Grimes
Grimes is a Canadian singer, songwriter and producer whose electronic pop connects homemade sound worlds, science fiction and visual storytelling.
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4ADOverview
- From
- Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
- Born
- March 17, 1988
- Work
- Singer, songwriter, producer and video director
- First album
- Geidi Primes, 2010
- Breakout
- Visions, 2012
Mini bio
How it started.
Born Claire Boucher in Vancouver, Grimes developed her music in Montreal. Hearing Panda Bear’s Person Pitch led her toward making loops in GarageBand. Her 2010 debut Geidi Primes came out on Arbutus Records, with a homemade sound and references to Frank Herbert’s Dune.
Finding her audience.
Visions became her breakthrough in 2012, with Oblivion and Genesis among its songs. It won the 2013 JUNO for Electronic Album of the Year. For Art Angels in 2015, she wrote and recorded the album herself, working mainly in her Los Angeles home studio and bringing in Janelle Monáe and Taiwanese rapper Aristophanes as guests.
Building new worlds.
Her fifth album, Miss Anthropocene, arrived in 2020 with songs including Delete Forever, Violence and 4ÆM. More recently, she has collaborated with Sub Focus, Cobrah and Hatsune Miku. In 2026 she discussed returning to music through poetry and rap, and released ACCELERANDO as part of her forthcoming Psy Opera project.
Creditschronological, newest first
Albums
- 2020Miss AnthropoceneRecording artist
- 2015Art AngelsWriter, recording artist and producer
- 2012VisionsRecording artist
- 2010Geidi PrimesRecording artist
Collaborations
- 2026ACCELERANDOCo-artist with VADAKIN
- 2026Miku-MaxxingCo-artist with BEYOND BORDERs, Hatsune Miku and SatapanP
- 2026Sign From GodCo-artist with Cobrah
- 2025EntwinedVocals with Sub Focus on Contact
Music videos
- 2025Artificial AngelsDirector and co-editor
Awards
Quotes
I try to imitate things, and then I fail horribly, and then it’s just… something different.Grimes, interviewed by Ruth Saxelby for Dummy, now DMY
In a 2010 interview, she explained how learning to make music without formal training shaped her sound.
Trivia
- Geidi Primes originally came out as 30 hand-packaged red cassette tapes.
- She named Dune, The Lord of the Rings and The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time as early aesthetic influences.
- For Miku-Maxxing, SatapanP recorded guitar solos for two hours. Grimes told NME that the finished solo lasts three seconds.
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