

http://actuallygrimes.tumblr.com/post/86126857724/a-recording-of-my-voice-heehehoo

Thk u grimes for introducing me to "I luh you papi"

http://pitchfork.com/news/55446-grimes-says-she-wrote-a-song-for-rihanna-that-got-turned-down/

cool story bouch

I wrote a song for Rihanna too, got turned down tho, wanna hear it

re-recorder the visions songs ??
what the !?

tbh I'm intrigued. Some of the songs on Visions were cool but missing something.

hum. I can't see how this could be any good... reminds me of the thread about re-recorded albums (that are always shitty).
anyway, looking forward to the new album !

seems like she only re-recorded the tracks for her live show, not for release? makes sense, i'm sure she feels like she can make them sound a lot better now.

That's what I was thinking. Bedroom recordings sounding different at pitchfork fest or whatever. Haven't seen her live though, so I don't know.

https://soundcloud.com/actuallygrimes/go-1/

"The look is an anime elf assassin who is a big fan of dolly parton and patsy cline"

<3<3<3<3

I love the percussion in this (and the bass is cool too), like how she's using handclaps where hi hats would be, and the cool metallic kling klang stuff at the end! Grimes is so awesome!

oh wow.

how she's using handclaps where hi hats would be

has been done in that exact way on 50 million popular songs in the past 3 years fyi

lol at the avalanche of fan comments on there hating the EDM breakdown

uh it's decent i guess (not really, kinda boring actually) but if i didn't know it was grimes i don't think i would have given it even one full listen

i am glad she is angering her fans tho, they need to be angered more

Right.

I like this song a lot after two listens (wasn't sold after one).

I'd say at this point, I listen to a lot of music made my women. Probably more than music made by men. However, it creeps me out beyond belief when I see the fans of a lot of these women claim ownership of the particular artist's will and choices they make, and seeing how people were commenting on the new Grimes track just reminded me of that.

Quit being gross bossy fans, you dopes. These are grown ass women and they can do what they want...even if that means including a drop.

drop is dumb, song is pretty dumb

But are you suggesting that these fans claim ownership of a particular artist's will and choices because they are female? Because I'm pretty sure there would be the same amount of complaining if a track like this was put out by a male artist, like Panda Bear for instance.

I'm just saying I see it happen more with female artists, but I'm sure Austin Mahone and Twin Shadow and whoever else get a bit of it too.

lol at handclaps exchange

on first listen this does a better job of extending the Grimes brand into EDM than the taylor swift single from last summer did hers so w/e

It doesn't happen more often with women musicians. You're imagining things.

apparently this was the song written for rihanna

yeah that's the narrative

yeah it could be any fucker this.

However, it creeps me out beyond belief when I see the fans of a lot of these women claim ownership of the particular artist's will and choices they make, and seeing how people were commenting on the new Grimes track just reminded me of that.

Quit being gross bossy fans, you dopes. These are grown ass women and they can do what they want...even if that means including a drop.

people love the DIY aspects of "Visions," which Grimes made on her computer using Garageband. i personally really liked the album in part because the eclecticism of its influences felt really personal, right down to the akhmatova quotes on the album sleeve she designed herself. it's an indie album that appealed to indie fans with indie sensibilities. how do you expect them to react to this song? i get that some of the reactions are probably extreme and over-dramatic but i think most of the backlash is from fans who feel that grimes' music is important to them personally. many are probably teenagers. i don't think it has to do with not respecting her autonomy because she is a woman.

n.b. i like the new track fine.