Grimes/Claire Boucher thread

I have not read the rest of the answers yet, but this struck me:

What's the worst that happens -- it "backfires," and she sucks impressionable youth into sincerely identifying w/the villain schitck? What's the chance of that? Doesn't everyone hate her now; and isn't that her point about it being freeing, and trying to spin something productive out of all the negativity being directed at her?

This was explored much more successfully in the early 1940s by a man that was much smarter than myself. He called it L’Étranger. Other very smart people have written classic songs about this.

Grimes needs to brush up on her history, I reckon.

Back to the rest of the replies now. . .

. . .and, upon doing so, I guess my main thing is, this is egregiously terrible:

Dark is going to be my main alter ego,” she says. “It’s visually the best thing I’ve ever come up with. Everyone is very tired of me making metal and screamo and stuff, so that can just be Dark.”

For many reasons. Yes, I'm deeply and personally by her words here. No, I would not like to discuss it.

Discontinuing my interest in her music was a wise decision; that is abundantly clear now.

bc it's corny or... some other reason? that seems like a pretty dramatic response to that quote.

He doesn’t want to discuss it!!

In my personal life I do this too. If someone does something corny or embarrassing I take it as a personal attack and remove them from my life. And when questioned I solemnly tell them I don’t want to talk about it.

Hi Treesh,

The reason I am not willing to discuss it any further is because, as a person living with a Dissociative Personality Disorder, it is discouraging to see people flippantly use this as a means for "art." The way my brain adapted to handle my father's intense physical and psychological abuse when I was five years old created Andy. Andy makes music for therapy now.

It's all indicative of the terrifying and reprehensible recent sway towards the glamourization of serious mental illness. If Claire would truly like to draw attention to things she feels need some, she would do so in a respectful and provocative way; as opposed to just being provocative for the sake of being so. She would like my attention very much.

But that will never happen because she is a speaker, not a listener.

If she would like to continue to play with her "alter-egos" that everyone "hates", she is welcome to do so. If she would like to trade places and incur the trauma that I did, so her art is more vivid and legit, she is more than welcome to. I hope she likes being locked alone in dark basements for days at a time, with random unexplained beatings inflicted upon her.

For the record, I do not want anyone to experience what I have. Thanks for reading.🙂

with all due respect "alter egos" used in music are common and are generally not a reference to dissociative personality disorder or other mental illnesses

yeah, i didn't even think of dissociative identity disorder at all when i read that statement from grimes. it's about performance. i understand if it is triggering for you though austin and have full sympathy for that

yes i should state that i am in full agreement with treeship's last statement

I am not looking for sympathy. Andy is about to finish his solo album and I'm fucking excited for it.

However, making statements like:

Everyone is very tired of me making metal and screamo and stuff, so that can just be Dark.

Is exceedingly irresponsible. There are several valid perspectives on why; I will just go with this one: tumblr kids are v impressionable.

right there with you Austin, well put

"everyone is tired of me making metal and screamo and stuff" seems kinda overstated when she's released like... two tracks total that are even adjacent to that ("scream" and "we appreciate power")

have we forgotten the suicide squad soundtrack so soon?

lol she was on the suicide squad soundtrack?

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=OXor30_XZMY

also her collab with poppy

I haven't heard any of her collaborations, but she also did stuffwith Bring Me to the Horizon and the guy from Mindless Self Indulgence.

feel like it's hard to top Microsoft's artistic contribution to this subject matter https://twitter.com/tayandyou

Pretty Dark isn’t a bad song.

https://i.imgur.com/r3noYkL.jpg

https://i.imgur.com/6AkZvj8.jpg

you have to admit this absolutely shits on wahlberg's normie efforts

Words to live by.

at this point i can't tell how much of that is like 'in character' or not

Using regiment to mean regimen is just one of those things that really pisses me off.

Eheh, that is "American Psycho" level freaky (not the psycho killer part, eh) !

I don't believe her about the surgery

assume the whole thing is just trolling right?

I think the term "trolling" doesn't give her enough credit for a very self-aware (and pretty hilarious) post.

“Astro-glide” lmfao

I think the term "trolling" doesn't give her enough credit for a very self-aware (and pretty hilarious) post.

otm

Tbh rich ppl lifestyle habits are parody-proof at this point so who even knows what % of this is a joke

yes but this is a v obvious joke

Injecting the blood of the young read like a too-on-the-nose joke too

lmao @ “an orange ultra flex polymer”

v defensive

i dunno. never having to configure blue light filters on screens again.... pretty handy stuff

It's a joke, but it's a mid-season Black Mirror episode of joke. Or one I can see her making a lot better two years ago.

Man this is embarrassing.

You mean people taking it literally?

^

That must be yeah.

But I think we are ready to move past ‘trolling as humour’ culture.

as a troll this is p harmless. and actually funny.

Agreed it’s harmless, its really cringy if you don’t find it funny. Different strokes!

It's all fun and games until someone jabs their corneas.

so wheres the music

you're so fleshbrained, flappy, this IS the new music

She ditched the album after being blown away by the ILM pre-cover version.

one must be laminated to hear it

The Guardian is on it: https://www.theguardian.com/music/shortcuts/2019/jul/17/peeled-eyeballs-isolation-tanks-and-neuroplastic-goals-is-grimess-training-regime-for-real

I read it as serious
Either way Adidas is getting their money’s worth

It's the latest avatar of the yanny/laurel controversy.