Grimes, the indie electro-pop love child, just put out a statement that she was releasing her new album in 2018. For those who don’t know Grimes, she is a Canadian singer, songwriter, record producer and music video director. She is an extremely talented artist that does all her visuals for her own music videos and has really branded herself into a steady rise to stardom.
She got her start from writing experimental music while attending McGill University in Montreal. Although it was experimental, it combined all her talents to create something that has never been done before. It’s hard to put her in a genre since she is she is so original. She never loses sight of what made her big and continues to put out music that is true to herself but also music that tops what she is previously done. She really got her big break with her 2012 album release Visions which included songs like “Genesis,” “Oblivion,” and “Be A Body.” Not only did she make all the beats, sang all the vocals, played all the instruments and drew all the album artwork, she only did it in under a month with GarageBand, Adderall, and food her friends brought to her. Rolling Stone even called her, “The Triumph of a Self-Made Oddball.”
Check out the music video that started it all:
She gained a lot of popularity from her video, “Genesis” which was released August 22nd, 2012. She started off small but gained her audience from being completely out of the ordinary and setting a standard for popular electro-pop. Her video current day now has 50 million views. She is also a popular festival headliner.
Just check out this one-woman show in action:
It took three years after her album Visions to release her 2015 release, Art Angels which produced one of the best music videos of 2017 featuring Janelle Monáe. The video originally premiered on Tidal, but then shortly made its way to YouTube. Thank God because I can’t afford Tidal, but this video tempted me to put my credit card information in.
Check it out here:
Other highlights from her album included, “Flesh without Blood” and “Kill V. Maim.” So what can we expect from her next album? She states that she is venturing into “unexplored sonic landscapes” as she writes new music. I would expect her to do something crazy weird with this album, like maybe even put a punk element in it. Her 2015 album was so great because she got even weirder with her music, so I expect this album to be something we would never expect, but with the same level of creative genius, we all know she has, and what we are all secretly jealous of.
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