Grimes (musician)
Claire Elise Boucher (born March 17, 1988), better known as Grimes, is a Canadian musician and artist. She was born in Vancouver in British Columbia.
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| File:Grimes Governors Ball 2014 03 (cropped).png Grimes performing at the Governors Ball Music Festival in New York City on June 9, 2014 | |
| Born | Claire Elise Boucher March 17, 1988 (aged 37) Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada |
| Other names | c[1] |
| Education | McGill University (no degree) |
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| Years active | 2007–present |
| Partner(s) | Elon Musk (2018–2021) |
| Children | 3 |
| Awards | Full list |
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| Origin | Montréal, Quebec, Canada |
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| Website | grimesmusic |
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Early life
Boucher grew up in Vancouver. When she was 18 she moved to Montreal to study neuroscience and Russian at McGill University. [2]
Career
She wrote on her Tumblr account that she started Grimes in 2009 when she first heard Mariah Carey.[2]
She released her first album, Geidi Primes in 2010 on cassette. In 2011 she released an EP with d'Eon called Darkbloom.[3]
In January 2012 she was signed to the record label 4AD. Pitchfork gave the album of a score of 7.5 out of 10.[4] On January 9, 2012 she released the single "Genesis". Brooke Candy was in the music video.
Grimes released her third album Visions on January 31, 2012 in the United States. It got mostly good reviews from music critics. Pitchfork gave the album a score of 8.5 out of 10.[5] Allmusic called it the best album of 2012.[6] NME chose it as the second best album of 2012.[7] In 2013 it was given the Juno Award for Electronic Album of the year.
In December 2013 Grimes signed to Jay-Z's management company Roc Nation.[8]
Personal life
She is a feminist and autistic.[9][10] In 2018, she became partners with Elon Musk. They have two sons, X Æ A-Xii and Techno Mechanicus "Tau" Musk,[11] [12] and one daughter, Exa Dark Sideræl.[13] In October 2021, Grimes and Musk separated.
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- Grimes at SxSW 2012 (cropped).jpg
Grimes performing at South by Southwest 2012
- Grimes Governors Ball 2014 05.png
Grimes performing at the Governors Ball in June 2014
- Grimes, Lollapalooza 2016, Chicago (29078521595).jpg
Grimes performing at Lollapalooza 2016
- GrimesHardRockCafeMakati.jpg
Grimes at Hard Rock Café Makati in 2013
References
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- ↑ Singh, Edith (May 25, 2020). "Elon Musk and Grimes have changed their baby's name. A bit". CNN Entertainment. https://edition.cnn.com/2020/05/25/entertainment/grimes-musk-baby-name-tweak-scli-intl/index.html. Retrieved May 27, 2020.
- ↑ Szalai, Jennifer (September 9, 2023). "Elon Musk Wants to Save Humanity. The Only Problem: People". The New York Times. https://www.nytimes.com/2023/09/09/books/review/elon-musk-walter-isaacson.html. Retrieved September 13, 2023.
- ↑ Owoseje, Toyin (March 11, 2022). "Grimes and Elon Musk secretly welcomed their second child in December". CNN Entertainment. https://www.cnn.com/2022/03/11/entertainment/grimes-elon-musk-second-child-intl-scli/index.html. Retrieved November 25, 2022.